Together or Apart? Assessing siblings for permanent placement.

July 2014 draft stat. guidance concerning sibling assessments states that ‘there should be a clear decision making process which enables social workers to decide early on whether it is in the best interests of each child to be placed together or separately, and the impact of each child of that decision. The decision making process should be set out clearly with the supporting information and evidence so that all the professionals who are involved in making decisions about each child’s future can see how and why the decision was reached’.