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Contents

Manual Version June 2011

Parts

  1. All Children
  2. Preventative and Support Services
  3. Children in Specific Circumstances
  4. Services to Looked After Children
  5. Pan London Adoption Procedures
  6. Protocols
  7. Guidance
  8. Appendices

1. All Children

1.1

Policy, Values and Principles

  
1.1.1 Children's Policy, Values and Underlying Principles of Recording, Confidentiality and Consultation  


 

1.2

Children's Social Care Thresholds

  
1.2.1 London Continuum of Need  
1.2.2 Enfield's Thresholds for Children in Need Services  


 

1.3

Assessment and Planning

  
1.3.1 Contacts and Referrals  
1.3.2 Initial Assessments  
1.3.3 Strategy Discussions  
1.3.4 Core Assessments  
1.3.5 Transfer of Cases between Teams  


 

1.4

Complaints, Professional Disagreements and Whistle-Blowing

  
1.4.1 Representations and Complaints Procedure  
1.4.2 Whistle-blowing Procedure  
1.4.3 Advocacy and Children's Rights Service  
1.4.4 Professional Disagreements regarding Procedural Decisions  


 

1.5

Miscellaneous

  
1.5.1 Access to Records  
1.5.2 Anti-Social Behaviour Orders  
1.5.3 Activities and Transporting Children  
1.5.4 Death or Serious Injury of a Child  
1.5.5 Destruction of Files  
1.5.6 Need to Know  
1.5.7 Recording Policy and Procedures  
1.5.8 Risk Management Panel  


2. Preventative and Support Services

2.1

Plans and Reviews

  
2.1.1 Children in Need - Plans and Reviews  
2.1.2 Family Group Conferences  


 

2.2

Support Services

  
2.2.1 Access to Family Centres  
2.2.2 Financial Assistance to Children in Need  
2.2.3 Residence Order Allowances  


3. Children in Specific Circumstances

3.1

Disabled Children

  
3.1.1 Cheviots Children's Disability Service  
3.1.2 Direct Payments Policy and Practice  
3.1.3 Transition of Young People into Adulthood  


 

3.2

Other Specific Circumstances

  
3.2.1 Children Admitted to Hospital  
3.2.2 Children Uncollected from School  
3.2.3 Children Missing from Home and Care  
3.2.4 Private Fostering  
3.2.5 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children  


4. Services to Looked After Children

4.1

Legal Process and Planning for Looked After Children

  
  London Pledge to Children and Young People in Public Care  
4.1.1 Route Map for Looked After Children Updated
4.1.2 Decision to Look After and Care Planning  
4.1.3 Emergency Protection Orders  
4.1.4 Care Proceedings and the Public Law Outline (PLO) Procedure  
4.1.5 Public Law Outline - Frequently Asked Questions  
4.1.6 Permanency Planning for Looked After Children Updated


 

4.2

Placements

  
4.2.1 Emergency Placements  
4.2.2 Placements in Foster Care  
4.2.3 Placements in Residential Care  
4.2.4 Placements in Secure Accommodation  
4.2.5 Placements with Parents  
4.2.6 Friends and Family Care Policy and Placement of Looked After Children with Connected Persons Procedure Updated
4.2.7 Placement in Supported Housing/Lodgings  
4.2.8 Placements Outside England and Wales  
4.2.9 Administrative Process for Start/Stop Forms  
4.2.10 Placement Planning Meetings and Keeping the Placement Information Record Up to Date  
4.2.11 Placement Stability Meetings  
4.2.12 Disruption Meetings  
4.2.13 YJB Court Ordered Secure Remands Protocol (July 2010)  


 

4.3

Reviews

  
4.3.1 Looked After Reviews  

4.3.2

 Role of Independent Reviewing Officers and Dispute Resolution  
4.3.3 Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews  


 

4.4

Behaviour Management and Incidents

  
4.4.1 Behaviour Management Plans  
4.4.2 Physical Interventions  
4.4.3 Sanctions  
4.4.4 Incidents - General  
4.4.5 Barricading  
4.4.6 Contacting the Police  
4.4.7 Countering of Bullying  
4.4.8 Searching Children and their Belongings  


 

4.5

Education

  
4.5.1 Education of Looked After Children  


 

4.6

Recreation and Activities

  
4.6.1 Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Inside the UK  
4.6.2 Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Outside the UK  
4.6.3 Leisure and Recreation  


 

4.7

Health and Wellbeing

  
4.7.1 Joint Protocol for the Health of Looked After Children and Young People  
4.7.2 Drugs and Substance Misuse  
4.7.3 First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines  
4.7.4 HIV/AIDS  
4.7.5 Infestations  
4.7.6 Nutrition and Diet  
4.7.7 Safeguarding Sexually Active Children - London Procedure  
4.7.8 Self Harming  
4.7.9 Sexual Health and Personal Relationship Guidance (June 2010)  


 

4.8

Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends

  
4.8.1 Contact with Parents and Siblings  
4.8.2 Contact with Relatives and Friends (including Overnight Stays)  


 

4.9

Foster Carers

  
4.9.1 Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers  
4.9.2 Fostering Panel Updated
4.9.3 Limit on Number of Children in Foster Homes  
4.9.4 Persons Disqualified from Fostering  
4.9.5 Review of Foster Carers  
4.9.6 Supervision and Support of Foster Carers  
4.9.7 Training of Foster Carers  
4.9.8 Allegations against Foster Carers  
4.9.9 Fostering Initial Assessment Practice Guidance  


 

4.10

Leaving Care

  
4.10.1 Leaving Care  


 

4.11

Monitoring Quality

  
4.11.1 Social Worker Visits  
4.11.2 Independent Visitors  


 

4.12

Privacy and Personal Care

  
4.12.1 Children's Bedrooms  
4.12.2 Hair and Skin Care  
4.12.3 Physical Contact and Intimate Care  
4.12.4 Pocket Money and Allowances  
4.12.5 Spiritual Development  
4.12.6 Telephones, Mobile 'Phones and Letters  


 

4.13

Miscellaneous

  
4.13.1 Change of Name  
4.13.2 Marriage  
4.13.3 Pets in Placement  
4.13.4 Management of Finances  
4.13.5 Children who wish to Work  
4.13.6 Administrative Process for Child Benefit - Form CH193  


5. Pan London Adoption Procedures

5.1 Adoption Values and Principles  
5.2 Adoption Panel  
5.3 Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Parents  
5.4 Placement for Adoption  
5.5 Adoption Reviews  
5.6 Monitoring and Supervision of Agency Adoptive Placements  
5.7 Disruption of Agency Adoptive Placements  
5.8 Allegations against Prospective Adopters  
5.9 Inter-country Adoption  
5.10 Non Agency Adoptions  
5.11 Adoption Support Services  
5.12 Adoption Case Records  

5.13

 Access to Birth Records/Adoption Case Records  
5.14 Intermediary Services  
 
 
 

Other Permanence Options

  
5.15 Applications for Special Guardianship  
 
 
 

Guidance

  
5.16 Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship  


6. Protocols

6.1 Protocol with Adult Community Care Teams  
6.2 Protocol with Adult Community Mental Health  
6.3 Protocol with Youth Offending Service  
6.4 Protocol with Health Visitors and School Nurses  
6.5 Protocol with Education and Schools  
6.6 Protocol with Housing Regarding Intentionally Homeless Households with Dependent Children  
6.7 Protocol with Housing Regarding Homeless 16 and 17 year olds  
6.8 Exchange of Information in Criminal Proceedings - Protocol with Police and CPS  
6.9 Protocol between CIN and Leaving Care Team: Child Protection Referrals  
6.10 Joint Working Protocol: Leaving Care and Foster Care  


7. Guidance

7.1 Behaviour Management  
7.2 Care Planning  
7.4 Children's Access to Computers and Internet Safety  
7.5 Children's Reviews  
7.6 Code of Practice for Social Workers  
7.7 Consents  
7.8 Contact Planning  
7.9 Countering Bullying  
7.10 HIV/AIDS  
7.11 Initial and Core Assessments  
7.12 Leaving Care Assessment of Need  
7.13 Leaving Care Guidance  
7.14 Leaving Care Planning Checklist  
7.15 Life Story Books  
7.16 Nutrition, Diet and Mealtimes  
7.17 Ordinary Residence  
7.18 Parenting Capacity Assessments  
7.19 Passport Applications for Looked After Children  
7.20 Pathway Planning Guidance and Checklist  
7.21 Private Foster Carers  
7.22 Representations and Complaints  
7.23 Section 7 and Section 37 Reports  
7.24 Touch  


8. Appendices

8.1 Contact Details  
8.2 Local Keywords  
8.3 Designated Managers Appendix  
8.4 Inter Agency Request for Assessment/Service  
8.5 Public Law Outline (full text)  
8.6 NICE Guidelines: When to suspect child maltreatment  
8.7 Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010  

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