Procedures

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles September 19, 2024
2. 1.1.2Children's Consultation and ParticipationSeptember 19, 2024
3. 1.1.3Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022

1.2Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

1. 1.2.1Early HelpSeptember 19, 2024
2. 1.2.2Capacity and ConsentMay 21, 2024
3. 1.2.3Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsSeptember 20, 2024
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsOctober 4, 2024
3. 1.3.3Local Protocol for AssessmentSeptember 19, 2024
4. 1.3.4Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)September 20, 2024
5. 1.3.5Allocation of Work and Transfer between TeamsSeptember 19, 2024
6. 1.3.6Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership

1.4Child in Need

1. 1.4.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsSeptember 26, 2024
2. 1.4.2Family Group ConferencesSeptember 19, 2024

1.5Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersSeptember 19, 2024
2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineJune 23, 2022
3. 1.5.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsAugust 19, 2024
4. 1.5.4Legal Assessments and Placement PanelSeptember 19, 2024
5. 1.5.5Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol
6. 1.5.6Cross-border child protection cases: the 1996 Hague Convention (DfE)
7. 1.5.7Family Justice Resource Hub (ADCS) - This hosts a series of practical resources, such as templates, tools and practice guidance, which will be of interest to those working in the family justice system.

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Complaints and RepresentationsOctober 4, 2024
2. 1.6.2WhistleblowingSeptember 19, 2024

1.7Notifications

1. 1.7.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)September 19, 2024
2. 1.7.2Child Death Notifications and Serious Incidents - Initial ProcessSeptember 19, 2024

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesSeptember 19, 2023
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionSeptember 19, 2024
3. 2.0.3Access to RecordsSeptember 27, 2024
4. 2.0.4Confidentiality PolicyMay 21, 2024
5. 2.0.5Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsAugust 19, 2024
6. 2.0.6Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffMarch 28, 2024

3.Children in Particular Circumstances

3.1Children with Disabilities

1. 3.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesJanuary 27, 2025
2. 3.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsMay 21, 2024
3. 3.1.3Short BreaksOctober 4, 2024
4. 3.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsJanuary 27, 2025
5. 3.1.5Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkMay 21, 2024

3.2Safeguarding

1. 3.2.1Child Sexual ExploitationSeptember 19, 2024
2. 3.2.2Domestic AbuseSeptember 19, 2024
3. 3.2.3MissingSeptember 19, 2024
4. 3.2.4LADOSeptember 19, 2024

3.3Children from Abroad

1. 3.3.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryJanuary 27, 2025
2. 3.3.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsOctober 4, 2024

3.4Homelessness

1. 3.4.1Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferOctober 4, 2024

3.5Family and Friends Care

1. 3.5.1Kinship CareSeptember 29, 2024
2. 3.5.2Private FosteringSeptember 29, 2024
3. 3.5.3Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingMarch 18, 2024
4. 3.5.4Looking after someone else's child (GOV.UK)

3.6Young Carers

1. 3.6.1Young CarersJanuary 27, 2025

3.7Relinquished Children

1. 3.7.1Relinquished ChildrenJanuary 27, 2025

3.8CFCS

1. 3.8.1CFCS ProtocolSeptember 19, 2024

3.9Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty

1. 3.9.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983January 27, 2025
2. 3.9.2Mental Capacity
3. 3.9.3Deprivation of Liberty

4.Looked After Children

4.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 4.1.1Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 27, 2025
2. 4.1.2Decision to Look AfterOctober 4, 2024
3. 4.1.3Care PlanningAugust 19, 2024
4. 4.1.4Ceasing to Look After a ChildSeptember 19, 2023
5. 4.1.5Permanence Planning GuidanceSeptember 20, 2024
6. 4.1.6Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsJuly 25, 2023
7. 4.1.7Risk Assessment and PlanningMarch 23, 2022
8. 4.1.8Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
9. 4.1.9Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenFebruary 7, 2022
10. 4.1.10NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsSeptember 30, 2024
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected PersonsSeptember 30, 2024
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareSeptember 30, 2024
4. 4.2.4Placements in Residential CareSeptember 19, 2023
5. 4.2.5Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsSeptember 19, 2023
6. 4.2.6Out of Area PlacementsSeptember 30, 2024
7. 4.2.7Placements Outside England and WalesSeptember 20, 2024
8. 4.2.8Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
9. 4.2.9Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationOctober 4, 2024
10. 4.2.10Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersSeptember 30, 2024
11. 4.2.11Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersSeptember 20, 2024
12. 4.2.12Health and SafetyJanuary 27, 2025

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenSeptember 30, 2024
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsSeptember 20, 2024
3. 4.3.3Looked After ReviewsJanuary 27, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersSeptember 30, 2024
5. 4.3.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsSeptember 30, 2024
6. 4.3.6Notifications of Significant EventsAugust 19, 2024

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsSeptember 30, 2024
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)October 4, 2024

4.5Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 4.5.1Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenJuly 25, 2023
2. 4.5.2Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKSeptember 20, 2024
3. 4.5.3Leisure ActivitiesMarch 23, 2022

4.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.6.1Health Care Assessments and PlansSeptember 30, 2024
2. 4.6.2Personal Care and RelationshipsSeptember 20, 2024
3. 4.6.3Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementMarch 17, 2023
4. 4.6.4Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintSeptember 20, 2024

4.7Change of Name and Marriage/Civil Partnership

1. 4.7.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildSeptember 20, 2024
2. 4.7.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildNovember 28, 2023

4.8Leaving Care and Transition

1. 4.8.1Leaving Care and TransitionJanuary 27, 2025
2. 4.8.2Staying PutSeptember 20, 2024
3. 4.8.3Financial Arrangements for Care LeaversSeptember 19, 2024

4.9Youth Justice

1. 4.9.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesSeptember 20, 2024
2. 4.9.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyOctober 4, 2024
3. 4.9.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceDecember 5, 2022
4. 4.9.4Youth Justice Board National Standards and Case Management Guidelines

5.Fostering and Adoption

5.1Fostering Services

1. 5.1.1Fostering PanelJuly 26, 2022
2. 5.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringSeptember 20, 2024
3. 5.1.3Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersJanuary 27, 2025
4. 5.1.4Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalSeptember 20, 2024
5. 5.1.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersSeptember 20, 2024
6. 5.1.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersSeptember 20, 2024
7. 5.1.7Allegations Against Foster CarersJanuary 27, 2025
8. 5.1.8FOSTAD SchemeSeptember 19, 2024
9. 5.1.9Applications for Financial Support for Adaptations or Extensions to Achieve Permanency for Looked After ChildrenSeptember 19, 2024
10. 5.1.10Delegated AuthoritySeptember 19, 2024
11. 5.1.11Training and Development of Foster CarersMarch 23, 2022

5.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 5.2.1Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersJanuary 27, 2025
2. 5.2.2Adoption PanelOctober 2, 2024
3. 5.2.3Placement for AdoptionJanuary 27, 2025
4. 5.2.4Adoption SupportSeptember 20, 2024
5. 5.2.5Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsSeptember 20, 2024
6. 5.2.6Adoption ReviewsJuly 26, 2022
7. 5.2.7Disruption of Adoptive PlacementsNovember 28, 2023
8. 5.2.8Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already AdoptedJanuary 27, 2025
9. 5.2.9Inter Country AdoptionMay 21, 2024
10. 5.2.10Non Agency AdoptionMay 21, 2024
11. 5.2.11Adoption Case RecordsOctober 4, 2024
12. 5.2.12Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case RecordsSeptember 20, 2024
13. 5.2.13Intermediary ServicesSeptember 20, 2024
14. 5.2.14Life Story Books GuidanceMay 21, 2024
15. 5.2.15Later Life LettersMay 21, 2024
16. 5.2.16Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersSeptember 20, 2024
17. 5.2.17Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere

5.3Special Guardianship

1. 5.3.1Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersOctober 4, 2024
2. 5.3.2Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceOctober 4, 2024

6.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 6.0.1Local ContactsSeptember 19, 2024
2. 6.0.2List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersSeptember 19, 2024
3. 6.0.3Ofsted Inspection FrameworkJanuary 27, 2025
4. 6.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
5. 6.0.5Amendments