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May 2023

1. Policies, Values and Principles

1.1	Values and Principles
1.2	Legal Framework
1.3	Duties and Powers
1.4	Transfer and Allocation of Work between Children's Service Teams
1.5	Case Recording
1.6	Access to Records
1.7	Retention and Destruction of Records
1.8	Audit Policy

2. Referrals, Assessments and Planning

2.1	Children's Services Threshold Criteria for Children with Complex Needs (Children in Need)
2.2	Initial Contacts and Referrals
2.3	Strategy Discussion / Meeting
2.4	NARRATES (including NARRATES S46)
2.5	Child Protection Risk Action Plan
2.6	Transferring in and off Island when a Child is subject to a Child Protection Risk Action Plan
2.7	Step-up and Step-down (EHaS to and from Social Care Teams)
2.8	SoS Guidance on the Management of Child Protection Conferences
2.9	Written Undertaking

3. Court Proceedings

3.1	Applications for Emergency Protection Orders
3.2	Court Proceedings
3.3	Public Law Outline

4. Preventive and Supportive Services

4.1	Services for Children
4.2	Child with Complex Needs (CwCN) Plans and Reviews
4.3	Private Fostering
4.4	Disabled Children
4.5	Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
4.6	Family & Friends Care for those in Care and those who are not
4.7	Social Work Visits to Children with Complex Needs and Safety and Protection Needs

5. Planning for Looked After Children

5.1	Definition of Looked After Child and Guidance on Placements
5.2	Decision to Look After and Care Planning
5.3	Permanence Planning Guidance
5.4	Placement Planning and Disruption Meetings
5.5	CLA Plan Guidance
5.6	Special Guardianship Policy and Procedures
5.7	Life Story Work with all Looked After Children

6. Placements for Looked After Children

6.1	Family & Friends Care
6.2	Placements in Residential Care
6.3	Placements in Secure Accommodation
6.4	Placements with Parents
6.5	Placements Off Island

7. Fostering Services

Caption: Fostering table

7.1	Family Placement Statement of Purpose		Updated
7.2	Family Placement Service Notifications to the Registration and Inspections Unit
7.3	Preparing Children for Placement; Welcome Books
7.4	Recruitment of Foster Carers
7.5	The Assessment and Approval of Mainstream Foster Carers		Updated
7.6	Medicals for Adult Applicants for Fostering and Adoption
7.7	Standard of Care
7.8	Foster Carer Recording Policy		Updated
7.9	Payments to Foster Carers
	7.9a	Mainstream Foster Carers Payment Schedule	Updated
	7.9b	Family and Friends Payment Schedule	Updated
7.10	Alternative, Respite and Constellation Carers		Updated
7.11	Supervision and Support of Foster Carers		New
7.12	Contact with Parents		New
7.13	Managing Allegations Against Foster Carers		New
7.14	Fostering Placement and Matching Policy		Updated
7.15	Overnight Stays and Social Visits		New

8. Adoption

8.1	Policy and Procedure for the constitution and functioning of the Isle of Man DHSC Adoption Panel
8.2	Step Parent and Non Agency Adoption
8.3	Adoption Case Records
8.4	Recruitment, Training, Assessment and Approvals (including inter-country) of Prospective Adopters	Updated
8.5	Court Reports in Adoption
8.6	Later in Life Letter Policy
8.7	Family Finding and Matching, including Life Appreciation Day
8.8	Access to Birth Records Intermediary Services
8.9	Adopters Guide to Financial Support
8.10	Use of Link Maker when Family Finding
8.11	Medical and Legal Advice for Adopters	Updated
8.12	Adoption Support	New
8.13	Relinquished Baby	New
8.14	Disruption of Adoptive Placements	New

9. Monitoring Placements

9.1	Social Worker Visits
9.2	Advocacy
9.3	Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes
9.4	Minimum Standards for Fostering

10. Reviews

Caption: Reviews table

10.1	Children Looked After Review Challenge
10.2	Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews

11. Contact with Family and Friends

11.1	Contact with Parents and Siblings
11.2	Social Visits and Overnight Stays with Friends

12. Education, Leisure, Holidays and School Trips

12.1	Education of Looked After Children
12.2	Holidays and School/Organisational Trips on Island
12.3	Holidays and School/Organisational Trips off Island	Updated
12.4	Leisure Activities	New

13. Health and Wellbeing

13.1	Health Care Assessments and Health Care Plans
13.2	Drugs and Substance Misuse (Including Smoking)
13.3	Administration of Medication
13.4	GPs, Dentists and Opticians
13.5	Sexual Health
13.6	Self Harming

14. Restraint and Physical Intervention

14.1	Physical Intervention
14.2	Promoting Positive Behaviour	New

15. Leaving Care and Transition to Adulthood

15.1	Leaving Care
15.2	Registration for National Insurance

16. Youth Justice Pre-Court and Court Work

16.1	The Youth Justice Team
16.2	Role of Appropriate Adult
16.3	Decision to Proceed
16.4	Preventative Work
16.5	Final Warning / Caution
16.6	Providing Court Services
16.7	Supporting Young People Prior to Sentence
16.8	Pre-Sentence Report
16.9	Orders and Sentences
16.10	Youth Justice Legal Framework

17. Youth Justice Case Management

17.1	Working with Young People Under Orders
17.2	Assessment and Planning
17.3	Intervention and Programs
17.4	Review and Closure
17.5	Working with Looked After Children and Young People

18. Complaints and Whistle-Blowing

18.1	Complaints Policy and Procedure	Updated
18.2	Complaints: Guidance to Staff	Updated
18.3	Confidential Reporting (Whistleblowing) Policy

19. Miscellaneous

19.1	Change of Name of a Looked After Child
19.2	Marriage of a Looked After Child
19.3	Activities
19.4	Transporting Children
19.5	Children and Families Reflexive Supervision Policy
19.6	Reflexive Supervision Exemplar
19.7	Protocol and Practice Guidance: The Assessment of Parents with Cognitive Limitations (learning disabilities)
19.8	Training

20. Appendices

20.1	Local Contact
20.2	Standards for Youth Justice Team
20.3	Guidance to the Children and Young Persons Act 2001
20.4	Amendments

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