{"id":4,"date":"2026-06-13T12:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:23:59","slug":"legal-orders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/legal-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Scotland, Care Experience is not defined by one single legal order. Instead, it is derived from a range of legal statuses and orders where a child or young person becomes looked after or otherwise supported by the Local Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a clear, structured overview of the key legal orders and routes that link directly to care experience status.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Orders from Children\u2019s Hearings:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>1.\u00a0 Compulsory Supervision Order (CSO)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Main legal order in Scotland for children needing care\/protection<\/li>\n<li>Made by a Children\u2019s Hearing or Sheriff<\/li>\n<li>Can include: where a child lives; contact conditions; and support requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SCRA - Compulsory Supervision Orders\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bht6UodbO-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A child on a CSO is legally Looked After.\u00a0 They can be: Looked After at Home (living with family but supervised); or Looked After Away from Home (foster, kinship, residential).<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2><strong><em>2.\u00a0 Interim Compulsory Supervision Order (ICSO)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Short-term emergency version of a Compulsory Supervision Order (CSO)<\/li>\n<li>Used while investigations or decisions are ongoing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2><strong><em>3.\u00a0 Movement Restriction Condition \/ Secure Accommodation Authorisation<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Conditions within a CSO:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restrict movement or liberty<\/li>\n<li>Authorise placement in secure care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These intensify the level of intervention but remain part of CSO status.\u00a0 This means the pupil would Looked After Away from Home.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2><strong><em>4.\u00a0 Child Protection Order (CPO) <\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency court order to remove a child to safety<\/li>\n<li>Used when immediate risk of significant harm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leads to temporary Looked After status and often progression to CSO<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Court-based Permanence and Care Orders:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>1. Permanence Order <\/em><\/strong><em>(<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2007\/4\/contents\">Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007<\/a><\/em><em>)<\/em><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Transfers key parental rights to the local authority<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Used when a child cannot return home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>2. Permanence Order with Authority to Adopt<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows progression to adoption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still part of care experience pathway (pre-adoption).<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2><strong><em>3.\u00a0 Adoption Order<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Transfers full parental rights to adoptive parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After adoption the child is no longer Looked After but remains Care Experienced (lived experience of care).\u00a0 It is important to note that the child and their adoptive parents may not wish to openly declare this status, furthermore, the child may not be aware they are adopted.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2><strong><em>4.\u00a0 Section 11 Order (Residence\/Kinship Care Order)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Court order granting parental responsibilities\/rights to carers<\/li>\n<li>Often used for kinship placements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kinship care and the law\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R9INMKQdqjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><em>5. Voluntary accommodation (non-court route)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1995\/36\/section\/25\">Children (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Parents agree for the local authority to care for the child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Child becomes Looked after away from home and therefore Care Experienced<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>6. Secure care \/ justice-related orders<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Children in secure care may:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be subject to CSO<\/li>\n<li>Be remanded or sentenced but still treated as children in need of care and support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Scotland, Care Experience is not defined by one single legal order. Instead, it is derived from a range of legal statuses and orders where a child or young person becomes looked after or otherwise supported by the Local Authority. Below is a clear, structured overview of the key legal orders and routes that link directly to care experience status. \u00a0 Orders from Children\u2019s Hearings: &nbsp; 1.\u00a0 Compulsory Supervision Order<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/legal-orders\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20564,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/careexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}