Procedures

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles November 15, 2024
2. 1.1.2Children's Consultation and Participation
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
3. 1.1.3Social Work ModelOctober 7, 2024
4. 1.1.4Equality and DiversityNovember 18, 2024

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

1. 1.2.1Early HelpOctober 7, 2024
2. 1.2.2Threshold Guidance: Supporting Professional JudgementOctober 7, 2024

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsOctober 8, 2024
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsOctober 8, 2024
3. 1.3.3Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)October 8, 2024
4. 1.3.4Children Missing from Home and CareOctober 7, 2024
5. 1.3.5Capacity and ConsentMay 21, 2024
6. 1.3.6Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingMarch 18, 2024
7. 1.3.7Pan Berkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures

1.4Child in Need

1. 1.4.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsOctober 8, 2024

1.5Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersNovember 18, 2024
2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineMarch 18, 2025
3. 1.5.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsNovember 18, 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)

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Complaints and RepresentationsNovember 27, 2024
2. 1.6.2Whistleblowing or Raising Concerns at Work
   Updated
   March 18, 2025

1.7Notifications

1. 1.7.1Serious Incident NotificationsMarch 18, 2025

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesSeptember 19, 2023
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionOctober 8, 2024
3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsMarch 18, 2025
4. 2.0.4Confidentiality PolicyMay 21, 2024
5. 2.0.5Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsAugust 19, 2024
6. 2.0.6Supervision Policy
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
7. 2.0.7Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffMarch 28, 2024
8. 2.0.8Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesNovember 27, 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
   March 18, 2025
2. 3.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsMay 21, 2024
3. 3.1.3Short BreaksNovember 19, 2024
4. 3.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
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 18, 2025
2. 3.3.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsOctober 8, 2024

3.4Homelessness

1. 3.4.1Supporting Young People aged 16 and 17 who are Homeless or at Risk of HomelessnessMarch 18, 2025

3.5Family and Friends Care

1. 3.5.1Friends, Family and Connected PersonsNovember 19, 2024
2. 3.5.2Private FosteringNovember 27, 2024

3.6Young Carers

1. 3.6.1Young CarersNovember 27, 2024

3.7Relinquished Children

1. 3.7.1Relinquished ChildrenNovember 26, 2024

3.8Special Guardianship Orders

1. 3.8.1Special Guardianship OrdersOctober 7, 2024
2. 3.8.2Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceOctober 8, 2024

3.9Mental Health

1. 3.9.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983May 21, 2024

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 18, 2025
2. 4.1.2Decision to Look AfterMarch 18, 2025
3. 4.1.3Care PlanningOctober 8, 2024
4. 4.1.4Section 20 AccommodationOctober 7, 2024
5. 4.1.5Ceasing to Look After a Child
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
6. 4.1.6Permanence PolicyMarch 18, 2025
7. 4.1.7Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsFebruary 12, 2025
8. 4.1.8Risk Assessment and Planning
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
9. 4.1.9Providing Personalised Care
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
10. 4.1.10Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenFebruary 7, 2022

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsNovember 21, 2024
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected PersonsMarch 18, 2025
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareNovember 21, 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 PlacementsNovember 26, 2024
7. 4.2.7Placements Outside England and WalesNovember 21, 2024
8. 4.2.8Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
9. 4.2.9Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationNovember 27, 2024
10. 4.2.10Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersNovember 21, 2024
11. 4.2.11Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersNovember 22, 2024
12. 4.2.12Health and Safety
    Updated
    March 18, 2025

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After Children
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsNovember 22, 2024
3. 4.3.3Looked After ReviewsMarch 18, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersNovember 22, 2024
5. 4.3.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsNovember 22, 2024
6. 4.3.6Notifications of Significant EventsOctober 8, 2024

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Family Time with Parents/Adults and SiblingsMarch 18, 2025
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)October 8, 2024
3. 4.4.3Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKOctober 8, 2024
4. 4.4.4Leisure ActivitiesNovember 27, 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 18, 2025
2. 4.5.2Virtual School
   Updated
   March 18, 2025

4.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.6.1Health Care Assessments and PlansNovember 22, 2024
2. 4.6.2Personal Care and Relationships
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
3. 4.6.3Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementOctober 8, 2024
4. 4.6.4Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintOctober 8, 2024
5. 4.6.5NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

4.7Change of Name and Marriage/Civil Partnership

1. 4.7.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildOctober 8, 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 18, 2025
2. 4.8.2Staying PutNovember 22, 2024
3. 4.8.3Financial Arrangements for Care LeaversOctober 7, 2024

4.9Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

1. 4.9.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesOctober 8, 2024
2. 4.9.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyNovember 27, 2024
3. 4.9.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance
   Updated
   March 18, 2025

5.Slough Children First Independent Fostering Agency Procedures

1. 5.0.1Fostering PanelJuly 26, 2022
2. 5.0.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringOctober 8, 2024
3. 5.0.3Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
4. 5.0.4Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalNovember 25, 2024
5. 5.0.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersNovember 25, 2024
6. 5.0.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersNovember 25, 2024
7. 5.0.7Managing Concerns, Complaints and Allegations against Foster Carers
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
8. 5.0.8Fostering Statement of PurposeOctober 7, 2024
9. 5.0.9Connected Persons Team StatementOctober 7, 2024
10. 5.0.10 Slough Children First Foster Carers Handbook
11. 5.0.11Slough Children First Fostering Website

6.Slough Children First Voluntary Adoption Agency Procedures

1. 6.0.1Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersOctober 8, 2024
2. 6.0.2Adoption PanelNovember 25, 2024
3. 6.0.3Placement for Adoption
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
4. 6.0.4Adoption SupportNovember 25, 2024
5. 6.0.5Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsOctober 31, 2023
6. 6.0.6Adoption ReviewsOctober 8, 2024
7. 6.0.7Disruption of Adoptive PlacementsNovember 28, 2023
8. 6.0.8Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
9. 6.0.9Inter Country AdoptionMay 21, 2024
10. 6.0.10Non Agency AdoptionMay 21, 2024
11. 6.0.11Adoption Case RecordsOctober 8, 2024
12. 6.0.12Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case RecordsOctober 8, 2024
13. 6.0.13Intermediary ServicesOctober 8, 2024
14. 6.0.14Life Story Books GuidanceMay 21, 2024
15. 6.0.15Later Life LettersMay 21, 2024
16. 6.0.16Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersNovember 26, 2024
17. 6.0.17Adoption Statement of PurposeOctober 7, 2024
18. 6.0.18Slough Children First Adoption Website
19. 6.0.19Coram Ambitious for Adoption

7.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 7.0.1Local ContactsOctober 7, 2024
2. 7.0.2Scheme of DelegationOctober 7, 2024
3. 7.0.3Ofsted Inspection Framework
   Updated
   March 18, 2025
4. 7.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
5. 7.0.5Amendments