Contents

1. All Children

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1.1	Information Governance
1.1.1	Information Governance
1.1.2	Capacity and Consent
1.1.3	Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding Staff
1.2	Staff Supervision
1.2.1	Staff Supervision
1.3	Front Door for Families
1.3.1	Accessing Children's Services (Brighton and Hove website)
1.3.2	Procedure for Assessing the Needs of Homeless Families
	See also: Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)
1.4	Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning
1.4.1	Contacts and Referrals	Updated
1.4.2	Assessments	Updated
1.4.3	Child in Need Procedures and Practice Guidance
1.4.4	Practice Guidance for Working with Non-Resident Parents
1.4.5	Young Carers	Updated
1.5	Court Proceedings
1.5.1	Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline	Updated
1.5.2	Pathway to Public Law Outline
1.5.3	Care Plan and Care Proceedings
1.5.4	Child Witness Support
1.6	Complaints and Whistleblowing
1.6.1	Complaints and Representations
1.6.2	Whistleblowing Policy (Raising Concerns in the Public Interest)

2. Case Management and Recording

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2.1	Recording Policy for Children's Social Work
2.2	Access to Records/Subject Access Requests
2.3	Brighton and Hove Access to Records Guidance and Principals
2.4	Adoption Case Records for Children

3. Children in Need and Child Protection

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	See also: Working Together to Safeguard Children.
	(Note: If you are unable to identify a procedure or specific guidance, please refer to the Pan Sussex Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures).
3.1	Child Protection Referrals
3.1.1	Response to Child Protection Referrals (Pan Sussex Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures)
3.1.2	Children/Young People Under 18 Who Become Parents
3.1.3	Pre-Birth Assessment Practice Guidance
3.1.4	Brighton and Hove Sexual Abuse Pathway (Pan Sussex Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures)
3.1.5	Historical Abuse (London Safeguarding Children Procedures)
3.1.6	Substance Misuse
3.1.7	Private Fostering (including Language Schools Using Host Families)
3.1.8	Family Group Conference Service
3.1.9	Community Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
3.1.10	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
3.1.11	Youth Advocacy Project (YAP)
3.1.12	Protocol for Social Workers and other Professionals Working with YAP
3.1.13	Guidance on the Use of Written Agreements by Social Workers
3.1.14	Emergency Duty Service
3.1.15	Dangerous Dogs (Pan Sussex Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures)

4. Children in Particular Circumstances

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4.1	Children with Disabilities - this section is under review
4.1.1	Children's Disability Service Information About Social Care and Occupational Therapy Services for Disabled Children
4.1.2	Direct Payments
4.1.3	Emergency Backup Scheme
4.1.4	Resource Panel Information
4.1.5	Early Help Transition Assessment
4.1.6	Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities	Updated
4.1.7	Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings
4.2	Children from Abroad
4.2.1	Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery	Updated
4.2.2	Practice Guidance for Working with and Supporting Families who have No Recourse to Public Funds
4.2.3	Guidance in Relation to Asylum Seeking Families at Risk of Destitution
4.3	Children in Specific Circumstances
4.3.1	Domestic Abuse (Pan Sussex Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures)
4.3.2	Sexual Exploitation
4.3.3	Child Victims of Modern Slavery and Trafficking (Pan Sussex Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures)
4.3.4	HIV and Hepatitis
4.3.5	Deprivations of Liberty
4.3.6	The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Practice Resource
4.3.7	Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
4.4	Brighton and Hove Missing Children
	Social Workers should consult the Practice Guidance on Missing Children which is available on One Space.

5. Looked After Children

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5.1	Decision to Look After and Care Planning
5.1.1	Corporate Parenting Strategy
5.1.2	The Pledge (Our Promises to You)
5.1.3	Decision to Look After
5.1.4	Care Planning
5.1.5	Ceasing to Look After a Child
5.1.6	Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective Adopters
5.1.7	Permanence Policy
5.1.8	Placements in Foster Care and Residential Care
5.1.9	Charging Policy for Children Looked After by Brighton and Hove City Council under Section 20 Children Act 1989
5.1.10	Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention Accommodation
5.1.11	Children Looked After being Placed Outside Brighton and Hove and Children Being Placed in Brighton and Hove by Other Local Authorities
5.1.12	Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare Grounds	Updated
5.1.13	Placements with Parents	Updated
5.1.14	Placements Outside England and Wales
5.1.15	Placements in Other Arrangements
5.1.16	Delegated Authority to Foster Carers
5.1.17	Consents
	See also: NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People
5.2	Kinship Care (Connected Persons) and Special Guardianship
5.2.1	Kinship Care Policy	Updated
5.2.2	Kinship Care (Connected Persons)
5.2.3	Applications for Special Guardianship Orders	Updated
5.3	Meetings and Reviews
5.3.1	Looked After Reviews
5.3.2	Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing Officers
5.3.3	Social Worker Visits to Looked After Children
5.3.4	Promoting Effective and Responsible Practice Between Brighton and Hove Youth Offending Service and Brighton and Hove Children's Social Work
5.3.5	Post Placement Arrangements
5.3.6	Placement Planning Meetings
5.3.7	Placement Support Procedures
5.3.8	Placement Planning and Disruption Meetings
5.3.9	Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews
5.4	Contact and Overnight Stays
	See also: Delegated Authority to Foster Carers
5.4.1	Contact with Parents/Adult and Siblings
5.4.2	Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)
5.5	Education, School Trips and Holidays
	See also: Delegated Authority to Foster Carers
5.5.1	Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children
5.5.2	Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UK
5.6	Health and Wellbeing
5.6.1	Health Care Assessments and Health Care Plans
5.6.2	Immunisations Guidance
5.6.3	Sexual Health and Relationships
	See also: HIV and Hepatitis
5.6.4	Smoking and Looked After Children (including e-cigarettes)
5.6.5	Children in Care Staying Temporarily in Hospital
5.7	Identity
5.7.1	Changing a Child's Name
5.8	Looked After Guidance
5.8.1	Child Trust Fund	Updated
5.8.2	Criminal Injuries Compensation
5.8.3	Life Story Policy and Guidance
5.8.4	Applications for British Citizenship for Looked After Children
5.9	Leaving Care and Transition
5.9.1	Leaving Care Policy
5.9.2	Brighton and Hove Care Leavers Local Offer ‘Reach for the Stars'	New
	See also: The Pledge (Our Promises to You)
5.9.3	Staying Put Policy and Practice Guidance
5.9.4	Pathway Plan Reviews
5.9.5	Personal Advisors
5.9.6	Use of 'Unsuitable Accommodation' for Young People aged 18 - 21 yrs
5.9.7	Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in Custody	Updated
5.9.8	Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services
	See also: YJB and Probation Joint National Protocol for Transitions in England

6. Fostering and Adoption

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6.1	Fostering Services - under review
6.1.1	Fostering Minimum Standards
6.1.2	Fostering Panel
6.1.3	Disqualified Persons
6.1.4	Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers
6.1.5	Assessment of Dogs
6.1.6	Council Employees who Foster
6.1.7	Parent and Baby Placements
6.1.8	Standards of Care Procedure for Foster Carers (Brighton and Hove Foster Carer's Handbook)
6.1.9	Guidance for Supervising Social Workers when Foster Carers Separate
6.1.10	Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer Approval
6.1.11	Supervision and Support of Foster Carers
6.1.12	Review and Termination of Approval of Foster Carers
6.1.13	Allegations Against Foster Carers
6.2	Foster Carers' Guidance - under review
	Brighton and Hove Foster Carer's Handbook
6.2.1	Substance Misuse: Guidance for Foster Carers
6.2.2	Assessment of Approved Foster Carers Transferring from IFAs to Brighton and Hove - Guidance for S/Ws
6.2.3	Contact and Foster Carers
6.2.4	Fostering Panel Guidance
6.2.5	Foster Carer Support Policy
6.2.6	Safe Caring Procedures
6.2.7	Intensive Foster Placements

7. Adoption and Permanence

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	Adoption Services are provided through Adoption South East which is a Regional Adoption Agency.
7.1.1	Adoption National minimum Standards
7.1.2	Adoption South East Statement of Purpose	Updated
7.1.3	Placement for Adoption
7.1.4	Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements
7.1.5	Adoption Plan Reviews
7.1.6	Disruption Meetings
7.1.7	Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted
7.1.8	Non Agency Adoptive Placements
7.1.9	Adopted Persons' Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records (Now managed by Adoption South East)
7.1.10	Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship Guidance
	See: Best Practice Guidance: Special Guardianship Orders and Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere
	See also: Assessment of Dogs

8. Key Information

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8.1	Notification of Significant Events	Updated
8.2	Ofsted Inspection Framework
8.3	Local Keywords
8.4	Working Together to Safeguard Children
8.5	Amendments