Amendments

2024

August 2024

Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)	This chapter was refreshed in August 2024.
Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Children in Our Care and Care Experienced Young People	In August 2024, this chapter was revised in response to Working Together to Safeguard Children (December 2023), and includes the ongoing development of the strategic leadership roles of Virtual School Heads (VSH) in promoting educational outcomes for children aged 0 to 18 who have, or previously had a social worker, and children in kinship care arrangements.
Applications for Special Guardianship Orders	This chapter was updated in August 2024. Information was added into Section 17, Special Guardian Duty on the Death of the Child, that the relevant local authority should be notified if the child was previously a looked after child.
Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making	This chapter was added to the procedures manual in August 2024.
Kinship Care	This chapter was updated in August 2024 to reflect Championing Kinship Care: The National Kinship Care strategy.
Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child In Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)	In August 2024, this chapter was updated in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children. New Section 3, Death of a Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24 was added.
Staying Put	This chapter was updated in August 2024 to note that if a young person in a Staying Put arrangement dies up to and including the age of 24, notifications should be made in accordance with Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24) Procedure.
Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities	In August 2024, Section 15, Resolving Disagreements was updated to include information on Guidance: Carry Out an Order in Special Educational Needs Cases.
Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework	This chapter was added to the procedures manual in August 2024.
Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline	In August 2024, information was added in relation to family group decision-making in Section 1, Introduction and Time Limits, and Section 5, Pre-Proceedings. A link was also added to Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making Procedure.
Assessments	This chapter was refreshed in August 2024.
Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance	In August 2024, new links were added to this chapter.
Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery	This chapter was updated in August 2024. A link was added in to Section 4, Assessment to BASW Age Assessment Practice Guidance. In Further Information, a link was added to Operation Innerste Process: Caseworker Guidance.
Contacts and Referrals	This chapter was refreshed in August 2024.
Notifications of Significant Events	In August 2024, this chapter was updated in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children, to note that notifications should also be made of the death of a care leaver up to and including the age of 24.