Skip to content
Company Logo

Contents

NOTE: The East Riding Children's Homes Procedures are in a separate site. Please click here for access.

Quick Links:

1.All Children

2.Case Recording and Confidentiality

3.Services to Children in Need

4.Services to Children in Care

5.Services for Care Leavers

6.Adoption and Permanence

7.Children with Disabilities

8.Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

9.Children from Abroad

10.Private Fostering

11.Homelessness

12.Protocols

13.Appendices

1.All Children

1.1Policy Framework, Principles and Values

  1. 1.1.1Children's Social Care Policies, Values and PrinciplesNovember 4, 2024
  2. 1.1.2Children's Consultation and ParticipationMay 29, 2024
  3. 1.1.3Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
  4. 1.1.4Children and Young People's Support and Safeguarding Services Service PlanJanuary 15, 2024
  5. 1.1.5Capacity and ConsentDecember 1, 2023
  6. 1.1.6Serious Incidents and Significant events - Director Notification - Local Arrangements and Guidance (Local Policy)January 15, 2024
  7. 1.1.7Notification - Management Brief FormJanuary 15, 2024

1.2Early Intervention and Integrated Processes

  1. 1.2.1Early Help Assessments and the Lead ProfessionalDecember 1, 2023
  2. 1.2.2Effective Support for Children, Young People and Families in East Riding of Yorkshire - Guidance for all practitioners in Working Together to Support Families and Safeguard ChildrenJanuary 15, 2024
  3. 1.2.3Early Help Panels - GuidanceJanuary 15, 2024
  4. 1.2.4Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Referrals, Assessment and Planning for Children in Need

  1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsNovember 4, 2024
  2. 1.3.2AssessmentsNovember 4, 2024
  3. 1.3.3Child Protection Section 47 EnquiriesNovember 4, 2024
  4. 1.3.4Use of InterpretersNovember 4, 2024
  5. 1.3.5Process for Transferring CasesJanuary 15, 2024
  6. 1.3.6East Riding Lone Working GuidanceMay 29, 2024

1.4Legal Process

  1. 1.4.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersMay 29, 2024
  2. 1.4.2Police ProtectionDecember 1, 2023
  3. 1.4.3Recovery OrderDecember 1, 2023
  4. 1.4.4Child Assessment OrderDecember 1, 2023
  5. 1.4.5Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineNovember 4, 2024
  6. 1.4.6Public Law Outline, Pre-Proceedings - Local Arrangements and GuidanceJanuary 15, 2024
  7. 1.4.7Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsNovember 4, 2024
  8. 1.4.8Extension and Variation of Supervision OrderDecember 1, 2023
  9. 1.4.9AppealsDecember 1, 2023
  10. 1.4.10Revocation and Variation of Care OrderDecember 1, 2023
  11. 1.4.11Written Statements of EvidenceDecember 1, 2023
  12. 1.4.12Children's GuardiansDecember 1, 2023
  13. 1.4.13Care Plans in Care ProceedingsNovember 4, 2024
  14. 1.4.14Section 7 and Section 37 ReportsDecember 1, 2023
  15. 1.4.15Education Supervision OrdersDecember 1, 2023
  16. 1.4.16Refuges for Children at RiskDecember 1, 2023
  17. 1.4.17Cross-Border Child Protection Cases under the Hague ConventionDecember 1, 2023
  18. 1.4.18Family Justice Resource Hub (ADCS) - This hosts a series of practical resources, such as templates, tools and practice guidance, which will be of interest to those working in the family justice system.

1.5Safeguarding

  1. 1.5.1Children and Young People who Runaway or Go Missing from Home and CareMay 29, 2024
  2. 1.5.2Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementMay 29, 2024
  3. 1.5.3Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintNovember 4, 2024
  4. 1.5.4Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual ExploitationDecember 1, 2023
  5. 1.5.5Staffing and Safer Recruitment (East Riding Children's Homes)

1.6Complaints and Representations

  1. 1.6.1Complaints and RepresentationsMay 29, 2024
  2. 1.6.2Allegations Against Persons who Work with Children Policy and ProcedureJanuary 15, 2024

1.7Notifications

  1. 1.7.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)November 4, 2024

2.Case Recording and Confidentiality

2.1Recording Values and Principles

  1. 2.1.1Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsNovember 22, 2024
  2. 2.1.2Recording Policy and GuidelinesMay 29, 2024

2.2Case Records

  1. 2.2.1Case RecordingDecember 1, 2023
  2. 2.2.2Case ClosureDecember 1, 2023
  3. 2.2.3Significant Event Chronologies and Three Monthly SummariesDecember 1, 2023

2.3Archiving and Storage

  1. 2.3.1Case Records and RetentionMay 29, 2024
  2. 2.3.2Archiving ProcedureMay 29, 2024
  3. 2.3.3Criminal Cases Review Commission - Procedure for Securing FilesJanuary 15, 2024
  4. 2.3.4Retrieval of Case Records from Archives and Record ServiceDecember 1, 2023
  5. 2.3.5Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesDecember 1, 2023

2.4Access to Information, Information Sharing and Confidentiality

  1. 2.4.1Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsNovember 4, 2024
  2. 2.4.2Confidentiality PolicyNovember 4, 2024
  3. 2.4.3Transfer of InformationDecember 1, 2023
  4. 2.4.4Access to Archived FilesDecember 1, 2023
  5. 2.4.5Procedure for Taking Hardcopy Personal Records OffsiteMay 29, 2024
  6. 2.4.6Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffNovember 4, 2024

3.Services to Children in Need

3.1Direct Services

  1. 3.1.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsNovember 4, 2024
  2. 3.1.2Provision of AccommodationDecember 1, 2023
  3. 3.1.3Referral of Adults for Assessment or TreatmentDecember 1, 2023
  4. 3.1.4Short BreaksDecember 1, 2023
  5. 3.1.5Family Group ConferencingDecember 1, 2023

3.2Commissioned Services

  1. 3.2.1The Role of Primary Mental Health WorkersDecember 1, 2023
  2. 3.2.2Substance Misuse Treatment Services (including Substance Misuse Screening Tool and Guidance)December 1, 2023

3.3Young Carers

  1. 3.3.1Young Carers and Sibling SupportMay 29, 2024

3.4Mental Health

  1. 3.4.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983November 4, 2024

4.Services to Children in Care

  1. 4.0.1CYPSSS - Children Looked After and Care Leaver StrategyUnder Review

4.1Decision to Look After

  1. 4.1.1Decision to Look AfterNovember 4, 2024
  2. 4.1.2Care PlanningMay 29, 2024
  3. 4.1.3Child's Journey through the Care System: FlowchartDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.1.4Placement PlansDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.1.5Children Looked After and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesMay 29, 2024
  6. 4.1.6Placements FlowchartJanuary 15, 2024
  7. 4.1.7Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersDecember 1, 2023
  8. 4.1.8Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationMay 29, 2024
  9. 4.1.9Ceasing to Look After a ChildMay 29, 2024
  10. 4.1.10Considering Ceasing to Look After a Child (Local Protocol)January 15, 2024
  11. 4.1.11Section 20 GuidanceDecember 1, 2023
  12. 4.1.12EU Settled Status Guidance for Practitioners (Local Policy)December 1, 2023
  13. 4.1.13Securing Sufficient Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenTo Follow
  14. 4.1.14NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

4.2Placements in Foster Care

  1. 4.2.1Placements in Foster CareNovember 4, 2024
  2. 4.2.2Introduction and Preparation for Foster PlacementsUnder Review
  3. 4.2.3Emergency Placements in Foster CareDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.2.4Supervision of Foster PlacementsDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.2.5Averting Foster Placement DisruptionsDecember 1, 2023
  6. 4.2.6Unplanned Endings and Disruptions Local Arrangements and GuidanceDecember 1, 2023

4.3Foster Carers

  1. 4.3.1Publicity and Recruitment of Foster CarersDecember 1, 2023
  2. 4.3.2Link Working and Family FindingDecember 1, 2023
  3. 4.3.3Assessment and Approval of Foster CarersNovember 4, 2024
  4. 4.3.4Assessing New Partners of Existing Single Foster Carers ProcedureDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.3.5Fostering PanelMay 29, 2024
  6. 4.3.6Numbers of Children in Foster PlacementsDecember 1, 2023
  7. 4.3.7Supervision and Support of Foster CarersMay 29, 2024
  8. 4.3.8Training and Development of Foster CarersDecember 1, 2023
  9. 4.3.9Fostering AllowancesDecember 1, 2023
  10. 4.3.10Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersMay 29, 2024
  11. 4.3.11Managing Allegations Against Foster CarersJanuary 15, 2024
  12. 4.3.12Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersDecember 1, 2023
  13. 4.3.13Social Media Guidance for Foster Cares and ProfessionalsJanuary 15, 2024
  14. 4.3.14Safer Sleeping Policy and Procedure (Local Policy)December 1, 2023
  15. 4.3.15Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffNovember 4, 2024
  16. 4.3.16Fostering Services National Minimum Standards

4.4Placements with Family, Friends and Connected Persons

  1. 4.4.1Placements with Family, Friends and other Connected PersonsUnder Review
  2. 4.4.2Kinship CareNovember 11, 2024
  3. 4.4.3East Riding Family and Friends/Connected Persons Policy and Arrangements Procedure Care PolicyUnder Review
  4. 4.4.4Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingNovember 4, 2024

4.5Placements with Parents

  1. 4.5.1Preparation for Placement with ParentsDecember 1, 2023
  2. 4.5.2The Placement Plan and the PlacementDecember 1, 2023
  3. 4.5.3Immediate Placement with ParentsMay 29, 2024
  4. 4.5.4Placement of Young People aged 16 and over with ParentsDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.5.5Support, Supervision and Review of Placement with ParentsDecember 1, 2023
  6. 4.5.6Termination of Placement with ParentsDecember 1, 2023

4.6Other Placements

  1. 4.6.1Children's Commissioning Panel: Terms of ReferenceDecember 1, 2023
  2. 4.6.2Placement Finding Process External Care PlacementsDecember 1, 2023
  3. 4.6.3External and Out of Area Placements and the Role of the Child Care Commissioning PanelDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.6.4Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsMay 29, 2024
  5. 4.6.5Placements in Residential CareMay 29, 2024
  6. 4.6.6Out of Area PlacementsMay 29, 2024
  7. 4.6.7Placements in Other ArrangementsMay 29, 2024
  8. 4.6.8Placements Outside England and WalesDecember 1, 2023

4.7Children's Participation

  1. 4.7.1Information for Children and Young People when Entering CareDecember 1, 2023
  2. 4.7.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsMay 29, 2024

4.8Health

  1. 4.8.1Health Care Assessments and PlansMay 29, 2024
  2. 4.8.2Consent for Medical TreatmentDecember 1, 2023
  3. 4.8.3Supporting Children in Care through Pregnancy and BirthDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.8.4Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
  5. 4.8.5Risk Assessment and PlanningNovember 4, 2024
  6. 4.8.6Health and SafetyMay 29, 2024
  7. 4.8.7Quality Standard for the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children and Young People, NICE
  8. 4.8.8Promoting Wellbeing and Positive Identity for a Child or Young Person Who is Looked After: A Quick Guide for Social Workers and Social Care Practitioners

4.9Education and Leisure

  1. 4.9.1Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenMay 29, 2024
  2. 4.9.2Personal Education Plans ProcedureDecember 1, 2023
  3. 4.9.3Personal Education Plans: Guidance NotesDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.9.4Holidays, Outings and Specialist ActivitiesDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.9.5Leisure ActivitiesNovember 23, 2023
  6. 4.9.6Passport Applications

4.10Contact with Family and Friends

  1. 4.10.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsMay 29, 2024
  2. 4.10.2The Family Contact Service - Supervised ContactDecember 1, 2023
  3. 4.10.3Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)May 29, 2024

4.11Reviews

  1. 4.11.1Looked After ReviewsNovember 4, 2024
  2. 4.11.2Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersMay 29, 2024
  3. 4.11.3Social Worker Visits to Children in CareDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.11.4Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.11.5Notification of Significant EventsNovember 4, 2024

4.12Miscellaneous

  1. 4.12.1Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenMay 29, 2024
  2. 4.12.2Life Story Books GuidanceNovember 4, 2024
  3. 4.12.3Mobile Phones for Children in CareDecember 1, 2023
  4. 4.12.4Obtaining Transport ServicesDecember 1, 2023
  5. 4.12.5Change of Name of a Child in CareMay 29, 2024
  6. 4.12.6Children in Care Joining the Armed ForcesDecember 1, 2023
  7. 4.12.7East Riding Local Offer for Care LeaversMay 29, 2024

5.Services for Care Leavers

  1. 5.0.1Overall Policy Statement, Key Principles and Eligibility and Transfer ProcessDecember 1, 2023
  2. 5.0.2Leaving Care and TransitionMay 29, 2024
  3. 5.0.3Provision of AccommodationDecember 1, 2023
  4. 5.0.4Provision of Staying Put Arrangements and Supported LodgingsDecember 1, 2023
  5. 5.0.5Staying PutMay 29, 2024
  6. 5.0.6Recruitment, Assessment and Monitoring of Supported Lodgings ProvidersNovember 4, 2024
  7. 5.0.7Joint Housing Protocol for Care LeaversDecember 1, 2023
  8. 5.0.8Former Looked After Children in CustodyMay 29, 2024
  9. 5.0.9Supported Lodgings Panel: Terms of ReferenceDecember 1, 2023
  10. 5.0.10Care Leavers' Charter, Department for Education

6.Adoption and Permanence

  1. 6.0.1Adoption: National Minimum Standards
  2. 6.0.2One Adoption North and Humber

6.1Planning for Permanence

  1. 6.1.1Permanency Planning for Children in Care - ProcedureDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.1.2Permanency Planning for Children in Care - GuidanceMay 29, 2024

6.2Making an Adoption Plan

  1. 6.2.1Planning for Adoption and Preparation of the Adoption Plan and the Child's Permanence ReportMay 29, 2024
  2. 6.2.2Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersDecember 1, 2023

6.3Recruitment, Preparation and Assessment of Adoptive Families

  1. 6.3.1Publicity and RecruitmentDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.3.2Informing, Counselling and the Preparation of Prospective AdoptersDecember 1, 2023
  3. 6.3.3Assessment of Prospective AdoptersNovember 4, 2024

6.4The Adoption Panel

  1. 6.4.1Terms of Reference of the Adoption PanelDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.4.2Presentation of Children’s Cases to the Adoption PanelDecember 1, 2023
  3. 6.4.3Presentation of Prospective Adopters’ Cases to the Adoption PanelDecember 1, 2023
  4. 6.4.4Presentation of Proposed Placements to the Adoption PanelDecember 1, 2023
  5. 6.4.5Review and Termination of Approval of Prospective AdoptersMay 29, 2024

6.5Preparation for Adoptive Placements

  1. 6.5.1Consent to Adoption and Applying for a Placement OrderMay 29, 2024
  2. 6.5.2Identifying a Suitable Family for a ChildDecember 1, 2023
  3. 6.5.3Identifying a Potential Placement for Approved AdoptersDecember 1, 2023

6.6Making, Supervising and Supporting Adoptive Placements

  1. 6.6.1The Adoption Placement Plan, Introductions and the PlacementDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.6.2Supervision, Support and Review of PlacementsMay 29, 2024

6.7Reviews of Adoption Plans and Adoptive Placements

  1. 6.7.1Reviews of Children's CasesMay 29, 2024
  2. 6.7.2Disruption MeetingsDecember 1, 2023

6.8Adoption Support Services

  1. 6.8.1Eligibility for Adoption Support ServicesDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.8.2Assessment of Need for Adoption Support Services and Preparation of Adoption Support PlanDecember 1, 2023
  3. 6.8.3Provision of Financial Support to Adopters and Special GuardiansDecember 1, 2023
  4. 6.8.4Contact and the Adoption Post-Box SystemDecember 1, 2023

6.9Adoption Records

  1. 6.9.1Adoption Records - ContentsMay 29, 2024
  2. 6.9.2Access to Birth Records and Adoption RecordsDecember 1, 2023
  3. 6.9.3Intermediary ServicesMay 29, 2024

6.10Non-Agency Adoptions

  1. 6.10.1Adoption by Step Parents and other Non-Agency CarersDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.10.2Inter Country AdoptionsDecember 1, 2023

6.11Other Routes to Permanence

  1. 6.11.1Permanency PanelDecember 1, 2023
  2. 6.11.2Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersMay 29, 2024
  3. 6.11.3Child Arrangements Order and Foster CarersDecember 1, 2023
  4. 6.11.4Child Arrangements Order AllowancesDecember 1, 2023

6.12Court Reports

  1. 6.12.1Court Reports in Adoption/Special GuardianshipMay 29, 2024

6.13Relinquished Children

  1. 6.13.1Relinquished ChildrenMay 29, 2024
  2. 6.13.2Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere

7.Children with Disabilities

  1. 7.0.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesNovember 4, 2024
  2. 7.0.2Disabled Children’s Service - Thresholds and ProcedureMay 29, 2024
  3. 7.0.3Children with Disabilities Social Work Team - Eligibility CriteriaMay 29, 2024
  4. 7.0.4Children's Specialist Services Resource PanelDecember 1, 2023
  5. 7.0.5Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsDecember 1, 2023
  6. 7.0.6Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsNovember 4, 2024
  7. 7.0.7Direct Payments GuidanceDecember 1, 2023
  8. 7.0.8Transition Planning to AdulthoodUnder Review
  9. 7.0.9Blue Badge Scheme - Issue, Refusal and RenewalDecember 1, 2023
  10. 7.0.10Blue Badge Scheme - AppealsDecember 1, 2023
  11. 7.0.11East Riding SEND Local OfferMay 29, 2024
  12. 7.0.12Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkNovember 4, 2024

8.Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

  1. 8.0.1Deprivation of Liberty
  2. 8.0.2Mental Capacity

9.Children from Abroad

  1. 9.0.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryNovember 4, 2024
  2. 9.0.2Age Assessment GuidanceDecember 1, 2023
  3. 9.0.3Families with No Recourse to Public FundsMay 29, 2024
  4. 9.0.4Safeguarding Foreign National Children Who Go MissingDecember 1, 2023
  5. 9.0.5Working with Syrian Refugee FamiliesDecember 1, 2023

10.Private Fostering

  1. 10.0.1Private FosteringNovember 4, 2024

11.Homelessness

  1. 11.0.1Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferDecember 1, 2023

12.Protocols

12.1Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

  1. 12.1.1Joint Protocol between East Riding Children’s Service and the Youth Offending Team in relation to Young People who are Bailed or Remanded to Local Authority AccommodationMay 29, 2024
  2. 12.1.2Duties to Children and Young People involved with the Youth Justice System who are accused of committing Serious OffencesDecember 1, 2023
  3. 12.1.3Children Looked After and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesMay 29, 2024
  4. 12.1.4Joint Protocol between East Riding Youth Offending Team and Children's Social Care to address Sexually Harmful Behaviour Displayed by Children and Young People known to the Youth Offending TeamDecember 1, 2023
  5. 12.1.5Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceNovember 4, 2024

12.2Joint Working between Adults and Children and Families Services

  1. 12.2.1Principles of Joint Working (between Adults and Children and Families Services)December 1, 2023
  2. 12.2.2Joint Assessment - Adults and Children's and Families ServicesDecember 1, 2023

12.3Emergency Duty Team

  1. 12.3.1Duties of Emergency Duty TeamDecember 1, 2023
  2. 12.3.2Referrals to Emergency Duty TeamDecember 1, 2023

13.Appendices

  1. 13.0.1Scheme of DelegationNovember 4, 2024
  2. 13.0.2Ofsted Inspection FrameworkMay 29, 2024
  3. 13.0.3Children & Young People's Support & Safeguarding Services Practice Improvement PlanUnder Review
  4. 13.0.4Children and Young People's Support and Safeguarding Services Service PlanJanuary 15, 2024
  5. 13.0.5Workforce Development PolicyDecember 1, 2023
  6. 13.0.6Working Together to Safeguard Children
  7. 13.0.7Forms Library
  8. 13.0.8Amendments

Last Updated: November 22, 2024

v117