1.1	Introduction and Policy Framework
1.1.1	Foreword and Introduction
1.1.2	Policy Framework, Values and Principles of Recording, Confidentiality and Consultation
1.1.3	Quality Management Framework for Social Care Teams

1.2	Assessment and Planning
1.2.1	Peterborough's Vulnerability Matrix
1.2.2	Referral and Assessment Flowchart
1.2.3	Referrals with a Common Assessment Form Flowchart
1.2.4	Referrals Procedure
1.2.5	Sibling Referrals
1.2.6	Process for Creating a Chronology	Updated
1.2.7	Initial Assessments
1.2.8	Core Assessments (including Section 47 Enquiries)
1.2.9	Referral, Assessment and Planning for Unborn Babies	Updated
1.2.10	Strategy Discussions/Meetings
1.2.11	Child Protection Conferences - Conferencing Process
1.2.12	Family and Friends Care Policy and Procedure	Updated
1.2.13	Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who are Homeless

1.3	Complaints and Whistle-Blowing
1.3.1	Handling Complaints about Children's Social Care Services
1.3.2	Children Act Complaints Procedure Timescales
1.3.3	Whistle Blowing

1.4	Procedures for All Children
1.4.1	Advocacy and Interpreting Services
1.4.2	Activities for Children
1.4.3	Transporting Children
1.4.4	Death of or Serious Injury to a Child	Updated

1.5	Allocation of Work
1.5.1	Service Remit and Transfer Protocol
1.5.2	Protocol for Allocation of Cases

1.6	Children's Records
1.6.1	Retention and Destruction of Children's Records
	Also see Process for Creating a Chronology See also Case Records for Looked After Children

2. Services for Children in Need

2.1	Child in Need Plans and Reviews	Updated
2.2	Access to Family Support Services
2.3	Practice Standards for Family Group Conferences

3. Children in Care

3.1	Children Coming into Care
3.1.1	Children in Care Policy Statement	Updated
3.1.2	Family and Friends Arrangements for Children in Care	Updated
3.1.3	Decision to Look After and Care Planning	Updated
3.1.4	Permanence Planning	Updated
3.1.5	Threshold of Care Panel
3.1.6	Legal Planning Meetings and Court Proceedings	Updated
3.1.7	Public Law Outline and Care Proceedings - What does it Mean for Local Authorities?
3.1.8	Applications for Emergency Protection Orders
3.1.9	The Sufficiency Duty in Relation to Accommodation for Looked After Children	New

3.2	Placements
3.2.1	Emergency Placements	Updated
3.2.2	Placements in Foster Care	Updated
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 Out of Area	New
3.2.8	Placements outside England and Wales	Updated
3.2.9	Placement Support Meeting
3.2.10	Assessing Sibling Relationships in Family Placements
3.2.11	Adoption and Fostering Disruption Meetings - Responding to Unplanned Placement Endings

3.3	Reviews
3.3.1	Appointment and Role of the Independent Reviewing Officer	New
3.3.2	Child Care Reviews	Updated
3.3.3	Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews

3.4	Behaviour Management
3.4.1	Behaviour Management and Sanctions	Updated
3.4.2	CALM Policy	Updated
3.4.3	Behaviour Management at School

3.5	Education
3.5.1	Education of Children in Care	Updated

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

3.7	Health and Wellbeing
3.7.1	Drugs and Substance Misuse	Updated
3.7.2	Administration of Medication
3.7.3	General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians	Updated
3.7.4	Health Care Assessments and Health Action Plans	Updated
3.7.5	Infestations	Updated
3.7.6	Self Harming	Updated
3.7.7	Nutrition and Diet	Updated

3.8	Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends
3.8.1	Contact Policy	Updated
3.8.2	Contact with Parents and Other Relatives	Updated
3.8.3	Social Visits and Overnight Stays with Friends	Updated

3.9	Foster Carers
	See also the Fostering National Minimum Standards
3.9.1	Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers	Updated
3.9.2	Fostering Panel	Updated
3.9.3	Fostering Exemptions and Extensions	Updated
3.9.4	Persons Disqualified from Fostering	Updated
3.9.5	Review of Foster Carers	Updated
3.9.6	Support and Supervision of Foster Carers	Updated
3.9.7	Respite Policy for Time Limited and Permanent Carers	Updated
3.9.8	BAAF Practice Note - Reducing the Risks of Environmental Tobacco Smoke for Child in Care and their Carers

3.10	Incidents
3.10.1	Contacting the Police	Updated
3.10.2	Countering of Bullying	Updated
3.10.3	Searching Children and their Belongings	Updated

3.11	Monitoring Quality and Providing Support
3.11.1	Social Worker Visits	Updated
3.11.2	Independent Visitors	Updated
3.11.3	Regulation 33 Visits
3.11.4	Regulation 34 Reviews

3.12	Privacy and Personal Care
3.12.1	Children's Bedrooms	Updated
3.12.2	Hair and Skin Care	Updated
3.12.3	Physical Contact and Intimate Care	Updated
3.12.4	Pocket Money and Allowances	Updated
3.12.5	Spiritual Development	Updated
3.12.6	Telephones, Mobile 'Phones and Letters	Updated

3.13	Miscellaneous
3.13.1	Change of Name
3.13.2	Marriage
3.13.3	Child Trust Funds	Updated
3.13.4	Criminal Injuries Compensation
3.13.5	Registration for National Insurance
3.13.6	Looked After Children in Contact with Youth Justice Service	New
3.13.7	Local Authority Responsibilities Towards Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody	New
3.13.8	Case Records for Looked After Children	New

3.14	Leaving Care
3.14.1	Leaving Care
3.14.2	Supportive Lodgings
3.14.3	Funding for Care Leavers

4. Adoption and Permanence

4.1	Adoption
	See also Permanence Planning
	See also the Adoption National Minimum Standards
4.1.1	Adoption Panel	Updated
4.1.2	Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adoptive Parents	Updated
4.1.3	Adoption Planning for Children	Updated
4.1.4	Adoption Support	Updated
4.1.5	Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements
4.1.6	Adoption Reviews	Updated
4.1.7	Inter-Country Adoption
4.1.8	Non-agency Adoptions
4.1.9	Adoption Case Records	Updated
4.1.10	Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records	Updated
4.1.11	Intermediary Services	Updated
4.1.12	Specialist Advisers and Roles	Updated
	See also Adoption and Fostering Disruption Meetings - Responding to Unplanned Placement Endings

4.2	Other Permanence Options
4.2.1	Special Guardianship Orders
4.2.2	Residence Orders and Residence Order Allowances

4.3	General
4.3.1	Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship
4.3.2	Protocol with CAFCASS - Children Relinquished for Adoption

5. Children in Specific Circumstances

5.1	Private Fostering
5.2	Private Fostering Flowchart
5.3	Children with Disabilities Team
5.4	Direct Payments for Families of Children with Disabilities and Disabled Young People
5.5	Direct Payments Support Matrix
5.6	Direct Payments Rates
5.7	Direct Payments Support Scheme - Peterborough Community Voluntary Services
5.8	Short Breaks	New
5.9	Children with No Recourse to Public Funds
5.10	Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

6. Protocols

6.1	Joint Protocol with Cambridgeshire Constabulary for Children Missing from Care in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
6.2	Transition Protocol - to follow
6.3	Children with Disabilities and Unborn Babies Assessment Protocol
6.4	Joint Funding Protocol with NHS Peterborough for Joint Agency Placements for Children and Young People with Complex and Extreme Special Need

7. Staffing

7.1	Supervision	Updated
7.2	TOIL Policy
7.3	Sickness Reporting

8. Guidance

8.1	Care Plans	Updated
8.2	Consents
8.3	Core Assessment - Practice Guidance
8.4	Countering Bullying	Updated
8.5	Education of Child in Care	Updated
8.6	Incidents - General	Updated
8.7	Initial Assessment - Practice Guidance
8.8	Later Life Letters	Updated
8.9	Life Story Books	Updated
8.10	Passport Applications Children in Care
8.11	Permanence Planning for Children in Care	Updated
8.12	Safe and Proper Use of Internet and Computers for Children in Care
8.13	Touch Guidance	Updated
8.14	Working with Sexually Active Young People under the age of 18

9. Appendices

9.1	Public Law Outline - full text
9.2	Scheme of Delegated Authority
9.3	Local Contacts
9.4	Local Keywords	Updated
9.5	Designated Managers
9.6	Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010
9.7	Quick Reference Guide

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Contents

Manual Version September 2011

1. All Children