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Following recent consultations concerning the regulation and inspection of fostering, adult placements and children’s statutory advocacy services, I am pleased to share with you links to the consultation in respect of adoption services, which launches today (4 September 2018\).    

  

https://beta.gov.wales/new\-regulatory\-framework\-adoption\-services  

 


This consultation forms part of phase 3 of implementing the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, which is due to come into effect in April 2019\.    

  

Views are sought on the draft Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) and Local Authority Adoption Services (Wales) Regulations 2019 which, in summary:  

  

• place new requirements on regulated adoption service providers and responsible individuals in relation to those services under sections 27 and 28 of the 2016 Act  

  

• place similar requirements, where applicable, upon local authority adoption service providers and their managers, under section 9 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002\.  

  

Also published for consultation is draft statutory guidance for regulated adoption service providers and responsible individuals under the 2016 Act and a code of practice for local authority adoption service providers and their managers under the Social Services and Well\-Being (Wales) Act 2014\.  These have been developed, and combined within a single document, to complement the draft regulations and further clarify how the requirements can be met.    

  

The consultation also invites views on the options for the future of independent reviews of determinations for adoption, with equivalent options for fostering having been consulted upon earlier this year. 


   

As previously highlighted, the overall approach to developing the requirements for phase 3 services has been to draw from and, wherever appropriate, equate them with the standards that we as a Government and an Assembly put in place at phase 2 (April 2018\), for services such as care homes and domiciliary support. However, the draft requirements have been tailored to ensure the best fit with how adoption services work in practice without compromising overall expectations.  

  

The draft Regulations have been scoped and developed with the assistance and advice of a stakeholder technical group, to whom I am very grateful.  I now welcome further views on the proposals and would encourage all those with an interest to respond by the closing date of 27 November 2018\.  

  

Finally, I would like to advise that we will be consulting on a further set of regulations in respect of adoption services – that will establish a two\-stage process for the approval of prospective adopters – starting later this month.      

  

This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.


 


 







Translation:


 
Yn dilyn yr ymgynghoriadau diweddar ar reoleiddio ac arolygu gwasanaethau maethu, gwasanaethau lleoli oedolion, a gwasanaethau eirioli statudol i blant, mae'n bleser gennyf anfon y dolenni at yr ymgynghoriad ar wasanaethau mabwysiadu atoch. Mae'r ymgynghoriad hwn yn cael ei lansio heddiw (4 Medi 2018\).     
  
https://beta.llyw.cymru/fframwaith\-rheoleiddio\-newydd\-ar\-gyfer\-gwasanaethau\-mabwysiadu  


Mae'n rhan o gam 3 y broses o weithredu Deddf Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2016 a fydd yn dod i rym ym mis Ebrill 2019\.  

Rydym yn awyddus i gael sylwadau ar Reoliadau Gwasanaethau Mabwysiadu (Darparwyr Gwasanaethau ac Unigolion Cyfrifol) a Gwasanaethau Mabwysiadu Awdurdodau Lleol (Cymru) 2019 sy'n:  
  
• gosod gofynion newydd ar ddarparwyr gwasanaethau mabwysiadu rheoleiddiedig ac unigolion cyfrifol mewn perthynas â'r gwasanaethau hynny o dan adrannau 27 a 28 o Ddeddf 2016  
  
• gosod gofynion tebyg, lle bo hynny'n briodol, ar ddarparwyr gwasanaethau mabwysiadu awdurdodau lleol a'u rheolwyr, o dan adran 9 o Ddeddf Mabwysiadu a Phlant 2002\.   
  
Hefyd, mae canllawiau statudol drafft wedi cael eu cyhoeddi at ddibenion ymgynghori. Cyhoeddwyd y canllawiau hyn, ar gyfer darparwyr gwasanaethau mabwysiadu rheoleiddiedig ac unigolion cyfrifol, o dan Ddeddf 2016, a chyhoeddwyd cod ymarfer, ar gyfer darparwyr gwasanaethau mabwysiadu awdurdodau lleol a'u rheolwyr, o dan Ddeddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2016\. Cafodd y rhain eu datblygu, a'u cyfuno o fewn yr un ddogfen, i ategu'r rheoliadau drafft ac i sicrhau mwy o eglurder o ran sut y dylid mynd ati i fodloni'r gofynion.   
  
Mae'r ymgynghoriad hefyd yn gwahodd sylwadau ar yr opsiynau ar gyfer cynnal adolygiadau annibynnol o benderfyniadau mabwysiadu yn y dyfodol. Cynhaliwyd ymgynghoriad ar yr opsiynau cyfatebol ar gyfer maethu yn gynharach eleni. 

Fel y dywedwyd eisoes, mae'r dull gweithredu, a ddefnyddir i ddatblygu'r gofynion cam 3 ar gyfer gwasanaethau, yn ystyried ac yn gyson, lle bo hynny'n briodol, â'r safonau yr ydym ni fel Llywodraeth a Chynulliad wedi eu rhoi ar waith yng ngham 2  (Ebrill 2018\) mewn perthynas â gwasanaethau megis cartrefi gofal a chymorth cartref. Fodd bynnag, mae'r gofynion drafft wedi cael eu teilwra lle bo hynny'n briodol i gyd\-fynd yn y ffordd fwyaf effeithiol â'r ddarpariaeth ymarferol o wasanaethau mabwysiadu, heb gyfaddawdu’r disgwyliadau cyffredinol.   
  
Yn yr un modd â cham 2, mae'r Rheoliadau drafft wedi'u cynllunio a'u datblygu gyda chymorth a chyngor gan grwpiau technegol rhanddeiliaid, ac rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn iddynt am hynny.  Rwyf nawr yn awyddus i gael sylwadau ar y cynigion, a hoffwn annog pawb sydd â diddordeb i ymateb erbyn y dyddiad cau, sef 27 Tachwedd 2018\.   
  
Yn olaf, hoffwn ychwanegu y byddwn yn ymgynghori ar set o reoliadau pellach sy'n ymwneud â gwasanaethau mabwysiadu – a fydd yn sefydlu proses ddau gam ar gyfer cymeradwyo darpar fabwysiadwyr – gan ddechrau yn nes ymlaen y mis hwn.  
  
Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Cynulliad yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.