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Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act

Community Care

This is mainly because ordinary residence will normally determine which local authority is responsible for arranging and funding a person’s care plan. This is known as the ‘Shah test’ Chapter 19 of the care and support statutory guidance, under the Care Act 2014, explains how this test should be applied.

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Overcoming the barriers to contact between siblings separated by the care system

Community Care

This may be due to older siblings already having been adopted or even being deemed too old to be adopted and therefore remaining in long-term foster care. After careful planning with the local authority and information sessions with the parents and carers of the children and young people invited, this took place in August 2023.

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