Children's Services

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

Chapters 6-10

Chapters 11-15

Chapters 16-20

Chapters 11-15

11. Education of children looked after

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  • 11.1 Education protocol for children looked after
  • 11.2 Personal Education Plans
  • 11.3 Educational support for children in care  

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12. Caring for the child in family placement

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September 2009
April 2010
  • 12.3 Prosecution of young people in the care of the local authority
February 2008



October 2010
July 2009
July 2009
August 2010
October 2010
November 2010
  • 12.10 Anti-Bullying policy
  • 12.11 Death and terminal illness of a child looked after

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13. Reviews for a child looked after

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  • 13.1 Practice guidelines
  • 13.2 Review process

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14. Permanence

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  • 14.1 Permanence policy
  • 14.2 Assessing long term foster carers
  • 14.3 Placing a child for permanence  
  • 14.4 Linking reports

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15. Placement endings and disruptions

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  • 15.1 Placement ending reports
  • 15.2 Disruptions

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Chapters 1-5   Chapters 6-10   Chapters 11-15   Chapters 16-20