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Bromley Children and Young People Service Safeguarding and Social Care Division

January 2012

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This contents list is sub divided into the following sections, each Section contains relevant Chapters/Procedures: (Click on the title to jump to the Section you require):

  1. All Children
  2. Children's Disability Team
  3. Preventative Services
  4. Looked After Services
  5. Adoption and Permanence
  6. YOT Procedures
  7. Guidance
  8. Appendices


1. All Children

1.1 Values and Principles  
1.1.1 Children's Social Care Values and Principles  


 
1.2 Referral and Assessment  
1.2.1 Social Care Values and Principles – The Child’s Journey In Bromley New
1.2.2 Information Sharing  
1.2.3 Common Assessment Framework Updated
1.2.4 RAT Procedures  
1.2.5 16 & 17 Year Olds Facing Homelessness Updated
1.2.6 Emergency Duty Team Updated
1.2.7 Joint Protocol Between Adult Care Services and Children’s Safeguarding and Social Care Updated


 

1.3

Care Proceedings

  
1.3.1 Legal Services Protocol  

1.3.2

 Preparing for Care and Supervision Proceedings (Ministry of Justice Guidelines)  
1.3.3 Court Final Statement  
1.3.4 Court Statement Format and Guidance  
1.3.5 Public Law Outline  
1.3.6 Family Group Conference Procedure  


 
1.4 Referral and Assessment Team Child Protection Procedures  
1.4.1 Child Protection Enquiries  
1.4.2 Arranging a Child Protection Conference  
1.4.3 Social Work Report for Initial Child Protection Conference  
1.4.4 Social Work Report for Review Conferences  
1.4.5 Escalation Policy  
1.4.6 Implementation of a Child Protection Plan  


 
1.5 Safeguarding  
1.5.1 Bromley Safeguarding Children Website  
1.5.2 Children Missing from Home  


 
1.6 Behaviour Management  
1.6.1 Physical Intervention  
1.6.2 Transporting Children and Activities  


 
1.7 Quality Assurance  
1.7.1 Safeguarding and Social Care Division Audit Strategy  
1.7.2 Role of Independent Chair  
1.7.3 Children's Complaints  
1.7.4 Format for Chairing Strategy Meetings (Concerning Professionals and Carers)  


 
1.8 Divisional Procedures for Staff  
1.8.1 Case Transfer Protocol - Children's Social Care  
1.8.2 Learning and Development  
1.8.3 NQSW Pathway  
1.8.4 Non Qualified Staff Training Pathway  
1.8.5 Managers Pathway  
1.8.6 NQSW Pathway with Manager's Monitoring Information  
1.8.7 Staff Supervision Policy  
1.8.8 Violence against Staff Policy  
1.8.9 File Structure Guidance  
1.8.10 Transportation of Files  
1.8.11 Travel including Taxi Procedures  
1.8.12 Time off in Lieu  
1.8.13 ICT Do's and Don'ts  
1.8.14 E-mail and Internet Policy  
1.8.15 Access to Case Records  
1.8.16 Destruction and Retention of Files  
1.8.17 Finance Arrangement Including Petty Cash  
1.8.18 Security and Confidentiality Client Case Records  
1.8.19 Safeguarding and Social Care Division Induction Pack for Staff  


2. Children's Disability Team

2.1 CDT Eligibility Criteria  
2.2 Disability Resource Panel  
2.3 Duty Service  
2.4 Admission to Hollybank  
2.5 Direct Payments  
2.6 Direct Payments Checklist  
2.7 CDT Outreach Service  
2.8 Early Support  
2.9 Short Term Breaks Eligibility  
2.10 Transition Team Operational Policy  
2.11 Team Remit  
2.12 Short Breaks New


3. Preventative Services

3.1 Preventative Services  
3.1.1 Procedure for Outreach and Family Support  
3.1.2 Private Fostering  
3.1.3 Procedure for Assessing the Needs of Homeless Families  
3.1.4 Joint Protocol Between Bromley Children's Safeguarding and Social Care and Adult Care Services for Failed Asylum Seekers and Foreign Nationals with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)  
3.1.5 Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers  


 
3.2 Young Carers  
3.2.1 Referral Process for Young Carers  
3.2.2 Young Carers Assessment of Needs  
3.2.3 Guidance for Professionals - Young Carers Assessment Tool  
3.2.4 Protocol for Children and Young People's Services and Adult and Community Services for Young Carers  
3.2.5 Protocol with Health Services  
3.2.6 Protocol with Schools  
3.2.7 Young Carers Booklet  


4. Looked After Services

4.1 Admission, Placement Funding and Initial Planning  
4.1.1 Funding Panel  
4.1.2 Decision to Look After Updated
4.1.3 Funding Request Procedure  
4.1.4 Post Placement Arrangements including Same Day and Emergency Placements Updated
4.1.5 Permanence Planning Guidance and Procedure  
4.1.6 Procedure for Court Ordered Commissioning Updated
4.1.7 Social Worker Visits  
4.1.8 The Sufficiency Duty in Relation to Accommodation for Children  
4.1.9 Family and Friends Care Policy - DRAFT New
4.1.10 Residence Orders and Residence Order Allowances New


 
4.2 Placement Policy and Placement Options  
4.2.1 Placement Policy  
4.2.2 Placements in Foster Care Updated
4.2.3 Permanent Foster Placements  
4.2.4 Placements in Children's Homes  
4.2.5 Placements with Parents Updated
4.2.6 Placements with Connected Person Updated
4.2.7 Placements Outside England and Wales  
4.2.8 Placements in Secure Accommodation Updated
4.2.9 Friends, Family and Connected Person Carers  
4.2.10 Parent and Baby Placement Policy  
4.2.11 Out of Borough Placements  


 
4.3 Meetings and Reviews  
4.3.1 Looked After Reviews Updated
4.3.2 Reviewing Procedure - Children Looked After and Subject of Child Protection Plan - (Guidance Note) Updated
4.3.3 Dispute Resolution Protocol for Independent Reviewing Officers  
4.3.4 Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews Updated


 
4.4 Education, Recreation and Activities  
4.4.1 Education of Looked After Children  
4.4.2 PEP Protocol  
4.4.3 PEP Audit Procedures  
4.4.4 PEP Audit Standards  
4.4.5 Personal Education Allowances  
4.4.6 Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK  
4.4.7 Leisure and Recreation  
4.4.8 School Trips within the UK  
4.4.9 Internet Security  
4.4.10 Savings Policy  
4.4.11 Allocation of the Pupil Premium for Looked After Pupils  


 
4.5 Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends  
4.5.1 Contact with Parents and Siblings  
4.5.2 Contact with Relatives, Friends, Visitors and Overnight Stays  


 

4.6

Foster Carers

  
4.6.1 Fostering Panel Updated
4.6.2 Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers  
4.6.3 Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes  
4.6.4 Persons Disqualified from Fostering  
4.6.5 Annual Review of Foster Carers  
4.6.6 Supervision and Support to Foster Carers  
4.6.7 Foster Carers at Panel  
4.6.8 Allegations against Foster Carers  
4.6.9 BAAF Practice Note 51 - Reducing the Risks of Environmental Tobacco Smoke for Looked After Children and their Carers  


 

4.7

Health and Wellbeing

  
4.7.1 Health Care for Looked After Children UNDER REVIEW  
4.7.2 Health Care Assessments for Looked After Children  
4.7.3 First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines  
4.7.4 General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians  
4.7.5 Invasive Procedures  
4.7.6 Sexual Health and Relationships  


 

4.8

Incidents

  
4.8.1 Contacting the Police  
4.8.2 Countering Bullying  
4.8.3 Missing Children (Looked After)  
4.8.4 Abduction and Recovery of LAC  


 

4.9

Leaving Care

  
4.9.1 Placements for Care Leavers  


 

4.10

Privacy and Personal Care

  
4.10.1 Children's Bedrooms  
4.10.2 Hair and Skin  
4.10.3 Physical Contact and Intimate Care  
4.10.4 Spiritual Development  
4.10.5 Correspondence and Communication  


 

4.11

Protection and Independent Visitors

  
4.11.1 Advocacy and Independent Visitors  


 

4.12

Looked After (and Former Looked After) Children and Young People and the Youth Justice System

  
4.12.1 Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services  
4.12.2 Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody  


 

4.13

Miscellaneous

  
4.13.1 Change of Name of a Looked After Child  
4.13.2 Marriage of a Looked After Child  


5. Adoption and Permanence

5.1

Adoption

  
5.1.1 Adoption Values and Principles  
5.1.2 Adoption Panel Updated
5.1.3 Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Placements  
5.1.4 Placement for Adoption  
5.1.5 Adoption Reviews  
5.1.6 Monitoring and Supervision of Agency Adoptive Placements  
5.1.7 Disruption of Agency Adoptive Placements  
5.1.8 Allegations against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted  
5.1.9 Inter Country Adoption  
5.1.10 Non Agency Adoptions  
5.1.11 Adoption Support Services  
5.1.12 Bromley Adoption Support Procedure  
5.1.13 Adoption Case Records  
5.1.14 Access to Birth Records/Adoption Case Records  
5.1.15 Intermediary Services  


 

5.2

Other Permanence Options

  
5.2.1 Applications for Special Guardianship  
5.2.2 Court Reports in Adoption Special Guardianship  


6. YOT Procedures

6.1 YOT Procedures  


7. Guidance

7.1 Initial and Core Assessment Guidance  
7.2 CDT Legislation Guidance  


8. Appendices

8.1 Local Contact Details  
8.2 Scheme of Delegated Authority for Children (Non Financial)  
8.3 Working Together 2010  
8.4 Forms Library  
8.5 Local Keywords  
8.6 Nice Guidance - When to Suspect Child Maltreatment  
8.7 Quick Reference Guide  

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