Chapter 4
Fostering to adopt — new rights
[ch 4: page 38]The Children and Families Act 2104 has introduced new rights to leave and pay for those fostering to adopt from 5 April 2014 provided that they:
• are a local authority foster parent;
• have been approved as a prospective adopter;
• have been notified by a local authority in England that a child is to be, or is expected to be, placed with the employee under section 22C of the Children Act 1989.