Amendments

2024

November 2024

Personal Budgets and Direct Payments	This chapter was added to the manual in November 2024
Kinship Care	This chapter was added in November 2024.
Contacts and Referrals	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)	This chapter was added to the manual in November 2024.
Child Protection Section 47 Enquiries	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983	In November 2024, this chapter was refreshed.
Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline	In November 2024, information was added in relation to family group decision-making in Section 1, Introduction and Time Limits and Section 5, Pre-Proceedings, and a link was added to chapter Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making.
Children's Social Care Policies, Values and Principles	In November 2024, this chapter was revised in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children.
Use of Interpreters	In November 2024, Section 3.2, How to Request an Interpreter or a Translation Service was updated.
Assessment of Prospective Adopters	In November 2024, a information was added to Section 2, Stage One-The Pre-Assessment Process with details on how to request information about an applicant from Ofsted.
Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers	In November 2024, information on Ofsted checks was added in to Section 5.1, Checks.
Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework	This chapter was added to the manual in November 2024.
Personal Budgets and Direct Payments	In November 2024, this chapter was refreshed.
Scheme of Delegation	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Notification of Significant Events	In November 2024, this chapter was updated in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children, to note that notifications should also be made of the death of a care leaver up to and including the age of 24.
Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making	This chapter was added to the manual in November 2024.
Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities	In November 2024, Section 15, Resolving Disagreements was updated to include information on Guidance: Carry Out an Order in Special Educational Needs Cases.
Assessments	This chapter was refreshed in November 2024.
Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance	This chapter was added to the manual in November 2024.
Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery	In November 2024, a link was added in Section 4, Age Assessment to BASW Age Assessment Practice Guidance. In Further Information, a link was added to Operation Innerste Process: Caseworker Guidance.

May 2024

Positive Relationships and Behaviour Management	This chapter was added in May 2024.
Restrictive Physical Intervention and Restraint	This chapter was added in May 2024.
Confidentiality Policy	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Recording Policy and Guidelines	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
East Riding Lone Working Guidance	In May 2024, this guidance was added.
Access to Records/Subject Access Requests	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Case Records and Retention	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Complaints and Representations	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Health and Safety	In May 2024, additional information was added about online safety.
Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing Officers	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Placements in Residential Care	In May 2024, this chapter was updated to include information from Guidance - Placing Children: Deprivation of Liberty Orders - guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings and President of the Family Division Practice Guidance: Placements in Unregistered Children’s Homes in England or Unregistered Care Home Services in Wales.
Health Care Assessments and Plans	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Young Carers and Sibling Support	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed.
Disabled Children’s Service - Thresholds and Procedure	In May 2024, a link to the Eligibility Criteria was added.
Staying Put	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Personal Budgets and Direct Payments	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Contact with Parents/Adults and Siblings	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Applications for Emergency Protection Orders	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Advocacy and Independent Visitors	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Change of Name of a Child in Care	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Looked After Reviews	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Child in Need Plans and Reviews	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Private Fostering	This chapter was added in May 2024.
Placements in Foster Care	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Families with No Recourse to Public Funds	Section 5.2.5, Providing Support was updated in May 2024 to reflect the Home Office increase in financial support to individuals waiting to find out if they will be given asylum in the UK.
Fostering Panel	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
East Riding SEND Local Offer	In May 2024, this link was added.
Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Applications for Special Guardianship Orders	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Life Story Books Guidance	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Children Looked After and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Review and Termination of Approval of Foster Carers	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Supervision and Support of Foster Carers	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After Children	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare Grounds	Section 10, Use of Inherent Jurisdiction to Authorise a Placement Involving a Deprivation of Liberty was updated throughout in May 2024 in line with Revised Practice Guidance on the Court’s Approach to Unregistered Placements (October 2023) and Revised National Listing Protocol for Applications that Seek Deprivation of Liberty Orders Relating to Children under the Inherent Jurisdiction. Also to include information from Guidance - Placing Children: Deprivation of Liberty Orders (Ofsted) - guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings.
Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities	This chapter was amended in May 2024 to include information from Special Educational Needs and Disability: Improving Local Authority Decision Making - Report of the Administrative Justice Council’s Working Group on Special Educational Needs and Disability.
Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children	In May 2024, this chapter was refreshed throughout.
East Riding Local Offer for Care Leavers	In May 2024, this link was added.
Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983	Section 2, Ordinary Residence was updated in May 2024 in line with case law.