C (Children: Welfare) (No.2)

Jason Green instructed by Oxford Law Group on behalf of the children through their guardian

There is no dispute that more recently, notwithstanding the pressures on the family, B has and continues to thrive in the care of his mother. The parties agree that B must continue to live with his mother and be the subject of a twelve-month supervision order. There are three proposed care plans in respect of A. The first is the local authority�s care plan and the latter two are the mother�s alternative care plans. In summary they provide as follows:

b. The mother proposes two alternative plans that would best meet A�s needs. The mother agrees that the therapeutic work as detailed in the local authority�s care plan is helpful and should be undertaken. She proposes that this work can be undertaken without a care order and by putting in place the following alternative plans;

- The mother�s - primary plan I - subject to approval through a review of A�s EHCP, he is to attend a residential school that is specialist in emotional and mental health issues. There is a planned increase in the contact between A, the mother and B with A spending the school holidays at home.

- The mother�s - secondary plan II - if A�s EHCP does not recommend a specialist residential school, then A would gradually transition home to his mother�s care and ED will be involved in such a transition. A is to attend the school identified in his EHCP, which may include ED. The local authority is to provide one to one support for A during the week when at home and when going to and from school.