Contents


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This contents list is sub divided into the following sections, each Section contains relevant Chapters/Procedures: (Click on the title to jump to the Section you require):

  1. All Children
  2. Disabled Children
  3. Services for Young People
  4. Looked After Services
  5. Adoption and Permanence
  6. Children's Homes Procedures
  7. Staff
  8. Guidance
  9. Appendices


1. All Children

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1.1

Policies, Values and Principles

  
1.1.1 Values, Principles and Strategy  
1.1.2 Capacity and Consent  
1.1.3 Children's Consultation and Participation  
1.1.4 Confidentiality Values and Principles  
1.1.5 Family and Friends Policy  
1.1.6 Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding Staff  
1.1.7 Social Work Practice Standards  
1.1.8 Equality and Diversity  

   

1.2

Early Help

  
  Early Help is a way of thinking and working together between services with families who have additional, multiple or complex needs.
We are all Early Help. Early Help is not a service. Anyone working with children or families is part of Early Help at the point problems are identified. The wellbeing of children, young people and families is everyone's responsibility.
Early Help is simply the collection of all services available in Hull and how they work with families when there are additional or more complex needs before the need for Children's Social Care (CSC) and safeguarding procedures. If any member of the family - a child, young person or adult has a problem it generally has an effect on other people in the family. If the whole family is supported it's more likely the situation will improve.
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1.2.1 Early Help - Guidance for Practitioners  
1.2.2 Hull City Council, Children in Need  
1.2.3 Step Up / Step Down  
1.2.4 Hull Early Help & Priority Families Strategy (2021-2025)  

   

1.3

Referrals, Assessments, Planning and Review

  
1.3.1 Initial Contacts and Referrals  
1.3.2 Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHaSH) Referral Process  
1.3.3 Chronology  
1.3.4 Assessment
(Hull Safeguarding Children's Partnership Guidelines and Procedures)		  
1.3.5 Section 47 Enquiries  
1.3.6 Child Protection Panel – Terms of Reference  
1.3.7 Pre-Birth Assessment Guidance Updated
1.3.8 Pre-birth Hospital Plan  
1.3.9 Child in Need Plans and Reviews Updated
1.3.10 Child In Need Panel - Terms of Reference  
1.3.11 Request for Information from the Police  
1.3.12 Hull City Council Legal Planning (Gateway) and New Admissions Panel - Terms of Reference  
1.3.13 Legal Gateway Meeting Requests (Flowchart)  
1.3.14 Missing Children and Young People Procedure and Guidance  
1.3.15 Private Fostering  
1.3.16 Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery Updated
1.3.17 Families with No Recourse to Public Funds  
1.3.18 Supervised Family Time Standards & Good Practice Guide for Hull City Childrens Safeguarding
(See Section 4.5, Contact with Family and Friends)		  
1.3.19 Young Carers  
1.3.20 Process Flowcharts (Child in Need; Child with a child protection plan and looked after children)  

   

1.4

Court Proceedings

  
1.4.1 Applications for Emergency Protection Orders  
1.4.2 Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline Updated
1.4.3 Section 7 and 37 Reports  

   

1.5

Complaints and Whistleblowing

  
1.5.1 Representation and Complaints Procedure  
1.5.2 Whistleblowing Hull City Council Process  
1.5.3 Policy on Unreasonable Complainant Behaviour & Unacceptable Complainant Behaviour  
1.5.4 Protocol for Handling Inter-Agency Health and Social Care Children Services Complaints within Hull  

   

1.6

Allocation of Work

  
1.6.1 Case Transfer Policy and Procedure  

   

1.7

Children's Records

  
1.7.1 Recording  
1.7.2 Recording (Additional Guidance)  
1.7.3 Access to Records / Subject Access Requests  
1.7.4 Retention, Archiving and Destruction of Records  
1.7.5 Case Records for Looked After Children  
1.7.6 Electronic Recording of Meetings and Conversations  
1.7.7 Storage of Data on Mobile Devices  

   

1.8

Quality Assurance

  
1.8.1 Quality Audit Guidance  
1.8.2 Observed Practice Form  

   

1.9

Miscellaneous

  
1.9.1 Transporting Children  
1.9.2 Scheme of Delegation  
1.9.3 Short Breaks  

   

1.10

Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

  
1.10.1 Deprivation of Liberty  
1.10.2 Mental Capacity  


2. Disabled Children

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2.1 Children and Young People 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Updated
2.2 Children's Disability Panel Guidance for Social Workers  
2.3 Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings Updated
2.4 Disability Information Pack  
2.5 Moving and Handling Policy for Staff who Assist Disabled Children and Young People  
2.6 Application for a Blue Badge for a Child  
2.7 Hull Information Exchange - Disabled Children (HIE-DC)  
2.8 Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework  
2.9 Criteria for Transport  
2.10 Service User: Ad Hoc Transport Procedure  
2.11 Service User: Planned Transport Procedure  
2.12 Limetree Court: Safe Administration of Medication Policy  
2.13 Short Breaks (see 1.9.3 above)  


3. Services for Young People

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3.1 Rights and Participation - Targeted Youth Support  
3.2 ReFRESH Procedures  
3.3 Supported Lodgings  
3.4 Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds who may be Homeless and/or require Accommodation; and Duty to Refer  
3.5 Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 Updated


4. Looked After Services

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4.1

Planning for Children Looked After

  
4.1.1 Decision to Look After  
4.1.2 Care Planning  
4.1.3 Permanence Planning Guidance  
  See also: Fostering for Adoption / Early Permanence Placements Procedure  
4.1.4 Relinquished Children  
4.1.5 Placement Planning, Maintenance and Disruption Meetings  
4.1.6 Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential Workers  
4.1.7 Ceasing to Look After a Child  
4.1.8 Risk Assessment and Planning  
4.1.9 Providing Personalised Care  
4.1.10 EU Settlement Scheme  

   

4.2

Placements

  
4.2.1 Placements in Foster Care  
4.2.2 Placements with Connected Persons (formerly Family and Friends) Updated
4.2.3 Placements in Residential Care  
4.2.4 External / Agency Placements for Children and Young People  
4.2.5 Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention Accommodation  
4.2.6 Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare Grounds  
4.2.7 Placements with Parents  
4.2.8 Looked after Children and Young People who are placed in another Local Authority Area  
4.2.9 Children and Young People in Unregulated Placements  
4.2.10 Placements Outside England and Wales  
4.2.11 Parent Assessment and Support Placement  
4.2.12 Court Directed Placements made under Section 38(6)  
4.2.13 Placements in Other Arrangements  
4.2.14 Health and Safety  
4.2.15 Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24) New

   

4.3

Monitoring Placements

  
4.3.1 Social Worker Visits to Looked After Children  
4.3.2 Advocacy and Independent Visitors  

   

4.4

Reviews

  
4.4.1 Looked After Children Reviews  
4.4.2 Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews  
4.4.3 Role of the Independent Reviewing Officer  
4.4.4 IRO Escalation Process  
4.4.5 Dispute Resolution  
4.4.6 Referral to Cafcass  
4.4.7 Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services  

   

4.5

Contact with Family and Friends

  
4.5.1 Supervised Family Time Standards & Good Practice Guide for Hull City Childrens Safeguarding  
4.5.2 Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays with Friends)  
4.5.3 Guidance on Placing Restrictions on The Living/Contact Arrangements of Parents with their Children  

   

4.6

Education, Leisure, Holidays and School Trips

  
4.6.1 Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children Updated
4.6.2 Guidance on Initiating and Reviewing Electronic Personal Education Plans (ePEPs)  
4.6.3 ePEP Guide for Social Workers  
4.6.4 Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Inside and Outside the UK  
4.6.5 Leisure Activities  

   

4.7

Health and Wellbeing

  
4.7.1 Health Assessments, Health Plans and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires  
4.7.2 Drugs and Substance Misuse (Including Smoking)  
4.7.3 Administration of Medication  
4.7.4 GPs, Dentists and Opticians  
4.7.5 Sexual Health  
4.7.6 Behaviour Management  
4.7.7 Personal Care and Relationships  

   

4.8

Foster Carers

  
  Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011, Associated Guidance and National Minimum Standards  
4.8.1 Fostering Panel  
4.8.2 Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers Updated
4.8.3 Fostering Exemptions and Out of Approvals Notices  
4.8.4 References and Checks Guidance  
4.8.5 Persons Disqualified from Fostering  
4.8.6 Supervision of Foster Carers  
4.8.7 Foster Carer Support  
4.8.8 Review and Termination of Approval of Foster Carers  
4.8.9 Allegations Against Foster Carers  
4.8.10 Safe Caring  
4.8.11 Smoking Policy  
4.8.12 Matching Children with Foster Carers  
4.8.13 Fostering Quality Assurance Framework  
4.8.14 Guidance on Unannounced Visits to Foster Carer Households  
4.8.15 Acceptable Computer Usage Policy: Guidance for Carers  
4.8.16 Disability Living Allowance - Children Looked After in Foster Placements  
  Hull Fostering Statement of Purpose  
  Foster Carer Handbook (2023)  
  See also: Fostering for Adoption / Early Permanence Placements Procedure  

   

4.9

Leaving Care and Transition to Adulthood

  
  Care Leavers' Charter  
4.9.1 Leaving Care and Transition  
4.9.2 Staying Put  
4.9.3 Registration for National Insurance  
4.9.4 Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody  

   

4.10

Miscellaneous

  
4.10.1 Change of Name of a Looked After Child  
4.10.2 Marriage / Civil Partnership of a Looked After Child  
4.10.3 Junior Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) for Looked After Children  
4.10.4 Sufficiency Duty in Relation to the Accommodation of Looked After Children  
4.10.5 Looked After Children who Have their Own Funds  
4.10.6 Applications for British Citizenship for Looked After Children & Young People  
4.10.7 Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance New


5. Adoption and Permanence

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5.1

Adoption

  
  Statement of Purpose - One Adoption Yorkshire and Humber  
  Adoption National Minimum Standards  
5.1.1 Adoption Panel  
5.1.2 Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters Updated
5.1.3 Placement for Adoption Updated
5.1.4 Adoption Support  
5.1.5 Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements  
5.1.6 Adoption Reviews  
5.1.7 Disruption of Adoptive Placements  
5.1.8 Allegations Against Prospective Adopters  
5.1.9 Inter-County Adoption  
5.1.10 Non-Agency Adoption  
5.1.11 Adoption Case Records  
5.1.12 Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records  
5.1.13 Intermediary Services  
5.1.14 Adoptive Parents Handbook  
5.1.15 Fostering for Adoption / Early Permanence Placements Procedure  
5.1.16 Adoption by Foster Carers - Professional Meeting  

   

5.2

Other Permanence Options

  
5.2.1 Applications for Special Guardianship Orders Updated
5.2.2 Regional Special Guardianship Toolkit  

   

5.3

Guidance

  
5.3.1 Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship  
5.3.2 Life Story Books Guidance  
5.3.3 Later Life Letters  
5.3.4 Health and Safety in Prospective Adopters' Homes  


6. Children's Homes Procedures

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6.1 Children's Homes Regulations (including the Quality Standards)  
6.2 Children's Homes Procedures Contents List  


7. Staff

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7.1 Supervision Policy  
7.2 Need to know Practice Guidance  
7.3 Hull Children, Young People and Family Service Audit Framework  


8. Guidance

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  See also: Hull Safeguarding Children's Partnership Guidelines and Procedures, Safeguarding Practice Guidance  
8.1 Cross Border Child Protection Cases under the 1996 Hague Convention  
8.2 Ofsted Inspection Framework  


9. Appendices

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9.1 Local Contacts  
9.2 Hull Safeguarding Children's Partnership Guidelines and Procedures  
9.3 Working Together to Safeguard Children (DfE, Statutory Guidance)  
9.4 Local Keywords  
9.5 Amendments