Contents

1.Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.0.1Confidentiality Policy
2. 1.0.2Quality Management Framework
3. 1.0.3Ofsted Inspection Framework
4. 1.0.4Children's Social Care Supervision (Supplementary Policy)
5. 1.0.5Lone Working
6. 1.0.6Complaints and Representations
7. 1.0.7Whistleblowing Policy (Confidential Reporting)
8. 1.0.8Equality and Diversity
9. 1.0.9Protocol for Access to Mosaic by Partner Agency Staff
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 Thresholds
2. 2.1.2Early Help Operating Guidance
3. 2.1.3Early Help Case Management
4. 2.1.4Graduated Family and Parenting Offer
5. 2.1.5School Attendance Enforcement Practice Guidance
6. 2.1.6Education Welfare and School Attendance Enforcement
7. 2.1.7Parenting Orders and Contracts
8. 2.1.8Child Employment, Chaperones, Entertainment Licences
9. 2.1.9Supporting Families Programme
10. 2.1.10Mosaic Record Keeping

3.Case Management and Recording

1. 3.0.1Written Records (Including Retention)
2. 3.0.2Access to Records/Subject Access Request
3. 3.0.3The Use of Warnings in Social Care Records (Mosaic)
4. 3.0.4Guidance for Completing Chronologies
5. 3.0.5Transfer Policy
6. 3.0.6Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding Staff
7. 3.0.7Storage of Data on Mobile Devices
8. 3.0.8Electronic Recording of Meetings and Conversations by Service Users
9. 3.0.9Drug Testing in Children's Social Care (Oral Fluid Sampling)
10. 3.0.10Transporting Children and Young People Safely
11. 3.0.11Blood Borne Viruses - H.I.V, Hepatitis B and C
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. 4.0.1Contacts and Referrals
2. 4.0.2Assessments
3. 4.0.3Children and Young People who Sexually Harm
4. 4.0.4Children Accommodated by Health and Education Authorities, Residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes
5. 4.0.5Guidance for Staff: Reporting Serious Incidents and/or Child Deaths
6. 4.0.6Homeless 16/17 Year Olds
7. 4.0.7Emergency Duty Team
8. 4.0.8Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making
9. 4.0.9Child Protection Enquiries: Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) and the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP)
10. 4.0.10Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol

5.Children in Need

1. 5.0.1Child in Need Plans and Reviews (including Detention under the Mental Health Act (1983))
2. 5.0.2Private Fostering
3. 5.0.3Young Carers
4. 5.0.4Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983

6.Safeguarding and Child Protection

1. 6.0.1Guidance for Minute Takers of Child Protection Conferences and Complex Multi-Agency Strategy Meetings
2. 6.0.2Child Protection Conference
3. 6.0.3Participation of Children and Young People, Parents and Carers in the Child Protection Process
4. 6.0.4Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation
5. 6.0.5Child Criminal Exploitation
6. 6.0.6Non Recent Cases of Abuse by Adults who are or have Worked or Volunteered with Children
7. 6.0.7Managing Allegations/Concerns in Relation to Adults who work with Children
8. 6.0.8Individuals who Present a Risk to Children
9. 6.0.9Information for General Practitioners/Social Workers Concerning Looked After Children who have a History of Self-Harm
10. 6.0.10CPC Procedure for Raising Urgent Practice Issues & Dispute Resolution Process
11. 6.0.11Cross-Border Child Protection Cases Under the 1996 Hague Convention
12. 6.0.12Safeguarding Foreign National Children Who Go Missing
13. 6.0.13Criminal Injuries Compensation
14. 6.0.14 Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) and the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP)
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

7.Legal Planning and Court Procedures

1. 7.0.1Application for Emergency Protection Orders
2. 7.0.2Pre-Trial Therapy Guidance Protocol
3. 7.0.3Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline
4. 7.0.4Legal Gateway/Planning Meetings
5. 7.0.5Welfare Reports (Section 7) Supervision Order (Section 37) Family Assistance Orders (Section 16)
6. 7.0.6Protocol Between Independent Reviewing Officer and Children’s Guardians
7. 7.0.7Capacity and Consent
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 Team
2. 8.0.2Children's Disability Service - Threshold Criteria for Children's Social Care
3. 8.0.3Support for Disabled Parents and Young Carers - Protocol Between Children’s and Adults Social Care
4. 8.0.4Policy for the Provision of Holiday Breaks in Residential Units Providing Short Breaks Care for Disabled Children
5. 8.0.5Transition Planning for Young People with Disabilities
6. 8.0.6Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings
7. 8.0.7Moving and Handling of Children and Young People
8. 8.0.8Direct Payments
9. 8.0.9Disability Living Allowance - Fostered Children and Foster Carers
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 Disabilities
2. 9.0.2Short Breaks (Away from Home)
3. 9.0.3Integrated Children’s Disability Service (OT) - Policy for Receiving Referrals and Undertaking Assessment
4. 9.0.4Integrated Children’s Disability Service Occupational Therapy - Legal Framework
5. 9.0.5Integrated Children’s Disability Service (OT) - Guidance for Recommending Minor and Major Adaptations
6. 9.0.6Integrated Children’s Disability Service Occupational Therapy Guidance for the Loan of Equipment
7. 9.0.7Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework
8. 9.0.8Integrated Childrens Disability Service Specialist Support Team
9. 9.0.9Nottinghamshire Short Breaks Statement
10. 9.0.10Short Break Policy

10.Children from Abroad

1. 10.0.1Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
2. 10.0.2No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)
3. 10.0.3Human Rights Assessment
4. 10.0.4Data Sharing Between the UK Visas and Immigration and the Local Authority

11.Looked After Children

11.1Social Work Practice and Strategy

1. 11.1.1Decision to Look After
2. 11.1.2Care Planning
3. 11.1.3Ceasing to Look After a Child
4. 11.1.4Section 20 Accommodation Decisions
5. 11.1.5Children and Young People Subject to Dual Status
6. 11.1.6The Sufficiency Duty in Relation to Accommodation for Looked After Children
7. 11.1.7Permanence Planning Guidance
8. 11.1.8Child Trust Funds and Junior ISA's for Looked After Children
9. 11.1.9Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential Workers
10. 11.1.10Notifications of Significant Events
11. 11.1.11Risk Assessment and Planning
12. 11.1.12Providing Personalised Care
13. 11.1.13Guidance for Completing Placement Requests (PR)
14. 11.1.14Reducing Offending Behaviour
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 Care
2. 11.2.2Placements with Dog-owning Families (for Prospective Adopters)
3. 11.2.3Placements in Residential Care
4. 11.2.4Residential Placement Planning
5. 11.2.5Provision for Mothers and Babies in Order To Assess Parenting Capacity and/or Provide Accommodation
6. 11.2.6Out of Area Placements
7. 11.2.7Placements with a Relative or Friend (Connected Persons)
8. 11.2.8Kinship Care
9. 11.2.9Family Arrangements Policy
10. 11.2.10Secure Accommodation - Application, Admission & Reviews
11. 11.2.11Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention Accommodation
12. 11.2.12Placements with Parents
13. 11.2.13Placements Outside England and Wales
14. 11.2.14Placements in Other Arrangements
15. 11.2.15Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement Providers
16. 11.2.16Notification of Children - Arrangements for the Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991
17. 11.2.17Child Missing and Recovery Orders
18. 11.2.18Placement Support Meetings
19. 11.2.19Health and Safety
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 Children
2. 11.3.2Advocacy and Independent Visitors
3. 11.3.3Looked After Reviews
4. 11.3.4The Independent Chair’s Service Concerns Resolution Process

11.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 11.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and Siblings
2. 11.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)

11.5Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 11.5.1Holidays and School Trips in the UK
2. 11.5.2Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK
3. 11.5.3Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Children with Kinship Carers, Looked After Children, and Previously Looked After Children
4. 11.5.4Leisure Activities

11.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 11.6.1Health Care Assessments and Plans
2. 11.6.2Looked After Children Placed Out of Area - Nottinghamshire (including City) Joint Health and Local Authority Pathway
3. 11.6.3Consent to Medical Examinations
4. 11.6.4Protecting Children from the Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (Prospective Adopters)
5. 11.6.5Personal Care and Relationships
6. 11.6.6Behaviour Management
7. 11.6.7Personal Health Record of Children in Residential Children’s Homes
8. 11.6.8Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Operational Guidance

11.7Identity

1. 11.7.1Change of Name of a Looked After Child
2. 11.7.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After Child

11.8Leaving Care and Former Looked After Children

1. 11.8.1Leaving Care and Transition
2. 11.8.2Financial Arrangements for Care Leavers
3. 11.8.3Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody
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 Panel
2. 12.0.2Persons Disqualified from Fostering
3. 12.0.3Assessments and Approvals of Foster Carers
4. 12.0.4Staying Put
5. 12.0.5Guidance for Foster Carers on Personal Safety and Incident Reporting
6. 12.0.6Foster Carer Case Files
7. 12.0.7Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to the Foster Carer's Terms of Approval
8. 12.0.8Supervision of Foster Carers
9. 12.0.9Review and Termination of Approval of Foster Carers
10. 12.0.10Fostering Support Care
11. 12.0.11Assessment of a New Partner of Existing/Approved Foster Carers
12. 12.0.12Bedroom Sharing in Fostering Households
13. 12.0.13Foster Carer Recording Policy
14. 12.0.14Safe Caring
15. 12.0.15Religious Identity and Delegated Authority
16. 12.0.16Transfer of Foster Carers Policy
17. 12.0.17Adaptations (Guidance and Agreements)
18. 12.0.18Nottinghamshire Fostering Scheme - Levels Payments and Training
19. 12.0.19Investigating Concerns and Allegations Against Foster Carers Including Historical Issues
20. 12.0.20Training and Development of Foster Carers
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

1. 14.0.1Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters
2. 14.0.2Adoption Panel
3. 14.0.3Prospective Adopters Attending Panel
4. 14.0.4Carers who wish to Adopt
5. 14.0.5Independent Birth Family Counselling Service
6. 14.0.6Working with and Supporting Birth Families
7. 14.0.7Adoption Plans and Contact Arrangements
8. 14.0.8Placement for Adoption
9. 14.0.9Placing Relinquished Babies for Adoption
10. 14.0.10Adoption Planning for Sibling Groups
11. 14.0.11Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective Adopters
12. 14.0.12Child Placements Preparatory Information
13. 14.0.13Featuring Children in the Media
14. 14.0.14Inter-Agency Placements
15. 14.0.15Placement Planning Meetings and Introduction to Adoptive Parents
16. 14.0.16Meeting Educational Needs Moving into Adoptive Placements
17. 14.0.17Adoption Support Services
18. 14.0.18Adoption Financial Support
19. 14.0.19Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements
20. 14.0.20Adoption Reviews
21. 14.0.21Placement Support and Disruption Meetings (Adoption)
22. 14.0.22Inter Country Adoption
23. 14.0.23Non Agency Adoption
24. 14.0.24Adoption Case Records
25. 14.0.25Intermediary Services
26. 14.0.26Access to Information (Post-Commencement Adoption Orders)
27. 14.0.27Life Story Work and Preparation for Adoption
28. 14.0.28Later Life Letters
29. 14.0.29Adoption East Midlands
30. 14.0.30Adaptions to Property Policy

14.1Permanence

1. 14.1.1Special Guardianship
2. 14.1.2Special Guardianship - Financial Support
3. 14.1.3Child Arrangements Orders
4. 14.1.4Child Arrangements Orders - Financial Support

15.Youth Justice Service

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

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 Managers
2. 17.0.2Working Together to Safeguard Children
3. 17.0.3Amendments