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Care plans for children in registered acute mental health centres
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187. (1) A member of a child’s multidisciplinary team shall, following a comprehensive assessment of the child in a registered acute mental health centre, prepare a care plan based on that assessment no later than 14 days, or such shorter period as may be prescribed, after that child’s admission to the centre.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), a care plan prepared under subsection (1) shall—
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(a) identify the child’s care and treatment needs required to meet any recovery identified,
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(b) outline appropriate goals towards the effective recovery of the child,
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(c) include that the child is provided with appropriate educational services in accordance with his or her needs and age and include details of such services being offered to the child,
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(d) specify the resources required to achieve the care and treatment identified in the plan, and
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(e) have due regard, in accordance with the guiding principles, to the will and preferences of the child, the subject of that care plan.
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(3) A member of the multidisciplinary team shall—
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(a) consult the child’s relevant consulted carers, if any, before preparing the care plan under subsection (1),
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(b) ensure that any consultation is accessible to the child and that information shall be provided in a manner that can reasonably be understood by the child, and
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(c) provide a copy of that plan to—
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(i) the child concerned,
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(ii) the child’s relevant consulted carers, if any,
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(iii) in relation to a child who is the subject of a voluntary care arrangement, an emergency care order, an interim care order or a supervision order, if not already notified under subparagraph (ii), the Agency, and
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(iv) the child’s nominated person, if any.
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(4) A member of a child’s multidisciplinary team shall review the care plan on a regular basis, with the frequency of review based on the individual needs of the child concerned and where necessary or relevant, revise the plan after consultation with the child concerned and where appropriate, his or her relevant consulted carers, if any.
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(5) A member of a child’s multidisciplinary team shall consult with other members of that multidisciplinary team when preparing or revising a care plan.
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(6) A care plan prepared under subsection (1) or revised under subsection (4) shall be—
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(a) signed, where possible or appropriate by the child and, where appropriate by his or her parents or guardian or the Agency, and
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(b) retained in the child’s medical records for such period as may be specified by the Commission.
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