social welfare officer who applies for the order. 26. Requirements as to change of address and visits. A supervision order shall require the person with whom the child lives— (a) to inform the supervisor of any change of his or her address; (b) to allow the supervisor to visit the child at his or her home. Care order. 27. Care order. (1) A family and children court may, on the application of a probation and social welfare officer or an authorised person, make a care order or an interim care order placing a child in the care of the warden of an approved home or with foster parents. (2) (a) (b) 28. An application for a care order may only be made— after all possible alternative methods of assisting the child have been tried without success and the significant harm from which the child is suffering or is likely to suffer requires his or her removal from where he or she is living; or the danger to which the child is exposed is so severe as to require his or her immediate removal from where he or she is living. Purpose of a care order. The object of a care order is— (a) to remove a child from a situation where he or she is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm; and (b) to assist the child and those with whom he or she was living or wishes to live to examine the circumstances that have led to the making of the order and to take steps to resolve or ameliorate the problem so as to ensure the child’s return to the community. 29. Duration of care order. (1) A care order shall be for a maximum period of three years or until the child reaches the age of eighteen years, whichever is the shorter. (2) A care order shall be reviewed at least once in each year by the

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