23/09 Family placement staff manual

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The purpose of the Family Placement Staff Manual is to provide a reference manual for all social care staff in Children's Services Department. It covers all information social workers and other child care staff need to have about Hampshire County Council's Fostering Service, about placing a child who needs to live away from home and about meeting that child's needs in foster, or other forms of family based, care. The manual is intended to ensure that all staff working within family placement, or with children living away from home and placed in family based care, are aware of, understand, and work within regulations, standards, policies, procedures and good practice guidelines.

Chapters 1-5 1. Hampshire County Council’s Fostering Service 2. Recruitment of County Foster Carers 3. Assessment of prospective County Foster Carers 4. Family Link 5. Family and Friends Foster Carers	Chapters 6-10 6. Fostering Panels 7. Kinship Care 8. Supervision, Support and Review of approved fostering households 9. Placing children who need to live away from home 10. Health of children looked after
Chapters 11-15 11. Education of children looked after 12. Caring for the child in family placement 13. Reviews for a child looked after 14. Permanence 15. Placement endings and disruptions	Chapters 16-20 16. Young people looked after 16+ 17. Emergency community childminding 18. Private Fostering 19. Residence Orders 20. Special Guardianship Orders

Chapters 1-5

1. Hampshire County Council’s Fostering Service	Last updated
1.1 Hampshire Fostering Service Statement of Purpose  1008kb	March 2009
1.2 Philosophy and Practice  53kb	November 2009
1.3 National Minimum Standards and Regulations  33kb	November 2009
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2. Recruitment of County Foster Carers	Last updated
2.1 Recruitment strategy and marketing  32kb	October 2009
2.2 Management of initial enquires to foster
2.3 Preparation training for prospective carers
2.4 Family Link recruitment
2.5 Hampshire County Council employees as prospective foster carers  38kb	September 2009
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3. Assessment of prospective County Foster Carers	Last updated
3.1 Checks and references Positive Criminal Records Bureau checks guidance  32kb Positive Criminal Records Bureau checks process  34kb
3.2 BAAF Form F Assessment
3.3 Protocol for movement of carers between Fostering Agencies Supporting document The Fostering Network Transfer of Carers: Protocol April 2004  209kb
3.4 Safer caring strategy
3.5 Health and Safety assessment
3.6 Carer Profile
3.7 Handover protocol to District Team following carer approval
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4. Family Link	Last updated
4.1 Family Link Scheme – introduction  33kb	November 2009
4.2 Recruitment and assessment of Family Link carers  30kb	November 2009
4.3 Placing a child with a Family Link carer  182kb	November 2009
4.4 Family Link Child Profile form  84kb	February 2011
4.5 Family Link Medical Information Treatment form  326kb	February 2011
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5. Family and Friends Foster Carers	Last updated
5.1 Placing a child under Regulation 24 Supporting documents Assessment Tool - Temporary Approval of Connected Person and Immediate Placement of Child under reg. 24 as from 01/04/2011	May 2011
5.2 Family and Friends foster carers - practice issues - assessment, supervision and support  32kb	November 2009
5.3 Viability Assessment (Family and Friends)  35kb	November 2009
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Chapters 1-5   Chapters 6-10   Chapters 11-15   Chapters 16-20