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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 guide provides a brief overview of how to establish the ordinary residence of those entitled to “aftercare” services under section 117. The MHA code of practice (paragraphs 33.20

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

Community Care

This is despite a 2017 literature review by Oxford University’s Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education indicating that outcomes for children placed with siblings in foster care were mostly better than for those placed apart from siblings. We received funding from the Hadley Trust to develop a pilot event in Leicestershire.

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