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  1. All Children
  2. Preventative Services
  3. Looked After Services
  4. Guidance
  5. Specific Circumstances
  6. Resources and Protocols
  7. Appendices


1. All Children

1.1

Policy, Values and Principles

  
1.1.1 Foreword and Introduction  
1.1.2 Children's Policy, Values and Underlying Principles of Recording, Confidentiality and Consultation  
1.1.3 Confidentiality and Loss of Sensitive Data  
1.1.4 Quality Assurance Framework  
1.1.5 Family and Friends Policy (New)
 

Also see Southwark Pledge to Children and Young People in and Leaving Care

See also Purpose Specific Information Sharing Arrangements between the Metropolitan Police, Southwark Council and Southwark Primary Care Trust 		 

   

1.2

Assessments and Planning

  
1.2.1 Thresholds for Children’s Social Care Safeguarding Services (agreed by Southwark Safeguarding Children Board)  
1.2.2 ICSS (Integrated Child Support Service) Pathway (Updated)
1.2.3 CAF Guidance (Updated)
1.2.4 Contacts and Referrals  
1.2.5 New Information about Open Cases  
1.2.6 Initial Assessments  
1.2.7 Strategy Discussions (Updated)
1.2.8 Strategy Meetings – Additional Guidance relating to Children in Hospital  
1.2.9 Child Protection Conferences Including Standards for Conferences  
1.2.10 Core Assessments  
1.2.11 Initiating Care Proceedings  
1.2.12 Public Law Outline- FAQ  
1.2.13 Pre-Birth Assessment Procedure  
1.2.14 Pre Birth Assessment Tool  
1.2.15 Monitoring Visits to Children Subject to a Child Protection Plan  
1.2.16 Protocol for Transfer between Teams within Specialist Children's Services and Safeguarding (Updated)
  See also Protocol regarding the Management of 16 and 17 year old Young People who may be Homeless or require Accommodation  

   

1.3

Complaints, Allegations and Whistle-Blowing

  
1.3.1 Representations, Complaints and Claims Procedure  
1.3.2 Whistle-blowing Procedure  
1.3.3 Management of Allegations Against Adults who Work with Children (Southwark Safeguarding Children Board Protocol)  

   

1.4

Safeguarding

  
1.4.1 Action to be Taken in the event of the Death of or Serious Injury to a Child or Other Critical Incidents  
1.4.2 Southwark Protocol for Children At Risk of Sexual Exploitation and Flowchart  
1.4.3 Notifications by other Local Authorities of Looked After Children Placed in Southwark (Updated)
1.4.4 Safeguarding Disabled Children – Practice Guidance  
1.4.5 Children Missing Education Referral and Assessment Guidance (Updated)
1.4.6 Children Missing from Home (New)

   

1.5

Miscellaneous

  
1.5.1 Access to Records  
1.5.2 Responding to Access to Information Requests Received under the Data Protection Act 1998  
1.5.3 Storage of Records  
1.5.4 HIV and AIDS  
1.5.5 Physical Interventions (Updated)
1.5.6 Activities and Transporting Children  


2. Preventative Services

2.1

Plans and Reviews

  
2.1.1 Child in Need Plans and Reviews  

   

2.2

Miscellaneous

  
2.2.1 Private Fostering  
2.2.2 Friends and Family Arrangements (Updated)
2.2.3 Family Group Conferences  


3. Looked After Services

3.1

Policy and Care Planning

  
3.1.1 Southwark Pledge to Children and Young People in and Leaving Care  
3.1.2 Ten Golden Rules  
3.1.3 Route Map for Looked After Children (Updated)
3.1.4 Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning (Updated)
3.1.5 Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After Children (New)
3.1.6 Children subject to Dual Planning Process - Looked After Reviews and Child Protection Conferences  

   

3.2

Placements

  
3.2.1 Placements in Foster Care (Updated)
3.2.2 Long Term Fostering  
3.2.3 Placements in Residential Care (Updated)
3.2.4 Placements in Secure Accommodation (Updated)
3.2.5 Placement with Parents (Updated)
3.2.6 Placements with Connected Persons (Updated)
3.2.7 Placements Outside England and Wales  
3.2.8 Placements in Semi-Independent Accommodation (Updated)
3.2.9 Mother and Baby Foster Placements  
3.2.10 YJB Court Ordered Secure Remands Protocol (July 2010)  
3.2.11 Out of Area Placements (New)

   

3.3

Reviews

  
3.3.1 Emergency Review  
3.3.2 Looked After Reviews (Updated)
3.3.3 Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing Officers (New)
3.3.4 Participation of Children in Looked After Reviews  
3.3.5 Parental Participation at Looked After Reviews  
 

See also Protocol between Independent Reviewing Officers and Direct/District Managers

See also IRO Dispute Resolution Process and Flowchart		  
3.3.6 Placement Plan Review  
3.3.7 Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews  
  See also Looked After Children in Contact with the Youth Justice System  

   

3.4

Behaviour Management

  
3.4.1 Absent Children - Under Review  
3.4.2 Behaviour Management Plans  
3.4.3 Sanctions  

   

3.5

Education, Recreation and Activities

  
3.5.1 Education of Looked After Children (Updated)
3.5.2 Personal Education Plans (Updated)
3.5.3 Role and Responsibilities of the Virtual School Head  
3.5.4 Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK  
3.5.5 Leisure and Recreation  
3.5.6 School Trips within the UK  

   

3.6

Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends

  
3.6.1 Contact with Parents and Siblings (Updated)
3.6.2 Contact with Relatives and Friends  

   

3.7

Foster Carers

  
3.7.1 Fostering Panel (Updated)
3.7.2 Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers (Updated)
3.7.3 Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes  
3.7.4 Persons Disqualified from Fostering (Updated)
3.7.5 Allegations against Foster Carers, Prospective Adopters and Adopters (Updated)
3.7.6 Review of Foster Carers (Updated)
3.7.7 Supervision and Support of Foster Carers (Updated)
3.7.8 Pets Policy  

   

3.8

Health and Wellbeing

  
3.8.1 Drugs and Substance Misuse  
3.8.2 First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines  
3.8.3 General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians  
3.8.4 Health Care Assessments and Health Care Plans (Updated)
3.8.5 Infestations  
3.8.6 Nutrition and Diet  
3.8.7 Self Harming  

   

3.9

Incidents

  
3.9.1 Barricading  
3.9.2 Contacting the Police  
3.9.3 Countering of Bullying  
3.9.4 Searching Children and their Belongings  
3.9.5 Incidents - General  

   

3.10

Adoption and Special Guardianship

  
 

See National Minimum Standards for Adoption 2011

Please also see Adoption Statement of Purpose 2011-2012		  
3.10.1 Placement for Adoption (Updated)
3.10.2 Adoption Panel (Updated)
3.10.3 Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Parents (Updated)
3.10.4 Inter Country Adoptions (Updated)
3.10.5 Non-agency Adoption Placements  
3.10.6 Access by Adopted Persons to Birth and Adoption Records (Updated)
3.10.7 Adoption Case Records (Updated)
3.10.8 Adoption Support Services (Updated)
3.10.9 Adoption Reviews (Updated)
3.10.10 Intermediary Services (Updated)
3.10.11 Applications for Special Guardianship  
3.10.12 Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship Also see Chapter 3.7.5 Allegations against Foster Carers, Prospective Adopters and Adopters  

   

3.11

Leaving Care

  
3.11.1 CLA Service - Succeeding into Adulthood (New)
3.11.2 Transition Protocol  
3.11.3 Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody (New)

   

3.12

Monitoring Quality

  
3.12.1 Social Worker Visits (Updated)

   

3.13

Privacy and Personal Care

  
3.13.1 Children's Bedrooms (Updated)
3.13.2 Hair and Skin Care  
3.13.3 Physical Contact and Intimate Care  
3.13.4 Pocket Money and Allowances  
3.13.5 Spiritual Development  
3.13.6 Telephones, Mobile 'Phones and Letters  

   

3.14

Protection and Advocacy

  
3.14.1 Advocacy and Independent Visitors (Updated)

   

3.15

Miscellaneous

  
3.15.1 Change of Name  
3.15.2 Marriage  
3.15.3 Registration for National Insurance  
3.15.4 Case Records for Looked After Children (New)
3.15.5 Looked After Children in Contact with the Youth Justice System (New)


4. Guidance

4.1 Assessing Prospective Foster Carers (Updated)
4.2 Behaviour Management (Updated)
4.3 Care Plans (Updated)
4.4 Children's Review Guidance (Updated)
4.5 Complaints and Representations  
4.6 Condom Distribution Protocol  
4.7 Consents  
4.8 Countering Bullying  
4.9 Education of Looked After Children (Updated)
4.10 Everything Southwark Social Workers need to know and do in Relation to Children with Special Educational Needs  
4.11 Exclusions and Children out of School  
4.12 First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines  
4.13 HIV/AIDS  
4.14 Initial and Core Assessments  
4.15 Life Packs (Updated)
4.16 Nutrition, Diet and Mealtimes  
4.17 Passport Applications for Looked After Children  
4.18 Permanence Planning (Updated)
4.19 Private Foster Carers  
4.20 Reviews of Foster Carers  
4.21 Sexual Health and Relationships  
4.22 Teenage Pregnancy and Sexual Health  
4.23 Supervision of Foster Carers  
4.24 Touch Guidance  


5. Specific Circumstances

5.1 Children with Disabilities (Updated)
5.2 Short Breaks (New)
5.3 Asylum Seekers  


6. Resources and Protocols

6.1 Staff Supervision, Performance Management, Training and Development  
6.2 Protocol between Adults' and Children's Services  
6.3 Purpose Specific Information Sharing Arrangements between the Metropolitan Police, Southwark Council, and Southwark Primary Care Trust (New)
6.4 Protocol for Joint Work between Housing and Children's Services (Updated)
6.4A Protocol regarding the Management of 16 and 17 year old Young People who may be Homeless or require Accommodation (New)
6.5 Protocol with Housing - Vulnerable Tenants  
6.6 Protocol with Health Visiting and School Health  
6.7 Protocol with early Years and Schools  
6.8 CAMHS Referrals  
6.9 CAMHS Emergency Protocol and Escalation Arrangements  
6.10 Out of Hours Protocol for Responding to Children and Adolescents who might present Outside Office Hours  
6.11 Family Court Assessment Service  
6.12 Protocol between Children's Services and Youth Offending Service  
6.13 Protocol between Independent Reviewing Officers and Direct/District Managers  
6.14 IRO Dispute Resolution Process and Flowchart (New)
6.15 Disclosure of Information in Family Proceedings - Police/Family Disclosure  
6.16 Protocol Regarding Information Exchange and Referral with Children coming to Police Notice  
6.17 Protocol with Police Sapphire Team  
6.18 Protocol with Police and CPS for Exchange of Information in Child Abuse Cases  
6.19 Joint Service Protocol to meet the Needs of Children and Unborn Children whose Parents or Carers have Substance Misuse Problems  
6.20 Joint Service Protocol to meet the Needs of Children and Unborn Children whose Parents have Disabilities  
6.21 Joint Service Protocol to meet the Needs of Children and Unborn Children whose Parents or Carers have Mental Health Problems  
6.22 Joint Service Protocol to meet the Needs of Children and Unborn Children who may be Affected by Domestic Violence  
6.23 Protocol for Children who are Uncollected from School  
6.24 Multi Agency Protocol for the Conduct of Domestic Homicide Reviews (New)


7. Appendices

7.1 Local Contacts  
7.2 National Contacts  
7.3 Designated Managers  
7.4 Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010  
7.5 Local Keywords  
7.6 Quick Reference Guide  

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