Amendments

Section 6, Placements in Wales has been updated in line with updated Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations - Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review.

This chapter has been significantly amended in to reflect the 'Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and Colleges (Ofsted, June 2021)'; updated 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' (see Scope Box) and Sexual Harassment in Education – Briefing (House Of Parliament Library, June 2021). (See Section 8.2, Protecting looked after children from sexual harassment and peer on peer abuse).

The chapter has also been amended to reflect Promoting the Education of Children with a Social Worker: Virtual School Head Role Extension, June 2021.

This chapter has been updated.

• Support to Schools - Arrangements for Accessing Top-up Funding for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Nottinghamshire Mainstream Schools.

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service - Emotional Health and Wellbeing Team Operating Model;
• Flowchart for the Provision of CAMHS Support to Young People Placed in Foster Placements, Residential Care and Pre-Order Adoption Placements Outside Nottinghamshire.

A number of policies have been updated.

A number of policies have been updated.

• Concerns Arising from Sexual Activity or Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People.

This chapter has been updated in line with the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and revised statutory guidance.

These changes relate to the status of ‘previously looked after children’. A previously Looked After Child is one who is no longer looked after in England and Wales because they are the subject of an Adoption, Special Guardianship or Child Arrangements Order which includes arrangements relating to with whom the child is to live, or when the child is to live with any person, or has been adopted from ‘state care’ outside England and Wales.

• Children's Disability Service - Provision of Childcare for Working Parents of Children and Young People with Disabilities.

Amendments have been made in:

• Section 5, Leaving Care Assessment of Need - in relation to children who are victims of trafficking or unaccompanied asylum seeking children;
• Section 7, Reviews of Pathway Plans - in relation to Relevant/Former Relevant young people moving to 'unregulated' accommodation; and
• Section 8, Personal Advisers - in relation to frequency of visits by Personal Advisers.

• Supervision Orders Procedure.

• Mobile Working;
• Early Support Sitting and Befriending Service;
• Early Support Homecare Service;
• Special Guardianship Court Report;
• Special Guardianship Support Plan.

There are three key areas this plan seeks to address, these are:

• To prevent young people from becoming homeless;
• To operate a successful support and accommodation pathway;
• To advocate for the needs of vulnerable young people for longer term housing options.

Section 3, Initial Meeting, a reference has been added to the DfE publication Intercountry Adoption and Resident Status Requirements which set out the minimum requirements, however entry clearance requirements vary depending upon the circumstances of each case and prospective adopters will need to obtain their own independent legal advice to establish the requirements that apply to their individual circumstances.

In Section 4, Formal Approval, a link has been added to Intercountry adoption: means test form which contains information on how to apply for a fee reduction for people who wish to adopt a child from overseas and who earn £45,000 per year or less.

• Permanence Panel Policy and Practice Guidance;
• Mosaic - Permanence Panel (not adoption) Guidance for social workers and IROs;
• Breaks in Partnership.

• Core Assessments (including Section 47 Enquiries);
• Transfer Protocol - Transfer of Cases between Reception and Assessment Teams and Children's Services Teams/Disabled Children's Team;
• Anti-Bullying Policy;
• Death or Serious Injury to a Child;
• Consents;
• Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing Officers;
• Local Contacts;
• Support Agencies;
• Fire Precautions in Residential and Day Establishments.

• Children, Families and Cultural Services Department- Ambitions, Priorities and Principles;
• Confidentiality Agreement for Employees;
• Public Engagement Policy;
• Social Care and Health Divisional Standards and Audit;
• Kinship Care;
• Consultation Standards;
• Guidance for the Early Help Unit’s Operating Model;
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Pathway;
• Managing Information with Other Local Authorities - All Children;
• Protocol between the Children’s Social Care (CSC) and Adult Social Care, Health and Public Protection (ASCHPP) where both are involved in case management;
• Protocol between the Crown Prosecution Service, Police, and Local Authorities in the exchange of information;
• Roles and Responsibilities of Locality Staff;
• Contact by Social Care Staff Outside the Usual Work Context;
• Professional Expectations of the Children’s Social Care Service on the Roles and Responsibilities of Managers;
• Roles and Responsibilities of Social Workers;
• Team Manager Attendance At Child Protection Conferences;
• Case Records for Looked After Children;
• Subject Access Request Policy;
• Retention and Destruction of Records;
• The Assessment Framework - Guidance;
• Family Support Home Care Services;
• Family Support Services - Family Centre Provision;
• Section 23 Budget;
• Caring for a Relative's or Friend's Child: A Fact Sheet for Prospective Carers;
• Children’s Services and Youth Offending Service Agreement - Children Involved in Offending and Anti Social Behaviour;
• Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) and the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP) Procedures, Trafficked Children Procedure;
• Requests for Information from Organisations Planning to Provide Temporary Care for Children;
• Carers' Assessments;
• Specialist Integrated Resource Panel;
• Notification of Human Rights Assessment;
• Outcome Notice Human Rights Assessment;
• Practice Guidance - Placement Arrangements under Regulation 24 and Regulation 25 (Care Planning, Placement and Case Review Regulations 2010);
• Child Care Risk Assessment;
• Personal Education Allowances - Guidance for Application Process;
• Health Care Assessments and Plans - Arrangements within Nottingham Health Authority;
• Health Care Assessments and Plans - Arrangements within Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Mansfield, Ashfield (Excluding Hucknall);
• Choosing and Fitting Car Seats (Fact Sheet);
• Taxi Operators and Taxi Drivers Operator Protocol;
• Adoption Enquiries and Applications - Initial Visits;
• Allegations Against Prospective Adopters.

This chapter provides links to:

• Frequently Asked Questions;
• Mobile Working Protocols;
• Guidance - Working with Display Screen Equipment (Corporate Factsheet);
• Guidance - Using Tablets (Corporate Factsheet).

This advice from the Department for Education provides:

• A set of principles for social workers working on child protection cases and care orders, where the child has links to a foreign country;
• A summary of the main international legislation;
• Guidance on agencies and organisations that social workers can seek help and advice from, or provide information to when working on these cases; and
• Sign-posts to other relevant guidance.

• Joint Protocol -Targeted Support Pathway for 16/17 Year Olds, Early Intervention and Support with Homelessness;
• Contact with Parents and Siblings;
• County Contact Pack.