59 Child's needs assessment: requirements etc

59  Child's needs assessment: requirements etc

(1)     A child's needs assessment must include an assessment of—

(a)     the impact on the matters specified in section 1(2) of what the child's needs for care and support are likely to be after the child becomes 18,

(b)     the outcomes that the child wishes to achieve in day-to-day life, and

(c)     whether, and if so to what extent, the provision of care and support could contribute to the achievement of those outcomes.

(2)     A local authority, in carrying out a child's needs assessment, must involve—

(a)     the child,

(b)     the child's parents and any carer that the child has, and

(c)

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