The consultation, which was launched yesterday (9 February) and will close on 28 February, proposes extending relaxations of local authority duties to vulnerable children surrounding foster care and adoptions processes, Ofsted inspections to children’s social care providers and the continuation of virtual visits by social workers.
The changes were originally implemented using emergency legislation in April last year as part of a raft of exemptions introduced via the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
The DfE said they had been introduced “to provide local authorities and children’s social care providers with temporary flexibilities to support them during the coronavirus pandemic”.
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