Main Policies
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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
1.1 |
Policy, Values and Principles |
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1.1.1 | Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles | |
1.1.2 | Children's Consultation and Participation | |
1.1.3 | Capacity and Consent | New |
1.1.4 | Scheme of Delegation | |
1.2 |
Case File Management |
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1.2.1 | Recording Policy and Guidelines | |
1.2.2 | Case Records and Retention | |
1.2.3 | Access to Records / Subject Access Requests | |
1.2.4 | Confidentiality Policy | |
1.2.5 | Electronic Recording of Meetings and Conversations | |
1.2.6 | Storage of Data on Mobile Devices | New |
1.2.7 | Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding Staff | New |
1.3 |
Complaints and Whistleblowing |
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1.3.1 | Complaints and Representations | Updated |
1.3.2 | Whistleblowing Policy (Bradford.gov.uk) | |
1.4 |
Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care |
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1.4.1 | Prevention and Early Help (Bradford.gov.uk) | |
1.4.2 | Continuum of Need and Risk Identification Tool |
2. Contacts and Referrals
2.1 | Contacts and Referrals | |
2.2 | Assessments |
3. Children in Need
3.1 | Child in Need Plans and Reviews |
4. Child Protection
5. Pre Proceedings and Court Work
6. Children in Care
7. Children in Particular Circumstances
7.1 |
Children with Disabilities and Complex Health Needs |
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7.1.1 | Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities | |
7.1.2 | Direct Payments | |
7.1.3 | Short Breaks | |
7.1.4 | Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings | |
7.2 |
Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity |
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7.2.1 | Deprivation of Liberty | |
7.2.2 | Mental Capacity | |
7.3 |
Children from Abroad |
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7.3.1 | Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery | |
7.3.2 | Families with No Recourse to Public Funds | Updated |
7.4 |
Homelessness |
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7.4.1 | 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 | |
7.5 |
Family and Friends Care |
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7.5.1 | Family and Friends Care | |
7.5.2 | Private Fostering | Updated |
7.6 |
Young Carers |
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7.6.1 | Young Carers | |
7.7 |
Relinquished Children |
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7.7.1 | Relinquished Children |
8. Fostering
8.1 |
Fostering Services |
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8.1.1 | Fostering Panel | |
8.1.2 | Persons Disqualified from Fostering | |
8.1.3 | Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers | |
8.1.4 | Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer Approval | |
8.1.5 | Supervision and Support of Foster Carers | |
8.1.6 | Review and Termination of Approval of Foster Carers | |
8.1.7 | Allegations Against Foster Carers | |
See also: Early Permanence Placements (One Adoption) |
9. Adoption and Permanence Services
9.1 |
Adoption |
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9.1.1 | Assessment and Approvals of Prospective Adopters (One Adoption) | |
9.1.2 | Adoption Panel (One Adoption) | |
9.1.3 | The Child's Journey - Placement for Adoption (One Adoption) | |
9.1.4 | Adoption Support | |
9.1.5 | Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements | |
9.1.6 | Adoption Reviews | |
9.1.7 | Disruption of Adoptive Placements (One Adoption) | |
9.1.8 | Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted (One Adoption) | |
9.1.9 | Inter Country Adoption (One Adoption) | |
9.1.10 | Non Agency Adoption | |
9.1.11 | Adoption Case Records | |
9.1.12 | Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records (One Adoption) | |
9.1.13 | Intermediary Services (One Adoption) | |
9.1.14 | Life Story Books Guidance (One Adoption) | |
9.1.15 | Later Life Letters (One Adoption) | |
9.1.16 | Early Permanence Placements (One Adoption) | |
9.2 |
Special Guardianship |
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9.2.1 | Applications for Special Guardianship Orders | |
9.2.2 | Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship Guidance |