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Contents

Manual Version February 2012

  1. All Children
  2. Preventative and Assessment Services
  3. Services to Looked After Children
  4. Children in Specific Circumstances
  5. Protocols
  6. Guidance
  7. 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 Updated

   

1.2

Assessment and Planning

  
1.2.1 Common Assessment Framework Guidance - SHAePE in Newham  
1.2.2 Children and Young People Service - Social Care Thresholds  
1.2.3 Referrals  
1.2.4 Initial Assessments  
1.2.5 Core Assessments  
1.2.6 Referrals of Parents to Adult Services  
1.2.7 Strategy Discussions  
1.2.8 Child Protection Enquiries  
1.2.9 Family Group Conferences  
1.2.10 Threshold of Care Panel - Terms of Reference Updated
1.2.11 Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning Updated
1.2.12 Applications for Emergency Protection Orders  
1.2.13 Court Proceedings and Legal Planning Meetings  
1.2.14 Public Law Outline - Frequently Asked Questions  
1.2.15 Children who have Suffered Significant Physical Harm  
1.2.16 Working with Violent and Aggressive Families  
1.2.17 Children Missing from Home  
1.2.18 Death of or Serious Injury to a Child  
1.2.18a Child Death and Serious Incident Notifications  
1.2.19 Transfer Protocol between Assessment and Intervention, and between Intervention and CLA/After Care Teams  
1.2.20 Joint Allocation of Cases  
1.2.21 Recording Visits and Care Plans on CareFirst – Social Worker’s and Managers Responsibilities Updated
1.2.22 Procedure for Recording in relation to Sibling Groups  
1.2.23 Movement of Children Subject to Child Protection Plans  
1.2.24 Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) and CYPS Referral/Information Sharing Procedure  

   

1.3

Complaints, Allegations and Whistle-Blowing

  
1.3.1 Representations and Complaints Procedure  
1.3.2 Whistle Blowing Procedure  
1.3.3 Management of Allegations against Adults who Work with Children - LSCB Protocol  
1.3.4 Advocacy and Children's Rights  
1.3.5 Conflict Resolution Procedure - Independent Reviewing Service  
1.3.6 Safeguarding and LAC Management Alerts New

 

1.4

Miscellaneous

  
1.4.1 Access to Files  
1.4.2 Physical Intervention  
1.4.3 Transporting Children and Activities  
1.4.4 Archiving and Destruction of Files  
1.4.5 Interaction with the Press  
1.4.6 Translating and Interpreting Services  
1.4.7 Notifications by Other Local Authorities of Looked After Children Placed in Newham  
1.4.8 E-Safety in Newham (policy of Newham Local Safeguarding Children Board)  
1.4.9 Staff Supervision Policy  


2. Preventative and Assessment Services

2.1

Plans and Reviews

  
2.1.1 Children in Need - Plans and Reviews  
2.1.2 Private Fostering  

   

2.2

Services

  
2.2.1 Family Assistance and Solutions Team (FAST)  
2.2.2 The Amber Project  
2.2.3 Access to Children's Support Services and Care Packages  


3. Services to Looked After Children

3.1

Planning for Looked After Children

  
3.1.1 Route Map for Looked After Children  
 

See Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning

and Threshold of Care Panel - Terms of Reference

See also The London Pledge to Children in Care

  
3.1.2 Families Division Placements Work – Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Management  
3.1.3 Permanency Options and Financial Arrangements  
3.1.4 Permanence Planning – Practice Guidance  
3.1.5 Looked After Children and the Youth Justice System  
3.1.6 Former Looked After Children and the Youth Justice System  
3.1.7 Case Records for Looked After Children  

   

3.2

Placements

  
3.2.1 Emergency Placements  
3.2.2 Placements in Foster Care  
3.2.3 Placements in Residential Care  
3.2.4 Complex Needs Panel  
3.2.5 Placements in Secure Accommodation  
3.2.6 Placement with Parents  
3.2.7 Placements with Connected Persons  
3.2.8 Placement in Supported Housing/Lodgings  
3.2.9 Placements Out of Area  
3.2.9a Placements Outside England and Wales  
3.2.10 Placement in Difficulty Protocol  
3.2.11 Instructions to Social Workers on the use of PAMS (Placement and Advisory Service)  
3.2.12 YJB Court Ordered Secure Remands (July 2010)  
  See also Notifications by Other Local Authorities of Looked After Children Placed in Newham  
3.2.13 The Sufficiency Duty in Relation to Accommodation for Looked After Children  

   

3.3

Reviews

  
3.3.1 Looked After Reviews  
  See also Conflict Resolution Procedure – Independent Reviewing Service  
3.3.2 Powers of and Social Worker Contact with Independent Reviewing Officers  
3.3.3 Placement Plan Reviews  
3.3.4 Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews  

   

3.4

Behaviour Management

  
3.4.1 Children Missing from Care Updated
3.4.2 Behaviour Management Plans  
3.4.3 Sanctions  

   

3.5

Education

  
3.5.1 Education of Looked After Children  
3.5.2 Accessing Education Support for Looked After Children  

   

3.6

Recreation and Activities

  
3.6.1 Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Outside the UK  
3.6.2 Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Inside the UK  
3.6.3 Leisure and Activities  

   

3.7

Health and Wellbeing

  
3.7.1 Drugs and Substance Misuse  
3.7.2 First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines  
3.7.3 General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians  
3.7.4 Health Care Assessments and Health Care Plans  
3.7.5 Infestations  
3.7.6 Self Harming  
3.7.7 Nutrition and Diet  

   

3.8

Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends

  
3.8.1 Contact with Parent and Siblings  
3.8.2 Contact with Relatives and Friends (including overnight stays)  

   

3.9

Foster Carers

  
  National Minimum Standards  
3.9.1 Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers  
3.9.2 Fostering Panel  
3.9.3 Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes  
3.9.4 Persons Disqualified from Fostering  
3.9.5 Review of Foster Carers  
3.9.6 Supervision and Support of Foster Carers  
3.9.7 Training of Foster Carers  
3.9.8 Allegations against Foster Carers Updated

   

3.10

Pan London Adoption Procedures

  
  National Minimum Standards  
  Newham Statement of Purpose for Adoption  
  See also Permanency Options and Financial Arrangements and Permanence Planning – Practice Guidance  
3.10.1 Adoption Values and Principles  
3.10.2 Adoption Panel  
3.10.3 Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Parents  
3.10.3A Newham Adoption Criteria  
3.10.4 Placement for Adoption  
3.10.5 Adoption Reviews  
3.10.6 Monitoring and Supervision of Agency Adoptive Placements  
3.10.7 Disruption of Agency Adoptive Placements  
3.10.8 Allegations against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or already Adopted  
3.10.9 Inter Country Adoption  
3.10.10 Non Agency Adoptions  
3.10.11 Adoption Support Services  
3.10.12 Adoption Case Records  
3.10.13 Access to Birth Records/Adoption Case Records  
3.10.14 Intermediary Services  

   

3.11

Other Permanence Options

  
  See also Permanency Options and Financial Arrangements and Permanence Planning – Practice Guidance  
3.11.1 Applications for Special Guardianship  
3.11.2 Special Guardianship Order Approval Procedure  
3.11.3 Court Reports in Adoption Special Guardianship  

   

3.12

Leaving Care

  
3.12.1 Leaving Care  
3.12.1 Policy on Accommodation and Financial Support to Children Looked After and Care Leavers Aged 16+  

   

3.13

Incidents

  
3.13.1 Barricading  
3.13.2 Contacting the Police  
3.13.3 Countering of Bullying  
3.13.4 Searching Children and their Belongings  

   

3.14

Monitoring Quality

  
3.14.1 Social Work Visits  
3.14.2 Independent Visitors  
3.14.3 Befriending Scheme  

   

3.15

Privacy and Personal Care

  
3.15.1 Children's Bedrooms  
3.15.2 Hair and Skin Care  
3.15.3 Physical Contact and Intimate Care  
3.15.4 Pocket Money and Allowances  
3.15.5 Spiritual Development  
3.15.6 Telephones, Mobile Phones and Letters  

   

3.16

Miscellaneous

  
3.16.1 Change of Name  
3.16.2 Marriage  
3.16.3 Saving Scheme and Financial Support for looked After Children and Care Leavers  
3.16.4 Registration for National Insurance  


4. Children in Specific Circumstances

4.1 Disabled Children  
4.2 Safeguarding Disabled Children: Practice Guidance  
4.3 Reviewing Short Breaks Provision  
4.3a Short Breaks  
4.4 HIV/AIDS  
4.5 Sexual Abuse of Children by Children  
4.6 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children  
4.7 Children Living with Domestic Violence  


5. Protocols

5.1 Parenting and Mental Illness Joint Working Protocol  
5.2 Parenting and Learning Disabilities Joint Working Protocol  

Protocols in Relation to Youth Offending Service

  
5.3 Protocol between Youth Offending Service and Social Work Teams in Children and Young People Service  
5.4 London Youth Offending Service and London Probation Trust: Case Transfer Protocol New
5.5 Protocol on the Caretaking and Transfer of Cases between Youth Offending Services involving Newham Youth Offending Team New


6. Guidance

6.1 Access to Children in Need Care Packages  
6.2 Behaviour Management  
6.3 Care Plans  
6.4 Children's Reviews Guidance  
6.5 Representations and Complaints  
6.6 Consents  
6.7 Countering Bullying  
6.8 Education of Looked After Children  
6.9 First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines  
6.10 HIV/AIDS  
6.11 Incidents  
6.12 Initial and Core Assessments  
6.13 Relative Carers  
6.14 Leaving Care  
6.15 Life Story Books  
6.16 Nutrition, Diet and Mealtimes  
6.17 Passport Applications for Looked After Children  
6.18 Private Foster Carers  
6.19 Sexual Health and Relationships - for Looked After Children  
6.20 Touch Guidance  
6.21 Children's Access to Computers and Internet Security  


7 . Appendices

  Local Keywords  
  Local Contacts  
  Designated Managers  
  National Contacts  
  Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010  
  Quick Reference Guide  

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