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February 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. Introduction
  2. First Response / Safeguarding Support
  3. Court Business
  4. Early Intervention and Family Support
  5. Children in Care
  6. Children with Disabilities
  7. Children's Homes
  8. Fostering and Adoption
  9. Practice/Management Support and Administration
  10. Appendices


1. Introduction

1.1 Values and Principles Updated


2. First Response / Safeguarding Support

2.1

Initial Screening - Core Assessments

 
2.1.1 Assessment and Screening - Multi Agency Processes (Under Review)  
2.1.2 CAF Guidance  
2.1.3 Initial Screening and Referrals of Children in Need  
2.1.4 Initial Assessments  
2.1.5 Core Assessments  
2.1.6 Safeguarding Panel Updated
2.1.7 Professionals and Network Meetings  
2.1.8 Emergency Duty Team  
2.1.9 Assessments Guidance  
2.1.10 Age Assessments  
2.1.11 Thresholds of Need and Service Responses  


 

2.2

ICS Transformation Program Guidance

 
2.2.1 Practice Guidance for Children in Need ICS Transformation Program  
2.2.2 Core Assessment Record for Child Protection Guidance - ICS Transformation Program  
2.2.3 Procedures for Recording Siblings on Frameworki  


 

2.3

Decision to Look After

 
2.3.1 Permanence Planning (Under Review)  
2.3.2 Decision to Look After (Under Review)  


 

2.4

Safeguarding Children in Need

 
  London Child Protection Procedures  
  Haringey LSCB Protocols and Guidance  
2.4.1 Allegations Against Staff/Volunteers  
2.4.2 Death of or Serious Injury: Child in Need (Under Review)  
2.4.3 Missing from Home and Care Updated
2.4.4 Recording Children Missing from Care New
2.4.5 Missing from Care Risk Assessment New
2.4.6 Drug Using Screening Tool (DUST)  
2.4.7 Care Pathway for Section 47 Child Protection Medicals Updated
2.4.8 Rapid Response in the Event of an unexpected Death  
2.4.9 Families with No Recourse to Public Funds  
2.4.10 Social Work Visits to Children Subject to a Child Protection Plan  
2.4.11 Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Guidance  
2.4.12 Recording MAPPA and MARAC on Frameworki  


 

2.5

Youth Offending

 
2.5.1 Youth Offending Service - Children's Services Protocol Updated
2.5.2 ASBO Guidance Involving Young People  
2.5.3 Youth Offending Service - Resettlement Policy and Procedure New
2.5.4 Youth Offending Service - Multi-Agency Risk Management Panel Guidance New
2.5.5 Gangs and Serious Youth Violence Strategy New
2.5.6 Victim Contact Procedures New


 

2.6

Miscellaneous

 
2.6.1 Care Needs of Children from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds  
2.6.2 Police Units and Children's Social Work Joint Protocol  


3. Court Business

3.1 Legal Planning Meetings Updated
3.2 Court Business  
3.3 Public Law Outline  
3.4 Emergency Protection Order Guidance/Case Studies  
3.5 Preparing for Care and Supervision Proceedings Guidance  
3.6 Recording of Court Proceedings and Legal Advice on Frameworki  


4. Early Intervention and Family Support

4.1

Integrated Working

 
4.1.1 Common Assessment Framework (CAF) Guidance  
4.1.2 Lead Professional and the Team Around the Child (TAC) Guidance  


 

4.2

Private Fostering

 
4.2.1 Private Fostering Procedure  
4.2.2 Private Fostering Statement of Purpose  


 

4.3

Preventative Services and Family Support Miscellaneous

 
4.3.1 Family Support Updated
4.3.2 Supporting Homeless Families  
4.3.3 Homeless 16 and 17 Year Olds - Draft Protocol with Housing  
4.3.4 Family Group Conferences  
4.3.5 Criminal Injures Compensation Updated
4.3.6 Children's Trust Fund and Junior ISA's Updated
4.3.7 Family Intervention Project - Information Pack  
4.3.8 Family Support Panel Scoring Sheet New


5. Children in Care

  The London Pledge for Children and Young People in Care  


 

5.1

Placement Arrangements

 
5.1.1 Placements Procedures Updated
5.1.2 Placement with Parents (Under Review)  
5.1.3 Placement with Connected Persons Updated
5.1.4 Placements Outside England and Wales  
5.1.5 Placements in Secure Accommodation  
5.1.6 Post Placement Arrangements /Notifications  
5.1.7 Social Work Visits to Looked After Children Updated


 

5.2

Meetings and Reviews

 
5.2.1 Planning and Disruption Meetings (Under Review)  
5.2.2 Child in Care Reviews (Under Review)  
5.2.3 Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews  


 

5.3

Health and Well Being of Looked After Children

 
5.3.1 Health Care Assessments and Health Plans Updated
5.3.2 HIV and AIDS Procedure - Under Review  
5.3.3 HIV and AIDs Guidance - Under Review  
5.3.4 Immunisations Updated


 

5.4

Education of Looked After Children

 
5.4.1 Personal Education Plans Updated
5.4.2 Moving to a new School/Authority  
5.4.3 Education Expectations and Underachieving  
5.4.4 School Exclusions  
5.4.5 Absence and Missing from School  
5.4.6 Guidance on Looked After Children with SEN  


 

5.5

Passports, Holidays and Trips

 
5.5.1 Passports, Immigration and Naturalisation  
5.5.2 Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK (Under Review)  
5.5.3 School Trips within the UK  

5.6

Identity and Family Contacts

 
5.6.1 Supervised Contacts Service  
5.6.2 Contact with Parents and Siblings (Under Review)  
5.6.3 Overnight Stays and Contact with Relatives and Friends  
5.6.4 Change of Name of a Looked After Child  
5.6.5 Marriage of a Looked After Child  


 

5.7

Leaving Care

 
5.7.1 Leaving Care and Transition Updated


6. Children with Disabilities

6.1 Threshold Criteria for Disabled Children's Team Updated
6.2 Children with Disabilities  
6.3 Transition Policy (Draft) Updated
6.4 Assessing the Needs of Parents with Learning Disabilities and their Children  
6.5 Common Access Framework for Short Breaks New
6.6 Short Breaks Service Statement New
6.7 Early Support  
  6.7.1 Early Support Terms of Reference New
  6.7.2 Early Support Places in Children's Centres New


7. Children's Homes

7.1 Haringey Children's Homes Procedures Manual  


8. Fostering and Adoption

8.1

Foster Carers

 
8.1.1 Fostering Statement of Purpose Updated
8.1.2 Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers (Under Review)  
8.1.3 Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes (Under Review)  
8.1.4 Persons Disqualified from Fostering  
8.1.5 Annual Review of Foster Carers  
8.1.6 Supervision of Foster Carers (Under Review)  
8.1.7 Payments for Foster Carers  
8.1.8 Payments for Relatives and Friends Foster Carers  
8.1.9 Safe Caring Procedures and Guidance  
8.1.10 Allegations against Foster Carers and Prospective Adopters (Under Review)  


 

8.2

Adoption Procedures

 
8.2.1 Adoption Values and Principles Updated
8.2.2 Adoption Service Statement of Purpose Updated
8.2.3 Adoption Panel Updated
8.2.4 Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters Updated
8.2.5 Placement for Adoption Updated
8.2.6 Adoption Reviews Updated
8.2.7 Monitoring and Supervision of Agency Adoptive Placements  
8.2.8 Disruption of Agency Adoptive Placements  
8.2.9 Allegations against Foster Carers and Prospective Adopters (Under Review)  
8.2.10 Inter Country Adoption Updated
8.2.11 Non Agency Adoptions Updated
8.2.12 Adoption Support Services Updated
8.2.13 Adoption Case Records Updated
8.2.14 Access to Birth Records/Adoption Case Records Updated
8.2.15 Intermediary Services Updated
8.2.16 Applications for Special Guardianship Updated
8.2.17 Court Reports in Adoption and Special Guardianship  


9. Practice/Management Support and Administration

9.1 Protocol for the Safe Handling of Client Information by staff in the Children and Young People's Service  
9.2 Access to Records New
9.3 Information Sharing Guidance for Practitioners Working with Children, Young People and Families (Haringey Children's Trust)  
9.4 Forms Library Updated
9.5 Case Allocations Guidance  
9.6 Managing the Work Done by Social Work Assistants and Unqualified Social Care Staff New
9.7 Transfers Protocol  
9.8 Workload Management Scheme  
9.9 Staff Supervision  
9.10 Scheme of Delegation and Local Contacts Updated
9.11 Haringey Cards / Practice Standards Updated
9.12 Case Records for Looked After Children New


10. Appendices

10.1 Local Keywords  
10.2 EDT Protocol - Out of Hours Visit Requests  

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