Assessment report

Your assessment report will include:

• history of the local authority’s involvement, and what has happened for you to consider becoming a special guardian
• information about the child or children including their education, health, development, and their wishes and feelings
• information about their parents and direct or extended family members and their wishes and feelings
• recommendation in relation to contact
• information about you as a prospective special guardian
• your experience of being parented
• how you parented your own children or others, if applicable
• your ability to meet their needs, keep children safe and care for them until they are 18
• information about the local authority and the assessor responsible for completing the report
• medical information from your GP and information from your medical advisor if you are a foster carer
• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) information which will show your suitability as a prospective special guardian
• the merits of making a Special Guardianship order
• information from three personal references only one of whom can be a family member