Contents

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
2. 1.1.2Children's Consultation and ParticipationDecember 4, 2024
3. 1.1.3Staff who have close family members who are known to Brent CYPOctober 8, 2024
4. 1.1.4Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022

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

1. 1.2.1Brent Early Help ServiceOctober 8, 2024
2. 1.2.2Brent LSCB Thresholds GuideOctober 8, 2024
3. 1.2.3Capacity and ConsentMay 21, 2024
4. 1.2.4Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsUnder Review
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsUnder Review
3. 1.3.3Ways of Working ‘This is Brent CYP. This is how we grow’
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
4. 1.3.4Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)Under Review
5. 1.3.5Allocation of Work and Transfer between TeamsOctober 8, 2024
6. 1.3.6London Safeguarding Children Procedures, Child Protection s47 Enquiries

1.4Child in Need

1. 1.4.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsNovember 26, 2024

1.5Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersFebruary 7, 2024
2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineUnder Review
3. 1.5.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsAugust 19, 2024
4. 1.5.4Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol
5. 1.5.5Cross-border child protection cases: the 1996 Hague Convention (DfE)
6. 1.5.6Family 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.

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Complaints and RepresentationsMarch 17, 2025
2. 1.6.2WhistleblowingOctober 8, 2024

1.7Notifications

1. 1.7.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)
   Updated
   Under Review

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesMarch 17, 2025
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionOctober 9, 2024
3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsMarch 17, 2025
4. 2.0.4Confidentiality PolicyMay 21, 2024
5. 2.0.5Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsDecember 4, 2024
6. 2.0.6Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffMarch 28, 2024
7. 2.0.7Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesDecember 4, 2024

3.Children in Particular Circumstances

3.1Children with Disabilities and Complex Health Needs

1. 3.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
   Updated
   Under Review
2. 3.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsUnder Review
3. 3.1.3Short BreaksNovember 27, 2024
4. 3.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsUnder Review
5. 3.1.5Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkMay 21, 2024

3.2Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

1. 3.2.1Deprivation of Liberty
2. 3.2.2Mental Capacity

3.3Children from Abroad

1. 3.3.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
2. 3.3.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsNovember 27, 2024

3.4Homelessness

1. 3.4.1Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferOctober 9, 2024

3.5Family and Friends Care

1. 3.5.1Brent Kinship Care and Support PolicyOctober 8, 2024
2. 3.5.2Private FosteringDecember 4, 2024
3. 3.5.3Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingMarch 18, 2024

3.6Young Carers

1. 3.6.1Young CarersMarch 17, 2025

3.7Relinquished Children

1. 3.7.1Relinquished ChildrenMarch 17, 2025

3.8Mental Health

1. 3.8.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983March 17, 2025

4.Looked After Children

4.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 4.1.1Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After Children
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
2. 4.1.2Decision to Look AfterOctober 9, 2024
3. 4.1.3Care PlanningOctober 9, 2024
4. 4.1.4Ceasing to Look After a ChildSeptember 19, 2023
5. 4.1.5Permanence Planning GuidanceMarch 17, 2025
6. 4.1.6Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsMarch 17, 2025
7. 4.1.7Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenOctober 9, 2024
8. 4.1.8Risk Assessment and PlanningMarch 23, 2022
9. 4.1.9Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
10. 4.1.10NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People
11. 4.1.11Promoting Wellbeing and Positive Identity for a Child or Young Person Who is Looked After: A Quick Guide for Social Workers and Social Care Practitioners

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsDecember 4, 2024
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected Persons
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareDecember 4, 2024
4. 4.2.4Placements in Residential CareSeptember 19, 2023
5. 4.2.5Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsSeptember 19, 2023
6. 4.2.6Out of Area PlacementsDecember 4, 2024
7. 4.2.7Placements Outside England and WalesMarch 17, 2025
8. 4.2.8Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationDecember 4, 2024
9. 4.2.9Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersNovember 29, 2024
10. 4.2.10Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersOctober 9, 2024
11. 4.2.11Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
12. 4.2.12Health and Safety
    Updated
    March 17, 2025

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenMarch 17, 2025
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsNovember 29, 2024
3. 4.3.3Looked After ReviewsMarch 17, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersNovember 29, 2024
5. 4.3.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsDecember 4, 2024
6. 4.3.6Notifications of Significant EventsMarch 17, 2025

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsMarch 17, 2025
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)December 2, 2024

4.5Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 4.5.1Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenMarch 17, 2025
2. 4.5.2Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKApril 17, 2024
3. 4.5.3Leisure ActivitiesMarch 23, 2022

4.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.6.1Health Care Assessments and PlansDecember 2, 2024
2. 4.6.2Personal Care and RelationshipsJuly 26, 2022
3. 4.6.3Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementDecember 2, 2024
4. 4.6.4Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintOctober 9, 2024

4.7Change of Name and Marriage/Civil Partnership

1. 4.7.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildFebruary 7, 2024
2. 4.7.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildNovember 28, 2023

4.8Leaving Care and Transition

1. 4.8.1Leaving Care and Transition
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
2. 4.8.2Staying PutUnder Review
3. 4.8.3Brent Leaving Care Financial ArrangementsOctober 8, 2024

4.9Youth Offending

1. 4.9.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesDecember 2, 2024
2. 4.9.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyOctober 8, 2024
3. 4.9.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
4. 4.9.4Probation Service Management of Young Adults Policy Framework
5. 4.9.5HMPPS Child Safeguarding Policy Framework

5.Fostering and Adoption

1. 5.0.1Fostering and Kinship Statement of Purpose
   Updated
   March 17, 2025

5.1Fostering Services

1. 5.1.1Fostering PanelJuly 26, 2022
2. 5.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringDecember 4, 2024
3. 5.1.3Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
4. 5.1.4Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalSeptember 23, 2024
5. 5.1.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersDecember 2, 2024
6. 5.1.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersOctober 8, 2024
7. 5.1.7Allegations Against Foster Carers
   Updated
   March 17, 2025
8. 5.1.8Training and Development of Foster CarersMarch 23, 2022

5.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 5.2.1Adopt London Regional Adoption Agency Procedures
   Updated
   March 17, 2025

5.3Special Guardianship

1. 5.3.1Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersMarch 17, 2025
2. 5.3.2Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceSeptember 23, 2024

6.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 6.0.1List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersOctober 8, 2024
2. 6.0.2Ofsted Inspection FrameworkAugust 20, 2024
3. 6.0.3Working Together to Safeguard Children
4. 6.0.4Amendments