Contents

1.Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.0.1Confidentiality PolicyJune 9, 2023
2. 1.0.2Quality Management Framework Under Review
3. 1.0.3Ofsted Inspection FrameworkJanuary 12, 2024
4. 1.0.4Children's Social Care Supervision (Supplementary Policy)June 27, 2023
5. 1.0.5Lone WorkingJune 9, 2023
6. 1.0.6Complaints and RepresentationsJanuary 12, 2024
7. 1.0.7Whistleblowing Policy (Confidential Reporting)July 26, 2022
8. 1.0.8Equality and DiversityJuly 26, 2022
9. 1.0.9Protocol for Access to Mosaic by Partner Agency StaffJuly 26, 2022
10. 1.0.10Strengths-Based Practice Framework

2.Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care

1. 2.0.1Pathway to Provision - Multi-Agency Thresholds Guidance
2. 2.0.2Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - A Guide for Professionals

2.1Family Service Operating Procedures

1. 2.1.1Service ThresholdsJanuary 12, 2024
2. 2.1.2Early Help Operating GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
3. 2.1.3Early Help Case ManagementJanuary 12, 2024
4. 2.1.4Graduated Family and Parenting OfferJanuary 12, 2024
5. 2.1.5School Attendance Enforcement Practice GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
6. 2.1.6Education Welfare and School Attendance EnforcementJanuary 12, 2024
7. 2.1.7Parenting Orders and ContractsJanuary 12, 2024
8. 2.1.8Child Employment, Chaperones, Entertainment LicencesJanuary 12, 2024
9. 2.1.9Supporting Families ProgrammeJanuary 12, 2024
10. 2.1.10Mosaic Record KeepingJanuary 12, 2024

3.Case Management and Recording

1. 3.0.1Written Records (Including Retention)June 27, 2023
2. 3.0.2Access to Records/Subject Access RequestJune 9, 2023
3. 3.0.3The Use of Warnings in Social Care Records (Mosaic)July 26, 2022
4. 3.0.4Guidance for Completing ChronologiesJune 9, 2023
5. 3.0.5Transfer PolicyJune 27, 2023
6. 3.0.6Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffJune 27, 2023
7. 3.0.7Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesJune 27, 2023
8. 3.0.8Electronic Recording of Meetings and Conversations by Service UsersJune 9, 2023
9. 3.0.9Drug Testing in Children's Social Care (Oral Fluid Sampling)June 9, 2023
10. 3.0.10Transporting Children and Young People SafelyJune 27, 2023
11. 3.0.11Blood Borne Viruses - H.I.V, Hepatitis B and CJune 27, 2023
12. 3.0.12Other Agency Requests for Information from Children’s Social Care Records
13. 3.0.13Taking Photographs in a Work Context
14. 3.0.14Protocol between the Children’s Social Care (CSC) and Adult Social Care, Health and Public Protection (ASCHPP) where both are involved in case management

4.Referrals, Assessment and Planning

1. 4.0.1Initial ReferralsJune 27, 2023
2. 4.0.2Child and Family AssessmentJune 9, 2023
3. 4.0.3Children and Young People who Sexually HarmJune 27, 2023
4. 4.0.4Children Accommodated by Health and Education Authorities, Residential Care Homes, Nursing HomesJune 9, 2023
5. 4.0.5Guidance for Staff: Reporting Serious Incidents and/or Child DeathsJune 27, 2023
6. 4.0.6Homeless 16/17 Year OldsAugust 1, 2022
7. 4.0.7Emergency Duty TeamJanuary 12, 2024
8. 4.0.8Child Protection Enquiries: Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) and the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP)

5.Children in Need

1. 5.0.1Child in Need Plans and Reviews (including Detention under the Mental Health Act (1983))August 1, 2022
2. 5.0.2Private FosteringJune 9, 2023
3. 5.0.3Young CarersJanuary 12, 2024
4. 5.0.4Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983January 13, 2023

6.Safeguarding and Child Protection

1. 6.0.1Guidance for Minute Takers of Child Protection Conferences and Complex Multi-Agency Strategy MeetingsJune 9, 2023
2. 6.0.2Child Protection ConferenceJune 27, 2023
3. 6.0.3Participation of Children and Young People, Parents and Carers in the Child Protection ProcessJune 27, 2023
4. 6.0.4Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual ExploitationJanuary 12, 2024
5. 6.0.5Child Criminal ExploitationJuly 27, 2022
6. 6.0.6Non Recent Cases of Abuse by Adults who are or have Worked or Volunteered with ChildrenJune 9, 2023
7. 6.0.7Managing Allegations/Concerns in Relation to Adults who work with ChildrenJanuary 12, 2024
8. 6.0.8Individuals who Present a Risk to ChildrenJune 27, 2023
9. 6.0.9Information for General Practitioners/Social Workers Concerning Looked After Children who have a History of Self-HarmJune 27, 2023
10. 6.0.10CPC Procedure for Raising Urgent Practice Issues & Dispute Resolution ProcessJune 9, 2023
11. 6.0.11Cross-Border Child Protection Cases Under the 1996 Hague ConventionAugust 1, 2022
12. 6.0.12Safeguarding Foreign National Children Who Go MissingJune 9, 2023
13. 6.0.13Criminal Injuries CompensationJune 9, 2023
14. 6.0.14 Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) and the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP) Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures set out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. Included within the procedures is a comprehensive range of guidance documents, which provide further safeguarding advice to practitioners.
15. 6.0.15Working Together to Safeguard Children
16. 6.0.16Child Protection Enquiries: Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) and the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP)
17. 6.0.17Children Who Run Away and Go Missing from Home, Care, or Education
18. 6.0.18 Pathway to Provision - Multi-Agency Thresholds Guidance
19. 6.0.19Cross-border Child Protection Cases: The 1996 Hague Convention

7.Legal Planning and Court Procedures

1. 7.0.1Application for Emergency Protection OrdersJune 9, 2023
2. 7.0.2Pre-Trial Therapy Guidance ProtocolJune 9, 2023
3. 7.0.3Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineJanuary 12, 2024
4. 7.0.4Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsJune 9, 2023
5. 7.0.5Welfare Reports (Section 7) Supervision Order (Section 37) Family Assistance Orders (Section 16)June 27, 2023
6. 7.0.6Protocol Between Independent Reviewing Officer and Children’s GuardiansJune 27, 2023
7. 7.0.7Capacity and ConsentJanuary 12, 2024
8. 7.0.8Deprivation of Liberty
9. 7.0.9Mental Capacity Practice Resource

8.Children with Disabilities

1. 8.0.1Step Down/Step Up of Cases Between CDS Social Work Team and Short Break Assessment & Review TeamJanuary 13, 2023
2. 8.0.2Children's Disability Service - Threshold Criteria for Children's Social CareJanuary 13, 2023
3. 8.0.3Support for Disabled Parents and Young Carers - Protocol Between Children’s and Adults Social CareJune 27, 2023
4. 8.0.4Policy for the Provision of Holiday Breaks in Residential Units Providing Short Breaks Care for Disabled ChildrenJuly 27, 2022
5. 8.0.5Transition Planning for Young People with DisabilitiesJune 9, 2023
6. 8.0.6Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsJanuary 12, 2024
7. 8.0.7Moving and Handling of Children and Young PeopleJune 9, 2023
8. 8.0.8Direct PaymentsJanuary 13, 2023
9. 8.0.9Disability Living Allowance - Fostered Children and Foster CarersJune 9, 2023
10. 8.0.10Nottinghamshire Short Breaks Statement
11. 8.0.11Guidance to Requesting a Children's Continuing Care Assessment
12. 8.0.12Deprivation of Liberty
13. 8.0.13Mental Capacity Practice Resource

9.Integrated Children's Disability Service

1. 9.0.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesJanuary 12, 2024
2. 9.0.2Short Breaks (Away from Home)January 13, 2023
3. 9.0.3Integrated Children’s Disability Service (OT) - Policy for Receiving Referrals and Undertaking AssessmentJanuary 13, 2023
4. 9.0.4Integrated Children’s Disability Service Occupational Therapy - Legal FrameworkJanuary 13, 2023
5. 9.0.5Integrated Children’s Disability Service (OT) - Guidance for Recommending Minor and Major AdaptationsJanuary 13, 2023
6. 9.0.6Integrated Children’s Disability Service Occupational Therapy Guidance for the Loan of EquipmentJune 27, 2023
7. 9.0.7Integrated Childrens Disability Service Specialist Support Team
8. 9.0.8Nottinghamshire Short Breaks Statement
9. 9.0.9Short Break Policy

10.Children from Abroad

1. 10.0.1Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking ChildrenJanuary 12, 2024
2. 10.0.2No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)January 12, 2024
3. 10.0.3Human Rights AssessmentJune 9, 2023
4. 10.0.4Data Sharing Between the UK Visas and Immigration and the Local Authority January 13, 2023

11.Looked After Children

11.1Social Work Practice and Strategy

1. 11.1.1Decision to Look AfterJune 27, 2023
2. 11.1.2Care PlanningJanuary 12, 2024
3. 11.1.3Ceasing to Look After a ChildJanuary 12, 2024
4. 11.1.4Section 20 Accommodation DecisionsJune 27, 2023
5. 11.1.5Children and Young People Subject to Dual StatusJune 9, 2023
6. 11.1.6The Sufficiency Duty in Relation to Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenJune 27, 2023
7. 11.1.7Permanence Planning GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
8. 11.1.8Child Trust Funds and Junior ISA's for Looked After ChildrenJune 27, 2023
9. 11.1.9Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersJanuary 12, 2024
10. 11.1.10Notifications of Significant EventsJanuary 13, 2023
11. 11.1.11Risk Assessment and PlanningJune 9, 2023
12. 11.1.12Providing Personalised CareJune 9, 2023
13. 11.1.13Guidance for Completing Placement Requests (PR)January 12, 2024
14. 11.1.14Reducing Offending BehaviourJanuary 12, 2024
15. 11.1.15Looked After Children and Care Leavers Strategy
16. 11.1.16Deprivation of Liberty
17. 11.1.17Mental Capacity Practice Resource
18. 11.1.18NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

11.2Placements

1. 11.2.1Placements in Foster CareJanuary 12, 2024
2. 11.2.2Placements with Dog-owning Families (for Prospective Adopters)June 9, 2023
3. 11.2.3Placements in Residential CareJanuary 12, 2024
4. 11.2.4Residential Placement PlanningJune 9, 2023
5. 11.2.5Provision for Mothers and Babies in Order To Assess Parenting Capacity and/or Provide AccommodationAugust 1, 2022
6. 11.2.6Out of Area PlacementsJune 27, 2023
7. 11.2.7Placements with a Relative or Friend (Connected Persons)June 9, 2023
8. 11.2.8Family and Friends Policy and GuidanceJune 9, 2023
9. 11.2.9Family Arrangements PolicyAugust 1, 2022
10. 11.2.10Secure Accommodation - Application, Admission & ReviewsJune 27, 2023
11. 11.2.11Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationJune 27, 2023
12. 11.2.12Placements with ParentsJanuary 12, 2024
13. 11.2.13Placements Outside England and WalesJanuary 13, 2023
14. 11.2.14Placements in Other ArrangementsJanuary 12, 2024
15. 11.2.15Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersJuly 28, 2022
16. 11.2.16Notification of Children - Arrangements for the Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991June 9, 2023
17. 11.2.17Child Missing and Recovery OrdersJune 9, 2023
18. 11.2.18Placement Support and Disruption Meetings (Fostering)June 9, 2023
19. 11.2.19Health and SafetyJanuary 12, 2024
20. 11.2.20Principles and Practice for the Safeguarding and Transfer of Children & Young People from Police Custody to Local Authority Accommodation & Suitable Accommodation where Bail is Denied

11.3Visits and Reviews

1. 11.3.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenJune 9, 2023
2. 11.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsJune 27, 2023
3. 11.3.3Looked After ReviewsJune 27, 2023
4. 11.3.4The Independent Chair’s Service Concerns Resolution ProcessJuly 28, 2022

11.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 11.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsJanuary 13, 2023
2. 11.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)June 9, 2023

11.5Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 11.5.1Holidays and School Trips in the UKJuly 28, 2022
2. 11.5.2Holidays and School Trips Outside the UKJanuary 13, 2023
3. 11.5.3Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenJanuary 12, 2024
4. 11.5.4Leisure ActivitiesJuly 28, 2022

11.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 11.6.1Health Care Assessments and PlansJune 27, 2023
2. 11.6.2Looked After Children Placed Out of Area - Nottinghamshire (including City) Joint Health and Local Authority PathwayJune 27, 2023
3. 11.6.3Consent to Medical ExaminationsJanuary 13, 2023
4. 11.6.4Protecting Children from the Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (Prospective Adopters)June 9, 2023
5. 11.6.5Personal Care and RelationshipsJune 9, 2023
6. 11.6.6Behaviour ManagementJune 27, 2023
7. 11.6.7Personal Health Record of Children in Residential Children’s Homes July 28, 2022
8. 11.6.8Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Operational GuidanceJune 27, 2023

11.7Identity

1. 11.7.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildJuly 27, 2022
2. 11.7.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildJanuary 12, 2024

11.8Leaving Care and Former Looked After Children

1. 11.8.1Leaving Care and TransitionJanuary 12, 2024
2. 11.8.2Financial Arrangements for Care LeaversJune 27, 2023
3. 11.8.3Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyJanuary 13, 2023
4. 11.8.4Transitional Personal Advisor (TPA) Service - Policy and Practice Guidance
5. 11.8.521Plus Service Extended Personal Advisor Support for Care Leavers Aged 21 – 24 years - Policy and Practice Guidance

12.Fostering

1. 12.0.1Fostering PanelJune 27, 2023
2. 12.0.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringJune 9, 2023
3. 12.0.3Assessments and Approvals of Foster CarersJanuary 12, 2024
4. 12.0.4Staying PutJuly 28, 2022
5. 12.0.5Guidance for Foster Carers on Personal Safety and Incident ReportingJune 27, 2023
6. 12.0.6Foster Carer Case FilesJune 9, 2023
7. 12.0.7Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to the Foster Carer's Terms of ApprovalJune 9, 2023
8. 12.0.8Supervision of Foster CarersJune 27, 2023
9. 12.0.9Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJune 27, 2023
10. 12.0.10Fostering Support CareJune 27, 2023
11. 12.0.11Assessment of a New Partner for Single Foster CarersJune 9, 2023
12. 12.0.12Bedroom Sharing in Fostering HouseholdsJuly 28, 2022
13. 12.0.13Foster Carer Recording PolicyJanuary 12, 2024
14. 12.0.14Safe CaringJune 27, 2023
15. 12.0.15Religious Identity and Delegated AuthorityJune 9, 2023
16. 12.0.16Transfer of Foster Carers PolicyJune 27, 2023
17. 12.0.17Adaptations (Guidance and Agreements)July 29, 2022
18. 12.0.18Nottinghamshire Fostering Scheme - Payment For SkillsJanuary 13, 2023
19. 12.0.19Investigating Concerns and Allegations Against Foster Carers Including Historical IssuesJanuary 12, 2024
20. 12.0.20Training and Development of Foster CarersJuly 28, 2022
21. 12.0.21Nottinghamshire Foster Carers Handbook
22. 12.0.22Newly Approved Foster Carers - Post Approval Transfer
23. 12.0.23Pet Policy and Guidance for Fostering Households
24. 12.0.24Undertaking Social Media and Internet Checks within Fostering Assessments and Reviews

13.Children’s Homes

1. 13.0.1Nottinghamshire Children's Homes Procedures Manual

14.Adoption and Permanence

14.1Adoption East Midlands

1. 14.1.1Child Placement ReportJanuary 12, 2024
2. 14.1.2Child Placement Report GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
3. 14.1.3Medical ConsentJanuary 12, 2024
4. 14.1.4Notification Legal AdviserJanuary 12, 2024
5. 14.1.5Notification Medical AdviserJanuary 12, 2024
6. 14.1.6Reg 25 (Temporary Foster Approval)January 12, 2024
7. 14.1.7Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersJune 27, 2023
8. 14.1.8Adoption PanelJune 27, 2023
9. 14.1.9Prospective Adopters Attending PanelJanuary 13, 2023
10. 14.1.10Carers who wish to AdoptJanuary 13, 2023
11. 14.1.11Independent Birth Family Counselling ServiceJanuary 13, 2023
12. 14.1.12Working with and Supporting Birth FamiliesJune 9, 2023
13. 14.1.13Adoption Plans and Contact Arrangements (Including The Letterbox Scheme)June 27, 2023
14. 14.1.14Placement for AdoptionJanuary 12, 2024
15. 14.1.15Placing Relinquished Babies for AdoptionJune 27, 2023
16. 14.1.16Adoption Planning for Sibling GroupsJune 9, 2023
17. 14.1.17Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersJanuary 12, 2024
18. 14.1.18Child Placements Preparatory InformationJuly 28, 2022
19. 14.1.19Featuring Children in the MediaJune 9, 2023
20. 14.1.20Inter-Agency PlacementsJanuary 12, 2024
21. 14.1.21Placement Planning Meetings and Introduction to Adoptive ParentsJune 27, 2023
22. 14.1.22Meeting Educational Needs Moving into Adoptive PlacementsJuly 28, 2022
23. 14.1.23Adoption SupportJanuary 12, 2024
24. 14.1.24Adoption Financial SupportJune 9, 2023
25. 14.1.25Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsJuly 29, 2022
26. 14.1.26Adoption ReviewsAugust 1, 2022
27. 14.1.27Placement Support and Disruption Meetings (Adoption)January 12, 2024
28. 14.1.28Inter Country AdoptionJanuary 13, 2023
29. 14.1.29Non Agency AdoptionJuly 28, 2022
30. 14.1.30Adoption Case RecordsJuly 28, 2022
31. 14.1.31Intermediary ServicesJune 9, 2023
32. 14.1.32Access to Birth Information (Post Commencement Adoptions Orders)July 28, 2022
33. 14.1.33Life Story Work and Preparation for AdoptionJuly 29, 2022
34. 14.1.34Later Life LettersJuly 29, 2022
35. 14.1.35Name Change for Children who are being Adopted (AEM)January 12, 2024
36. 14.1.36Adoption East Midlands
37. 14.1.37Adaptations to Property

14.2Adoption Nottinghamshire

1. 14.2.1Child Placement ReportJanuary 12, 2024
2. 14.2.2Reg 25 (Temporary Foster Approval)January 12, 2024
3. 14.2.3Carers who wish to AdoptJanuary 13, 2023
4. 14.2.4Placement for AdoptionJanuary 12, 2024

14.3Permanence

1. 14.3.1Special GuardianshipJanuary 12, 2024
2. 14.3.2Special Guardianship - Financial SupportAugust 1, 2022
3. 14.3.3Child Arrangements OrdersJune 9, 2023
4. 14.3.4Child Arrangements Orders - Financial SupportJune 9, 2023

15.Youth Justice Service

1. 15.0.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesJanuary 13, 2023
2. 15.0.2Nottinghamshire's Youth Justice Service Policies, Procedure and GuidanceJune 27, 2023
3. 15.0.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System Additional National GuidanceJune 27, 2023

16.Documents and Strategies

16.1Homelessness

1. 16.1.1Youth Homelessness Prevention Plan

16.2Early Years

1. 16.2.1Young People's Health Strategy
2. 16.2.2Working with Fathers Strategy

17.Appendices

1. 17.0.1Designated ManagersJune 27, 2023
2. 17.0.2Working Together to Safeguard Children
3. 17.0.3Amendments