For the fostering community, the coronavirus pandemic has been one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime. As foster carers, we have experienced situations and restrictions to our role that could never have been predicted.
One of the biggest concerns to arise from the pandemic has been the safeguarding of children and young people. Most notably, following the government’s amendments to the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, which saw changes made to various safeguarding procedures such as social work visits, reviews, assessments, and adoption and fostering panels.
While the government has announced that most of the amendments are no longer required, the legal provisions will remain in place until 25 September and possibly beyond. And although we welcome the news that Article 39 is awaiting the results of an appeal following an unsuccessful judicial review of the regulations, there is no doubt that the changes made could have major ramifications for safeguarding our country’s most vulnerable children.
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