Obtaining Section 20 agreement from parents and statement writing 25/26

Target Group

This course is targeted to Social Care professionals in children's services in the London Borough of Sutton. 

Aims

The aim of this session is:

• To equip staff with a better understanding about their duties to safeguard children including what needs to be considered when obtaining Section 20 agreement from those with parental responsibility to lawfully accomodate their children.

Learning Objectives

By attending this course, participants will have: 

• An improved understanding of what is required in obtaining voluntary agreement from parents and how to draft a statement that will support the Local Authority’s position in proceedings.
• An improved understanding about best practices and pitfalls that professionals should be aware of when undertaking statutory child care work and writing statements for Court. 
• Improved skills in drafting a course statement and what to include to demonstrate best practice.