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Supervision order definition

What does Supervision order mean? In child protection practice, a supervision order is an order that keeps a child at home while placing them under the supervision of a designated authority, typically the local authority’s social services, which must advise, assist and befriend the child and oversee their welfare. In England and Wales, the term is defined in the Children Act 1989 and may, in limited cases, appoint a probation officer as supervisor. The family court can make a supervision order where the section 31 “significant harm” threshold is met. It does not confer parental responsibility or authorise removal; it is a less interventionist alternative to...

Public law children proceedings: welfare principle, paramountcy and checklist; 'no order', delay, vulnerable witnesses, care plans, concurrent/twin-track planning and early permanence (England and Wales)

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This Practice Note explains how the welfare principle in the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) applies within public children proceedings. It sets out the court’s discretion and the influence of the welfare principle alongside the welfare checklist. It also gives practical guidance on the paramountcy principle, the need to avoid delay, concurrent and twin-track planning, and early permanence (previously termed ‘fostering to adopt’).

ChA 1989 establishes a two-stage process, which may occur in the same hearing or over multiple hearings, before the court may exercise its discretion to make a care or Supervision order:

first, the court must consider the threshold criteria in ChA 1989, s 31(2)
second, the court considers the welfare principle

This Practice Note focuses on the second, welfare, stage. The Local authority must establish the threshold criteria before the court can reach the welfare stage—see Practice Notes: Threshold criteria and Principle of Significant harm. On 22 April 2014, the Public Law Outline (PLO) for care, supervision and other Pt IV proceedings came into effect under the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) as the revised FPR 2010, PD 12A...

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