Before making any decisions about this, make sure you get advice. You will probably want to talk to them both. Not Looked After doesn't mean the child is neglected in terms of being clothed, fed and loved on an everyday basis. The local council has a duty to look out for the interests of a Not Looked After child, but it's the same duty they have towards all children in their area. They have more duties towards Looked After children.
When the child isn't Looked After you may still be referred to as an 'informal' kinship carer. Local councils in Scotland must pay a kinship care allowance to kinship carers of children who are Not Looked After if you have a residence order also called a kinship care order for the child living with you and the child:.
These terms and what they actually mean for a kinship carer and a child in the family might be difficult to understand. The local council has been given guidance by the Scottish government about how to assess the wellbeing of a child and this might be the process that is used to assess a family when a child may be 'at risk'.
See more about assessment of wellbeing. It is generally the person that the child 'regularly, usually, typically' lives with. This means that if the child lives in one home for three days of the week and the other for four days, for example, the person who cares for the child for four days will be eligible to claim. Benefits for kinship carers are complicated. Contact your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau to get advice. Local councils must provide kinship care assistance in such a way as to safeguard, support and promote the wellbeing of an eligible child.
What this means in practice is explained generally below but each local council also has to provide public information about the kinship care assistance it provides The Kinship Care Assistance Scotland Order no - section 9. If your local council has not provided this information it might be helpful to ask what its policy is. You have the right as a kinship carer to ask the local council for assistance, such as one-off payments, alternative care for the child while you take a break.
The local council might not always respond positively to requests, but they should always treat such requests with respect.
If they do not, you can complain. Your local Citizens Advice Bureau can help with this. All newborn babies in Scotland are entitled to their own Baby Box.
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Residence order allowance Cassie Felton made this Freedom of Information request to Sunderland City Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. The request was successful. Cassie Felton 7 August Delivered. Dear Sunderland City Council, Please can you provide me with the following information. What method is used to financially assess for residence order allowance. Who is eligible to apply for residence order allowance. Link to this Report. Re: Your request for information concerning: Residence Order Allowance.
The situation when this is most likely to happen is where foster carers are caring for a child and acquiring Parental Responsibility forms part of their overall wish to care for the child on a permanent basis. There are also situations where somebody with whom the child is not living wishes to acquire Parental Responsibility and care for the child on a similar basis.
This may include a relative of the child or a non-relative with whom the child has formed a relationship. Allowances will not normally be paid where a child is not, and is not at risk of becoming, looked after. This reflects the Council's policy that priority should be given to its duty to promote the upbringing of children within families by reducing the need for children to become or remain Children in Care and is in accordance with statutory guidance.
There is no power to pay an allowance if the person with whom the child lives or is to live is a parent of the child or husband, wife or civil partner of a parent of the child.
The allowance ceases to be paid if the child no longer lives with the carer on a full time basis, if the Child Arrangements Order is discharged, if the annual review of the carer's financial circumstances establishes that they are no longer eligible for payment. Annual review may also lead to the level of payment being varied. Whilst carer's financial circumstances remain unchanged, the allowance will be paid up to the young person's 18th birthday unless the court has provided that that the order will expire before then.
Recipients of Child Arrangements Order Allowances will be provided with written materials describing how the scheme works and the expectations they must comply with. The weekly level of payment is determined by a financial assessment means test. The Child Arrangements Order Allowance is based on the local fostering rate.
The rate of payment is linked to the age of the child.
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