Appendix 2: Permanence Options - Checklist of Considerations Special Guardianship Adoption Long Term Fostering Orders Child needs the security of a Child’s primary need is to Primary need is for a stable, legally defined placement with belong to a family who will loving family environment alternative carers, but does not make a lifelong commitment whilst there is still a significant require a lifelong commitment level of continued involvement involving a change of identity with the birth family Child’s relation, foster or other Child’s birth parents are not Child has a clear sense of carer needs to exercise day to able or not willing to share identity with the birth family, day parental responsibility and is parental responsibility in whilst needing to be looked prepared to do so as a lifelong order to meet their child’s after away from home commitment needs, even though there may be contact There is no need for continuing Child needs an opportunity to There is need for continuing monitoring and review by the develop a new sense of oversight and monitoring of the Local Authority, although identity whilst being child’s developmental progress support services may still need to supported to maintain or be arranged develop a healthy understanding of their past Child has a strong attachment to Child expresses a wish to be Birth parents are able and the alternative carers and legally adopted willing to exercise a degree of defined permanence is assessed parental responsibility as a positive contribution to their sense of belonging and security
Appendix 2: Permanence Options - Checklist of Considerations Special Guardianship Orders Adoption Long Term Fostering Child needs the security of a legally defined placement with alternative carers, but does not require a lifelong commitment involving a change of identity Child’s primary need is to belong to a family who will make a lifelong commitment Primary need is for a stable, loving family environment whilst there is still a significant level of continued involvement with the birth family Child’s relation, foster or other carer needs to exercise day to day parental responsibility and is prepared to do so as a lifelong commitment Child’s birth parents are not able or not willing to share parental responsibility in order to meet their child’s needs, even though there may be contact Child has a clear sense of identity with the birth family, whilst needing to be looked after away from home There is no need for continuing monitoring and review by the Local Authority, although support services may still need to be arranged Child needs an opportunity to develop a new sense of identity whilst being supported to maintain or develop a healthy understanding of their past There is need for continuing oversight and monitoring of the child’s developmental progress Child has a strong attachment to the alternative carers and legally defined permanence is assessed as a positive contribution to their sense of belonging and security Child expresses a wish to be adopted Birth parents are able and willing to exercise a degree of parental responsibility
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