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Manual Version November 2011

1. All Children
2. Preventative Services
3. Looked After and Adoption Services
4. Children in Specific Circumstances
5. Guidance
6. Appendices

1. All Children

1.1	Values, Principles and Policies
1.1.1	Family Services Values and Principles
1.1.2	Friends and Family Policy	New
1.2	Referrals, Assessment and Planning
1.2.1	Referrals for Children in Need
1.2.2	Initial and Core Assessments and Planning
1.2.3	Professional and Network Meetings
1.2.4	Legal Planning Meetings
1.2.5	Permanence Planning
1.2.6	Children's Homes Referral and Admissions
1.3	Court Proceedings
1.3.1	Instructing Representatives from the Legal Department
1.3.2	Joint Working Protocol: Department of Law and Administration
1.4	Health and Wellbeing of Children in Need
1.4.1	Drugs and Substance Misuse
1.4.2	HIV and AIDS
1.4.3	Self Harming
1.4.4	Death of or Serious Illness/Injury in Relation to a Child in Need
1.4.5	Joint Work in Relation to Children Infected or Affected by HIV
1.4.6	The Needs of Children whose Parents have Mental Health Needs
1.5	Safeguarding Children in Need
1.5.1	Business Group's Representations and Complaints Procedure
1.5.2	The Use of Assessments in Care Proceedings and Childcare Planning for Babies of Substance Misusing Parents
1.5.3	Physical Intervention
1.5.4	Missing Children
1.5.5	Recovery Orders Joint Protocol
1.6	Case Responsibility and Transfers
1.6.1	Case Responsibility/Allocation and Transfer of Cases
1.6.2	Case Audit Arrangements
1.7	Miscellaneous Children in Need Procedures
1.7.1	Emergency Duty Team
1.7.2	Transporting Children and Activities
1.7.3	Staff Safety

2. Preventive Services

2.1	Support for Friends and Family Caring for Children in Need Guidance and Procedure	New
2.2	Private Fostering
2.3	Case Plans and Reviews
2.4	Family Group Conferences
2.5	Joint Assessment of Homeless 16 and 17 year olds by Housing and Family Services
2.6	Financial Support to Children Looked After aged 16-18 in Semi-Supported Accommodation for Independent Living

3. Looked After and Adoption Services

3.1	Policies and Statements for Looked After Children
3.1.1	Permanency and Adoption Policy
3.1.2	Adoption and Permanency Team Statement of Purpose
3.1.3	Promoting the Educational Achievement of Looked After Children
3.2	Route Map for Looked After Children
3.2.1	Route Map for Looked After Children
3.2.2	Decision to Look After a (Child Care and Permanence Planning)	Updated
3.2.3	Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After Children	New
3.3	Placements
3.3.1	Placements in Foster Care	Updated
3.3.2	Placements in Children's Homes
3.3.3	Placement with Parents
3.3.4	Placement with Connected Persons	New
3.3.5	Placements Outside England and Wales
3.3.6	Placements in Secure Accommodation
3.4	Meetings and Reviews
3.4.1	Placement Planning Meetings
3.4.2	Looked After Reviews	Updated
3.4.3	Looked After Reviews Resolution Protocol	Updated
3.4.4	Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews
3.5	Behaviour Management
3.5.1	Sanctions
3.6	Education, Recreation and Activities
3.6.1	Education of Looked After Children	Updated
3.6.2	Passports, Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK
3.6.3	School Trips within the UK
3.6.4	Leisure and Recreation
3.6.5	Internet Security
3.7	Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends
3.7.1	Contact with Parents and Siblings	Updated
3.7.2	Overnight Stays and Contact with Relatives and Friends
3.8	Foster Carers
3.8.1	Fostering Panel	Updated
3.8.2	Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers	Updated
3.8.3	Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Home	Updated
3.8.4	Allegations, Serious Concerns and Complaints Concerning Foster Carers	Updated
3.8.5	Persons Disqualified from Fostering	Updated
3.8.6	Annual Review of Foster Carers	Updated
3.8.7	Supervision of Foster Carers	Updated
3.8.9	Foster Carer Allowance
3.8.10	Foster Carer Supports Assessment Requirements	Updated
3.8.11	Foster Carers Record Keeping
3.8.12	Agreeing Temporary Extensions to a Foster Carers Approval Terms
3.9	Health and Wellbeing
3.9.1	Health Assessments and Health Care Plans	Updated
3.9.2	First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines
3.9.3	General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians
3.9.4	Invasive Procedure
3.9.5	Sexual Health and Relationships
3.10	Incidents
3.10.1	Contacting the Police
3.10.2	Countering of Bullying
3.10.3	Searching Children and their Belongings
3.10.4	Children's Homes: Involving the Police - Joint Protocol
3.11	Adoption
3.11.1	Access to Birth Records
3.11.2	Adoption Financial Support
3.11.3	Adoption Panel Procedures
3.11.4	Adoption Register for England and Wales
3.11.5	Adoption Support Services
3.11.6	Assessment and Approval of Domestic Adoptive Parents
3.11.7	Assessment and Approval of Inter-Country Adoptive Parents
3.11.8	Case Records
3.11.9	Concurrent Placements
3.11.10	Consent to Adoption
3.11.11	Disclosure of Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre December 2005 Adoptions)
3.11.12	Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post 30 December 2005 Adoptions)
3.11.13	Ending (Disruption) of Adoptive Placements
3.11.14	Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements
3.11.15	Placement for Adoption
3.11.16	Placement Order Procedure
3.11.17	Review of Adoptive Placements
3.11.18	Review of Prospective Adopters Procedure
3.11.19	Special Guardianship
3.11.20	Viability Assessments
3.11.21	Protocol and Procedure for Specialist Health, Education and Legal Advisers to the Adoption and Permanency Team
3.12	Leaving Care and Transition
3.12.1	Leaving the Looked After Service	Updated
3.12.2	Children who have Learning Disabilities in Transition to Adult Services
3.12.3	Joint Protocol for the Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Old Homeless Young People	New
3.12.4	Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody	New
3.12.5	Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services	New
3.13	Monitoring Quality
3.13.1	Social Worker Visits	Updated
3.13.2	Regulation 33 Visits
3.14	Privacy and Personal Care
3.14.1	Children's Bedrooms
3.14.2	Hair and Skin Care
3.14.3	Physical Contact and Intimate Care
3.14..4	Spiritual Development
3.14.5	Correspondence and Communication
3.15	Safeguarding and Advocacy for Looked After Children
3.15.1	Advocacy and Independent Visitors
3.16	Miscellaneous Looked After Procedures
3.16.1	Change of Name of a Looked After Child
3.16.2	Marriage of a Looked After Child
3.16.3	Residence Order Allowances

4. Children in Specific Circumstances

4.1	Criteria for Allocation to Children with Disabilities Team
4.2	Bails and Remands
4.3	Use of Taxi Minicabs
4.4	Appropriate Adult Referrals
4.5	Out of Borough Cases
4.6	Youth Offending and Family Services Joint Protocol

5. Guidance

5.1	Fostering Guidance
5.1.1	Foster Carers Guidance for Safeguarding Children Missing from Care
5.1.2	Assessing and Matching Short Term Foster Carers wanting to Provide Long Term Care
5.1.3	Assessing Prospective Foster Carers
5.2	Looked After Children Guidance
5.2.1	Behaviour Management Guidance
5.2.2	Care Plans Guidance
5.2.3	Children's Review Guidance
5.2.4	Consents
5.2.5	Court Reports Guidance
5.2.6	Disrupted Placement Meeting
5.2.7	Education of Looked After Children
5.2.8	Effective Placements and Placement Prioritisation Criteria
5.2.9	First Steps in Care Proceedings
5.2.10	Incidents - General
5.2.11	Post Adoption Contact
5.2.12	Recording Guidance
5.2.13	Recording Guidelines - Out of Borough Cases
5.2.14	Safer Homes Guidance
5.2.15	Special Guardianship
5.3	Children in Need and Safeguarding Guidance
5.3.1	Assessment Framework
5.3.2	CAFCASS Guidance
5.3.3	Checking the Person Index
5.3.4	Countering Bullying
5.3.5	MAPP Administration Guidance
5.3.6	Recording Sexual Abuse Allegations
5.3.7	Section 17 (Financial Assistance) and Spot Purchase Practice Guidance
5.3.8	Touch Guidance
5.3.9	Unallocated Children in Need
5.3.10	Use and Management of Warning Indicators
5.4	Health and Well Being Guidance
5.4.1	Enabling Young People to Access Contraceptive and Sexual Health Information and Advice
5.4.2	First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines
5.4.3	HIV/AIDS
5.5	Miscellaneous Guidance
5.5.1	Child Trust Fund - Key Features
5.5.2	Code of Practice for Social Work Staff
5.5.3	Housing Protocol Guidance
5.6	Chronologies Guidance
5.6.1	Chronologies
5.6.2	TMO Tenants Facing Eviction

6. Appendices

6.1	Local Contacts
6.2	National Contacts
6.3	Designated Managers
6.4	Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010
6.5	Local Keywords

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