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1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

  1. 1.1.1Children’s Services Policies, Values and PrinciplesJune 26, 2024
  2. 1.1.2Confidentiality PolicyDecember 11, 2024
  3. 1.1.3Consultation PolicyJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 1.1.4Supervision PolicyJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 1.1.5Stockport Family Social Work Induction ProtocolJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 1.1.6Capacity and ConsentJanuary 25, 2024
  7. 1.1.7Equality and DiversityJanuary 25, 2024

1.2Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

  1. 1.2.1Stockport Multi-Agency Step Up / Step Down ProtocolJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 1.2.2The Role of Independent Reviewing Officers in Providing Safeguarding Consultation and in Team Around the Child MeetingsJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 1.2.3Early Help Assessment (Stockport Council Website)
  4. 1.2.4Neglect Procedure (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures)
  5. 1.2.5Aspire Complex Safeguarding Service Procedures (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures)
  6. 1.2.6Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

  1. 1.3.1Initial Contacts and ReferralsJune 26, 2024
  2. 1.3.2AssessmentsDecember 11, 2024
  3. 1.3.3Children and Family Assessment and Planning FrameworkJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 1.3.4Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)December 11, 2024
  5. 1.3.5Neglect Procedure (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures)

1.4Allocation of Work and Transfer between Teams

  1. 1.4.1Allocation ProcessJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 1.4.2Management of Case Transfers in Children's Social CareJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 1.4.3Case Holding Procedures for Student Social WorkersJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 1.4.4Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub (MASSH) to Children’s Social Care Transfer ProtocolJanuary 25, 2024

1.5Court Proceedings

  1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersJune 26, 2024
  2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 1.5.3Legal Gateway Panel Meetings ProceduresDecember 11, 2024
  4. 1.5.4Greater Manchester Section 37 and Section 7 Reports ProtocolJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 1.5.5Disclosure of Information in Cases of Alleged Child Abuse and Linked Criminal and Care Direction Hearings (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures)
  6. 1.5.6North West Pre-Care and Care Proceedings Notification and Transfer across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure
  7. 1.5.7Family 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.

1.6Miscellaneous

  1. 1.6.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)June 26, 2024

1.7Complaints and Whistleblowing

  1. 1.7.1WhistleblowingJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 1.7.2Raising Concerns at Work: Whistleblowing Guidance for Workers and Employers in Health and Social Care (2014)January 25, 2024
  3. 1.7.3Raising Concerns at Work
  4. 1.7.4Children's Social Care Complaints Procedures
  5. 1.7.5Whistleblowing to Ofsted about Children’s Social Care Services
  6. 1.7.6Whistleblowing Helpline - Speak Up
  7. 1.7.7Protect Advice

1.8Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty

  1. 1.8.1Mental Capacity
  2. 1.8.2Deprivation of Liberty

2.Case Management and Recording

  1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesJune 26, 2024
  2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 2.0.3Access to Records / Subject Access RequestsDecember 11, 2024
  4. 2.0.4North West Protocol with Greater Manchester Police in relation to Public Interest ImmunityJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 2.0.5Social Work ChronologyJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 2.0.6Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsJune 26, 2024
  7. 2.0.7Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesJanuary 25, 2024
  8. 2.0.8Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffJune 26, 2024

3.Prevention and Family Support

  1. 3.0.1North West Children's Improvement Programme: Integrated Early Help StrategyJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 3.0.2Team around the Child Plans and ReviewsJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 3.0.3Private FosteringJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 3.0.4Section 17 and CLA Maintenance Guidance for Social WorkersJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 3.0.5Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds who may be Homeless and/or require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferJanuary 25, 2024

3.1Edge of Care

  1. 3.1.1Families FirstJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 3.1.2Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingDecember 11, 2024

4.Children in Particular Circumstances

4.1Missing Children and Young People

  1. 4.1.1Pan-Greater Manchester Protocol on Missing Children and Young PeopleJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 4.1.2Aspire - Stockport Family Complex Safeguarding Team ProcedureJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 4.1.3Greater Manchester Runaway and Missing from Home and Care Protocol (RMFHC)

4.2Children with Disabilities

  1. 4.2.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 4.2.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsDecember 11, 2024
  3. 4.2.3Short Breaks PolicyJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 4.2.4Short Breaks Statement (2021 - 2022)January 25, 2024
  5. 4.2.5Short Breaks Direct Payments (User Friendly)January 25, 2024
  6. 4.2.6The Care Act 2014: Transition to Adult Care and SupportJanuary 25, 2024
  7. 4.2.70-25 SEND Personal Budgets (Full Policy)January 25, 2024
  8. 4.2.8Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsDecember 11, 2024
  9. 4.2.9Carers’ Assessments of Parents of Disabled ChildrenJanuary 25, 2024

4.3Children from Abroad

  1. 4.3.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryDecember 11, 2024
  2. 4.3.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 4.3.3Interpretation and Translation PolicyJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 4.3.4What is a Suitable Placement for an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child? (DfE)January 25, 2024
  5. 4.3.5Asylum Seekers with Care Needs (Home Office Guidance)

4.4Cases with a Foreign Element in the Greater Manchester Safeguarding Procedures

  1. 4.4.1Cross-border Child Protection Cases: The 1996 Hague Convention
  2. 4.4.2Guidance: The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit

4.5Cases Crossing Local Authority Boundaries

  1. 4.5.1North West Children in Need Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries (North West Resource)
  2. 4.5.2North West Notification and Transfer of Children Subject of Child Protection Plans across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure (North West Resource)
  3. 4.5.3orth West Pre-Care and Care Proceedings Notification and Transfer across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure (North West Resource)

4.6Provision of Accommodation for Children under PACE (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Procedures)

  1. 4.6.1Pace Contacts for Greater ManchesterJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 4.6.2Joint Protocol for Considering Requests for the Provision of Accommodation under PACE (Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Greater Manchester Police)

4.7Young Carers

  1. 4.7.1Young CarersDecember 11, 2024

4.8Mental Health

  1. 4.8.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983December 11, 2024

5.Looked After Children

5.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

  1. 5.1.1Decision to Look AfterDecember 11, 2024
  2. 5.1.2Care PlanningJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 5.1.3Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 5.1.4Permanence Planning GuidanceJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 5.1.5Family Finding and Matching Policy - Permanent Foster PlacementsJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 5.1.6Disruption MeetingsJanuary 25, 2024
  7. 5.1.7Placements in Foster CareJanuary 25, 2024
  8. 5.1.8Placements in Residential CareJune 26, 2024
  9. 5.1.9Out of Area PlacementsDecember 11, 2024
  10. 5.1.10Placements with Family and Friends / Connected Persons (Regulation 24)January 25, 2024
  11. 5.1.11Family and Friends Care PolicyDecember 11, 2024
  12. 5.1.12Initial Family and Friends Care Assessment: A Good Practice Guide (Family Rights Group)January 25, 2024
  13. 5.1.13Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsJune 26, 2024
  14. 5.1.14Placements with ParentsJanuary 25, 2024
  15. 5.1.15Placements Outside England and WalesJanuary 25, 2024
  16. 5.1.16Notifications from Other Local AuthoritiesJune 26, 2024
  17. 5.1.17Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationJune 26, 2024
  18. 5.1.18Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersJanuary 25, 2024
  19. 5.1.19Child Trust Funds and Junior Individual Savings Accounts for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 25, 2024
  20. 5.1.20Criminal Injuries Compensation for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 25, 2024
  21. 5.1.21What is a Suitable Placement for an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child?January 25, 2024
  22. 5.1.22Meeting the Needs of Looked After Children: an Aide MemoireJanuary 25, 2024
  23. 5.1.23Parent and Child Foster Placements - Policy, Procedure and Placement PreparationJanuary 25, 2024
  24. 5.1.24Pre Birth / Pre PlacementJanuary 25, 2024
  25. 5.1.25Parent and Child Placement Agreement (Contract)January 25, 2024
  26. 5.1.26Preparation for Parent and Child Placement Agreement ChecklistJanuary 25, 2024
  27. 5.1.27Parent and Child Foster Placements Information BookletJanuary 25, 2024
  28. 5.1.28Placements in Other ArrangementsJune 26, 2024
  29. 5.1.29Stockport's Local Agency Protocol on Reducing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Looked-after Children and Care LeaversJanuary 25, 2024
  30. 5.1.30Risk Assessment and PlanningJanuary 25, 2024
  31. 5.1.31Providing Personalised CareJanuary 25, 2024
  32. 5.1.32Health and SafetyJune 26, 2024
  33. 5.1.33NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

5.2Monitoring and Reviews

  1. 5.2.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.2.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 5.2.3Looked After ReviewsJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 5.2.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 5.2.5Monitoring Role of IROsJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 5.2.6Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsJune 26, 2024
  7. 5.2.7Notifications of Significant EventsJune 26, 2024

5.3Contact and Overnight Stays

  1. 5.3.1Contact with Parents and SiblingsJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.3.2Overnight Stays and Social VisitsJanuary 25, 2024

5.4Education, School Trips and Holidays

  1. 5.4.1Holidays and School Trips in and Outside the UKJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.4.2Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenJune 26, 2024
  3. 5.4.3Leisure ActivitiesJanuary 25, 2024

5.5Health and Wellbeing

  1. 5.5.1Health Care Assessments and PlansJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.5.2Pathway for LAC Initial Heath AssessmentsJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 5.5.3Personal Care and RelationshipsJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 5.5.4Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 5.5.5Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 5.5.6Blood Borne Infections / HIVJanuary 25, 2024
  7. 5.5.7Guidance for Foster Carers in Promoting the Health Needs of Looked After ChildrenJanuary 25, 2024
  8. 5.5.8Practice Guidance: Supporting Young People with HIV Testing and Prevention
  9. 5.5.9Promoting Wellbeing and Positive Identity for a Child or Young Person Who is Looked After: A Quick Guide for Social Workers and Social Care Practitioners (NICE)

5.6Identity

  1. 5.6.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.6.2Marriage / Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 5.6.3Life Story Work for Looked After Children GuidanceJanuary 25, 2024

5.7Leaving Care and Transition

  1. 5.7.1National Protocol: Inter-Authority Arrangements for Care LeaversJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.7.2Leaving Care and TransitionJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 5.7.3Financial Policy for Looked After Children Preparing for the Transition to Adulthood and Care LeaversJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 5.7.4Leaving Care Local Offer and Entitlements: A Guide For Young PeopleJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 5.7.5Looked After Children Joining the Armed ForcesJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 5.7.6Staying Put PolicyJune 26, 2024
  7. 5.7.7Ceasing to Look After a ChildJune 26, 2024
  8. 5.7.8Care Leavers Local Assistance Protocol with Job CentresJanuary 25, 2024
  9. 5.7.9Get Ready for Adult Life - Young Peoples' ToolkitJanuary 25, 2024
  10. 5.7.10Policy for Care Leavers once Statutory Duties and Responsibilities CeaseJanuary 25, 2024
  11. 5.7.11Partnership Agreement between Stockport Homes and Stockport Council to Respond to Young People with Accommodation NeedsDecember 11, 2024
  12. 5.7.12Starter Flat Operating ProceduresJanuary 25, 2024
  13. 5.7.13Staying Closer Flat Operating ProceduresJanuary 25, 2024
  14. 5.7.14Stockport's Local Agency Protocol on Reducing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Looked-after Children and Care LeaversJanuary 25, 2024
  15. 5.7.15Care Leavers Charter

5.8Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

  1. 5.8.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 5.8.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 5.8.3Stockport Youth Offending Service and Children’s Social Care Principles of WorkingJanuary 25, 2024
  4. 5.8.4Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceJune 26, 2024
  5. 5.8.5Youth Justice Services GM Agreement (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures)
  6. 5.8.6Joint Protocol for Considering Requests for the Provision of Accommodation under PACE (Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Greater Manchester Police)

6.Fostering and Adoption

6.1Fostering Services

  1. 6.1.1Fostering PanelJanuary 25, 2024
  2. 6.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringJanuary 25, 2024
  3. 6.1.3Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersDecember 11, 2024
  4. 6.1.4Exemptions and VariationsJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 6.1.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersJanuary 25, 2024
  6. 6.1.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJanuary 25, 2024
  7. 6.1.7Allegations Against Foster CarersJanuary 25, 2024

6.2Adoption and Permanence Services

  1. 6.2.1Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersDecember 11, 2024
  2. 6.2.2Adoption PanelJune 26, 2024
  3. 6.2.3Placement for AdoptionDecember 11, 2024
  4. 6.2.4Adoption Health and Safety GuidelinesJanuary 25, 2024
  5. 6.2.5Adoption SupportJune 26, 2024
  6. 6.2.6Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsJanuary 25, 2024
  7. 6.2.7Adoption ReviewsJanuary 25, 2024
  8. 6.2.8Disruption of Adoptive Placements - Adoption 22January 25, 2024
  9. 6.2.9Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already AdoptedJanuary 25, 2024
  10. 6.2.10Inter Country AdoptionDecember 11, 2024
  11. 6.2.11Non Agency AdoptionDecember 11, 2024
  12. 6.2.12Adoption Case RecordsJune 26, 2024
  13. 6.2.13Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case RecordsJune 26, 2024
  14. 6.2.14Intermediary ServicesJanuary 25, 2024
  15. 6.2.15Application for Special Guardianship OrdersJune 26, 2024
  16. 6.2.16Court Reports in Adoption / Special Guardianship GuidanceJune 26, 2024
  17. 6.2.17Later Life LettersDecember 11, 2024
  18. 6.2.18Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersJune 26, 2024
  19. 6.2.19Relinquished ChildrenDecember 11, 2024

7.Appendices, Local Contacts and Agency Decision Makers

  1. 7.0.1Local ContactsJune 26, 2024
  2. 7.0.2Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersJune 26, 2024
  3. 7.0.3Ofsted Inspection FrameworkDecember 11, 2024
  4. 7.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
  5. 7.0.5Amendments

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