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2024

November 2024

Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters

In November 2024, information was added to Section 3, Stage One-The Pre-Assessment Process, with details on how to request information about an applicant from Ofsted.

Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings

In November 2024 information was added in relation to Ofsted and CQC Joint Registration Guidance: Children’s Homes and Health Care.

Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles

In November 2024 this chapter was revised in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children.

Supporting Unaccompanied Asylum Children

In November 2024 links to sources of further information were added.

Applications for Special Guardianship Orders

This chapter was updated in November 2024. Information was added into Section 17, Special Guardian Duty on the Death of the Child, that the relevant local authority should be notified if the child was previously a looked after child.

Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983

In November 2024, this chapter was revised throughout.

Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

In November 2024 Section 15.1, Registering an appeal with the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability) was updated in line with case law.

Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making

This chapter was added in November 2024.

May 2024

Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)

This chapter was revised and updated in May 2024 in accordance with Working Together 2023.

Unborn Children Pathway

This document was added in May 2024 and sets out arrangements for how needs and concerns for unborn children will be responded to, from the early weeks of pregnancy, up until the birth of the child.

Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children

This chapter was added to the manual in May 2024 and replaces one previously entitled Education of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children.

Connected Persons Care Policy

In May 2024 this chapter was renamed (previously called Family and Friends Care) and minor revisions were made throughout.

Childrens Homes

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 Revised Practice Guidance on the Court’s Approach to Unregistered Placements (October 2023).

Young Carers

This chapter was revised in May 2024 and a new section on Moving Areas was added.

Responding to Concerns about Unborn Children

This chapter was added in May 2024 and highlights the process for making a referral, identifying risks and completing an assessment with guidance on further steps that need to be made to safeguard newborn infants.

Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

In May 2024, Section 15, Resolving Disagreements was updated to include information on Guidance:  Carry Out an Order in Special Educational Needs Cases.

Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare Grounds

In May 2024 Section 10, Use of Inherent Jurisdiction to Authorise a Placement Involving a Deprivation of Liberty was updated throughout 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. And 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.