Derby City Children's Social Care Procedures

• Information Sharing Guide for Practitioners;
• Storage of Data on Mobile Devices;
• Recording Policy and Guidelines;
• Data Subject Rights (including Subject Access Requests).

• Family Group Conferencing Service: Referral Procedure;
• Transfer protocol: from Children in Care (including localities and children with disabilities where applicable) and Leaving Care Service.

• A local authority failing to permit a parent to remove a child in circumstances within section 20(8) acts unlawfully; and
• The relevant information that a parent would need to be able to understand, retain and weigh up in order to have competency to consent to the accommodation of a child is as follows:
  • That the child will be staying with someone chosen by the local authority, probably a foster carer;
  • That the parent can change their mind about the arrangements, and request the child back from accommodation at any time;
  • That the parent will be able to see the child.

This guidance has been reviewed locally and updated throughout.

• Child's Permanence Report must be written by the worker who knows the child best and is also a qualified social worker;
• The Report should include a summary, written by the agency's medical adviser, of the state of the child's health, health history and any need for health care which might arise in the future, and a Chronology of the decisions and actions taken by the agency with respect to the child; and
• Those parts of the Report that contain factual information about the birth family should be shared with the relevant family members to enable them to confirm their accuracy and agree to it being passed on to a child in due course. Any such agreement should be clearly recorded on the child's case record. Each of the child's parents should be shown those parts of the Report which set out their views and wishes, and given the opportunity, if they so wish, to express these in their own words.

• All recording and data handling must be in accordance with Council Policy and the Data Protection Act. As far as possible, records should be created, stored and handled electronically; printed records are to be avoided due to storage and security concerns. Additional care must be taken with paper records if they are required for use outside staff offices.

• A Child has died (including cases of suspected suicide), and abuse or neglect is known or suspected;
• A child has been seriously harmed and abuse or neglect is known or suspected;
• A looked after child has died (including cases where abuse or neglect is NOT known or suspected);
• A child in a regulated setting or service has died (including cases where abuse or neglect is NOT known or suspected).

• Appendix B: Reflective Supervision Guidance;
• Appendix C: Supervision Monitoring Form;
• Appendix D: Supervision Record;
• Appendix E: Case Work Supervision Agenda.

• Director Approval for Out of Area Placement and Request for and Independent Sector Placement for a Child;
• Request for a Placement Referral Form;
• Placement Request for Accommodation & Support for 16/17yr olds;
• Basic Information Form - Remand Fostering Placement.

• Director Approval for Out of Area Placement and Request for and Independent Sector Placement for a Child;
• Request for a Placement Referral Form;
• Placement Request for Accommodation & Support for 16/17yr olds;
• Basic Information Form - Remand Fostering Placement.

• Director Approval for Out of Area Placement and Request for and Independent Sector Placement for a Child;
• Request for a Placement Referral Form;
• Placement Request for Accommodation & Support for 16/17yr olds;
• Basic Information Form - Remand Fostering Placement.

• IRO Dispute Resolution Flowchart - Process for Addressing Practice and other Concerns;
• Access to Independent Legal Advice for IROs.

• IRO Dispute Resolution Flowchart - Process for Addressing Practice and other Concerns;
• Access to Independent Legal Advice for IROs.

• Fostering for Adoption (Sections 1 and 5.4);
• Adoption Register (Section 9);
• Duty to provide information on adoption support services (Sections 1 and 2);
• Ethnicity (Section 15).

• The duty to consider Fostering for Adoption placements;
• The removal of the requirement to give due consideration to a child's religious persuasion, racial origin and cultural and linguistic background when matching a child and prospective adopters;
• Post-adoption contact;
• Placing of siblings.