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Note: the body of this manual contains policies and procedures. You will find additional local material in the Documents Library - access this via the navigation bar. This includes the Children’s Social Care Practice Standards.

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1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

  1. 1.1.1Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles June 28, 2024
  2. 1.1.2Confidentiality PolicyDecember 9, 2024
  3. 1.1.3Consultation PolicyJanuary 12, 2024
  4. 1.1.4Kinship Care PolicyJune 28, 2024
  5. 1.1.5Children's Consultation and ParticipationJune 28, 2024
  6. 1.1.6Reflective Supervision PolicyJanuary 12, 2024
  7. 1.1.7Career Progression Policy for Social WorkersJanuary 12, 2024
  8. 1.1.8Children's Social Care Practice StandardsJanuary 12, 2024
  9. 1.1.9Capacity and ConsentJanuary 10, 2024
  10. 1.1.10Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
  11. 1.1.11North West Protocol for Standards in Supervision of Children and Families Social Workers
  12. 1.1.12Young Persons Guide to Children and Families Act 2014

1.2CAF and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

  1. 1.2.1Common Assessment FrameworkJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 1.2.2Children in Need Framework/Thresholds for Children's Social Care InterventionJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 1.2.3Case Co-ordinator Guidance (Early Family Support)January 12, 2024
  4. 1.2.4Threshold GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 1.2.5Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

  1. 1.3.1Initial Contacts and ReferralsJune 28, 2024
  2. 1.3.2AssessmentsDecember 9, 2024
  3. 1.3.3Section 47 EnquiriesJune 28, 2024
  4. 1.3.4Allocation of Work and Transfer Between Teams - Protocol for Case Responsibility and Transfer of Cases in Children's Social CareJanuary 12, 2024

1.4Court Proceedings

  1. 1.4.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersJune 28, 2024
  2. 1.4.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineDecember 9, 2024
  3. 1.4.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsJune 28, 2024
  4. 1.4.42013 Protocol and Good Practice Model: Disclosure of Information in Cases of Alleged Child Abuse - Local Practice ArrangementsJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 1.4.5Greater Manchester Section 36 and Section 7 Reports ProtocolJanuary 12, 2024
  6. 1.4.6North West Pre-Care and Care Proceedings Notification and Transfer across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure (North West Resource)
  7. 1.4.7Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol
  8. 1.4.8Family 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.

1.5Miscellaneous

  1. 1.5.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child In Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)June 28, 2024

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

  1. 1.6.1Whistleblowing (Confidential Reporting Complaints and Representations Guidance) (note: this link requires access to the Trafford intranet)
  2. 1.6.2Whistleblowing (Confidential Reporting Code) (note: this link requires access to the Trafford intranet)
  3. 1.6.3Raising Concerns at Work: Whistleblowing Guidance for Workers and Employers in Health and Social Care (2014)
  4. 1.6.4Whistleblowing to Ofsted about Children’s Social Care Services - Policy and Guidance for Whistleblowers
  5. 1.6.5Whistleblowing Helpline - Speak Up
  6. 1.6.6Protect Advice

1.7Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty

  1. 1.7.1Mental Capacity
  2. 1.7.2Deprivation of Liberty

2.Case Management and Recording

  1. 2.0.1Case Recording Policy and GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsDecember 9, 2024
  4. 2.0.4Chronology PolicyJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 2.0.5North West Protocol with Greater Manchester Police in Relation to Public Interest ImmunityJanuary 12, 2024
  6. 2.0.6Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsJune 28, 2024
  7. 2.0.7Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesFebruary 7, 2022
  8. 2.0.8Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffJune 28, 2024

3.Prevention and Family Support

  1. 3.0.1North West Children's Improvement Programme: Integrated Early Help StrategyJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 3.0.2Child in Need Plans and ReviewsJune 28, 2024
  3. 3.0.3Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferJanuary 10, 2024
  4. 3.0.4Young CarersDecember 9, 2024
  5. 3.0.5Private FosteringJanuary 12, 2024
  6. 3.0.6Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingJune 28, 2024

4.Children in Particular Circumstances

  1. 4.0.1Pan-Greater Manchester Protocol on Missing Children and Young PeopleJune 28, 2024
  2. 4.0.2Greater Manchester Runaway and Missing from Home and Care Protocol (RMFHC)
  3. 4.0.3Youth Justice Board National Standards
  4. 4.0.4Case Management Guidelines

4.1Children with Disabilities

  1. 4.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesDecember 9, 2024
  2. 4.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsDecember 9, 2024
  3. 4.1.3Short Breaks (Involving Overnight Stays)January 12, 2024
  4. 4.1.4Transition PolicyJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 4.1.5Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsDecember 9, 2024
  6. 4.1.6Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkDecember 9, 2024

4.2Children from Abroad

  1. 4.2.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryDecember 9, 2024
  2. 4.2.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsJune 28, 2024
  3. 4.2.3Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures, Cases with a Foreign Element
  4. 4.2.4Cross-border Child Protection Cases: The 1996 Hague Convention
  5. 4.2.5Guidance: The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit

4.3Cases Crossing Local Authority Boundaries

  1. 4.3.1North West Children in Need Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure (North West Resource)
  2. 4.3.2North West Notification and Transfer of Children Subject of Child Protection Plans across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure (North West Resource)
  3. 4.3.3North West Pre-Care and Care Proceedings Notification and Transfer across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure (North West Resource)

4.4Provision of Accommodation for Children under PACE (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Procedures)

  1. 4.4.1Joint Protocol for Considering Requests for the Provision of Accommodation under PACE (Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Greater Manchester Police)
  2. 4.4.2PACE Contacts for Greater Manchester

4.5Mental Health

  1. 4.5.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983December 9, 2024

5.Looked After Children

5.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

  1. 5.1.1A Practitioners Guide to the Trafford Placement Panel and Requests for External PlacementsJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 5.1.2Decision to Look AfterDecember 9, 2024
  3. 5.1.3Care PlanningJanuary 12, 2024
  4. 5.1.4Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 10, 2024
  5. 5.1.5Permanence Planning GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
  6. 5.1.6Placement Planning and End of Placement Review MeetingsJune 28, 2024
  7. 5.1.7Placements in Foster CareDecember 9, 2024
  8. 5.1.8Placements in Residential CareDecember 9, 2024
  9. 5.1.9Out of Area PlacementsDecember 9, 2024
  10. 5.1.10Placements with Connected Persons - Emergency and Non-Emergency Placements: Procedure and Practice GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
  11. 5.1.11Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsJune 28, 2024
  12. 5.1.12Placements Outside England and WalesJuly 26, 2022
  13. 5.1.13Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersJanuary 12, 2024
  14. 5.1.14Services Available to Looked After Children Placed in Trafford by Other Local AuthoritiesJanuary 12, 2024
  15. 5.1.15Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationJune 28, 2024
  16. 5.1.16Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersJanuary 12, 2024
  17. 5.1.17Child Trust Funds and Junior Individual Savings Accounts for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 12, 2024
  18. 5.1.18Ceasing to Look After a ChildDecember 9, 2024
  19. 5.1.19Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenFebruary 7, 2022
  20. 5.1.20Placements in Other ArrangementsJune 28, 2024
  21. 5.1.21Risk Assessment and PlanningMarch 23, 2022
  22. 5.1.22Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
  23. 5.1.23Health and SafetyJune 28, 2024
  24. 5.1.24NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

5.2Monitoring and Reviews

  1. 5.2.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenJanuary 11, 2024
  2. 5.2.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsJanuary 10, 2024
  3. 5.2.3Looked After ReviewsJanuary 12, 2024
  4. 5.2.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 5.2.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsJanuary 10, 2024
  6. 5.2.6Notifications of Significant EventsJune 28, 2024

5.3Contact and Overnight Stays

  1. 5.3.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsJanuary 10, 2024
  2. 5.3.2Overnight Stays and Social VisitsJanuary 12, 2024

5.4Education, School Trips and Holidays

  1. 5.4.1Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKJune 28, 2024
  2. 5.4.2Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenJune 28, 2024
  3. 5.4.3Leisure ActivitiesJanuary 10, 2024

5.5Health and Wellbeing

  1. 5.5.1Health Care Assessments and PlansJanuary 11, 2024
  2. 5.5.2Personal Care and RelationshipsJanuary 11, 2024
  3. 5.5.3Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementMarch 17, 2023
  4. 5.5.4Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintJanuary 10, 2024
  5. 5.5.5Blood Borne Infections/HIVJanuary 12, 2024
  6. 5.5.6Accident/Incident/Illness Report (Foster Care)January 12, 2024
  7. 5.5.7Practice Guidance: Supporting Young People with HIV Testing and Prevention

5.6Identity

  1. 5.6.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildJuly 26, 2022
  2. 5.6.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildNovember 28, 2023
  3. 5.6.3Life Story PolicyJanuary 12, 2024

5.7Leaving Care and Transition

  1. 5.7.1Leaving Care and TransitionDecember 9, 2024
  2. 5.7.2Looked After Children Joining the Armed ForcesJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 5.7.3A Guide to Trafford Council's Staying Put ProgrammeJanuary 12, 2024
  4. 5.7.4Staying Put Information LeafletJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 5.7.5Care Leavers Charter
  6. 5.7.6Financial Arrangements for Care Leavers (note: this link requires access to the Trafford intranet)
  7. 5.7.7Documents Library for additional local documentation

5.8Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

  1. 5.8.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesJune 28, 2024
  2. 5.8.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 5.8.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceJune 28, 2024
  4. 5.8.4Youth Justice Services GM Agreement (Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures)
  5. 5.8.5Joint Protocol for Considering Requests for the Provision of Accommodation under PACE (Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Greater Manchester Police)
  6. 5.8.6Pace Contacts for Greater Manchester

6.Fostering and Adoption

  1. 6.0.1Documents Library - for additional local documentation

6.1Fostering Services

  1. 6.1.1Fostering PanelJanuary 10, 2024
  2. 6.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringJuly 26, 2022
  3. 6.1.3Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersDecember 9, 2024
  4. 6.1.4Exemptions and VariationsJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 6.1.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersJanuary 10, 2024
  6. 6.1.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJanuary 12, 2024
  7. 6.1.7Allegations Against Foster CarersJune 28, 2024
  8. 6.1.8Foster Carers Becoming Special GuardiansJanuary 12, 2024
  9. 6.1.9Storage and Administration of Medicines (Foster Care)January 12, 2024
  10. 6.1.10Accident/Incident/Illness Report (Foster Care)January 12, 2024
  11. 6.1.11Recording by Foster CarersJanuary 12, 2024
  12. 6.1.12How to Match a Child with a Foster Carer (Requesting a Placement) (note: this link requires access to the Trafford intranet)

6.2Adoption and Permanence Services

  1. 6.2.1Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersDecember 9, 2024
  2. 6.2.2Adoption PanelJune 28, 2024
  3. 6.2.3Placement for AdoptionDecember 9, 2024
  4. 6.2.4Adoption Health and Safety GuidelinesJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 6.2.5Adoption SupportJune 28, 2024
  6. 6.2.6Guidance on Adoption Allowances and SupportJanuary 12, 2024
  7. 6.2.7Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsJune 28, 2024
  8. 6.2.8Adoption ReviewsJune 28, 2024
  9. 6.2.9Disruption of Adoptive Placements - Adoption 22January 12, 2024
  10. 6.2.10Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already AdoptedJanuary 12, 2024
  11. 6.2.11Inter Country AdoptionDecember 9, 2024
  12. 6.2.12Non Agency AdoptionDecember 9, 2024
  13. 6.2.13Adoption Case RecordsJanuary 12, 2024
  14. 6.2.14Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case RecordsJuly 26, 2022
  15. 6.2.15Intermediary ServicesJuly 26, 2022
  16. 6.2.16Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersJune 28, 2024
  17. 6.2.17Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceJanuary 12, 2024
  18. 6.2.18Later Life LettersDecember 9, 2024
  19. 6.2.19Life Story Books GuidanceDecember 9, 2024
  20. 6.2.20Life Story PolicyJanuary 12, 2024
  21. 6.2.21Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersAugust 25, 2023
  22. 6.2.22Relinquished ChildrenJanuary 12, 2024
  23. 6.2.23Documents Library - for additional local documentation

7.Appendices, Local Contacts and List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers

  1. 7.0.1Local ContactsJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 7.0.2List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 7.0.3Ofsted Inspection FrameworkDecember 9, 2024
  4. 7.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
  5. 7.0.5Amendments

Last Updated: December 9, 2024

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