rson in the children’s home where a child is placed, to promote the child’s physical and emotional health on a day-today basis. That should include providing them with information on the child’s state of health, including a copy of the child’s latest health plan27 • ensure that there is clarity for carers, GPs and dentists, and for the child, about what health care decisions have been delegated to carers. 63. Social workers and health professionals should give carers information on how to contact designated and named health professionals for looked-after children and the looked-after children team, and on how to access services, including CAMHS consultations, that the child needs. Supervising social workers should also support and give information to carers about managing their own health. 64. Social workers and carers require regular training to understand their roles in identifying and responding to the emotional and mental health needs of looked-after children. 65. Social workers should also ensure: • that foster carers and residential care staff know it is their responsibility to make sure a child attends their health assessment and all other medical, dental and optical appointments, and facilitate any required treatment regimes 27 Where the child is ‘competent’ in line with Fraser Guidelines, their consent should be obtained. NSPCC factsheet on Gillick competency and Fraser Guidelines. For further information on consent, see annex C. 24 • that the children their authority looks after, including teenage parents, have access to available positive activities such as arts, sport and culture, in order to promote their sense of well-being. 66. Social workers and other local authority professionals should ensure that information about any health needs or behaviours which 