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63 Care and Placement Plans Guidance
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65 REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
65 </h2>
66 <p>
66 <a
href="http://qualitystandards.proceduresonline.com/homes/p_quality_standards.html#care_plannin
g" target="_blank">
66 The Care Planning Standard
66 </a>
66 <br />
67 Regulation 14
67 </p>
68 <h3 class="h3">
68 SCOPE OF THIS CHAPTER
68 </h3>
69 <p>
69 This chapter gives guidance on the use of Care Plans and Placement Plans for individual
children and young people.
69 </p>
70 <h3 class="h3">
70 AMENDMENT
70 </h3>
71 <p>
71 In September 2019, this guidance was reviewed throughout and updated as required. Information
in relation to Pathway Plans was updated to reflect that care leavers can request support from
local authorities up to the age of 25 years.
71 </p>
72 </div>
73 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
73 <br />
74 Contents
74 </h2>
75 <ol>
76 <li>
76 <a href="#care">
76 Care Plans
76 </a>
76 </li>
77 <li>
77 <a href="#placements">
77 Placement Plans
77 </a>
77 </li>
78 <li>
78 <a href="#education">
78 Other Key Plans/Records
78 </a>
78 </li>
79 </ol>
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80 <br />
81 1.
81 <a name="care" id="care">
81 </a>
81 Care Plans
81 </h2>
82 <p>
82 Every Looked After Child must have a
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82 Care Plan
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82 completed and updated by their allocated social worker.
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83 <p>
83 The Care Plan must be prepared prior to a child's first placement, or, if it not practicable to
do so, within 10 working days of the first placement. The overall purpose of the Care Plan is to
safeguard and promote the interests of the child, prevent drift and provide focus for work with
the child and their family.
84 </p>
85 <p>
85 Under Regulation 5c, the Registered Person in a Children’s Home must challenge any placing
authority who asks them to accept a child / young person in the absence of a current and
relevant plan. It is essential to the provision of safe and appropriate care, and to avoid
potential future disruption and instability, that the home understands what will be required of
them before they accept responsibility for a child’s placement.
85 </p>
86 The Care Plan contains information on the arrangements for the current and longer term care of the
child (including, by the time of the second Looked After Review, how permanence will be achieved).
It also summarises the child's current developmental needs and identifies the services required to
meet those needs. The Care Plan must include the name and contact details of the child's
Independent Reviewing Officer. It should also include information on the arrangements for on-going
contact between the child and their family.
87 <p>
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87 Looked After Review
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87 . Any changes or updates agreed must be made within 10 working days of the review.
87 </p>
88 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
88 <br />
89 2.
89 <a name="placements" id="placements">
89 </a>
89 Placement Plans
89 </h2>
90 <p>
90 Every Looked After Child will have a placement plan which sets out in detail how the current
placement will contribute to meeting their needs as set out in the Care Plan. Before making a
placement in a Children’s Home, it is essential that the placing authority fully
understands the services the home offers, and how the provider intends to care for the child.
This understanding of the provider's approach should inform the child's Placement Plan, which
should be drawn up in conjunction with the provider.
90 </p>
91 <p>
91 The Placement Plan is concerned with both how the placement will meet the aims of the Care Plan
and contributes to achieving the Permanence Plan, as well as covering how the child's needs will
be met on a day to day basis.
91 </p>
92 <p>
92 Placement Plans must be agreed with the child and their carers, and are likely to be most
effective when drawn up at Placement Planning Meeting which involves everyone concerned in the
care of the child.
92 </p>
93 <p>
93 For children placed in Children’s Homes, the Placement Plan should cover the following
issues:
93 </p>
94 <ul>
95 <li>
95 How the child will be cared for on a day to day basis, including how their welfare will be
safeguarded and promoted by the appropriate person;
95 </li>
96 <li>
96 Arrangements for contact between the child and parents/anyone with Parental Responsibility/any
other connected person, including, if appropriate, reasons why contact is not reasonably
practicable or not consistent with the child's welfare; details of any Contact Order (under
Section 8 or 34 of the Children Act 1989); the arrangements for notifying any changes in
contact arrangements;
96 </li>
97 <li>
97 Arrangements for promoting the child's health (physical, emotional and mental), dental and
optical care, including the name and address of registered medical and dental practitioners
and opticians; arrangements for giving/withholding consent to medical/dental
examination/treatment;
97 </li>
98 <li>
98 Arrangements for the child's education and training, including the name and address of the
child's school/other educational institution/provider and designated teacher; the local
authority maintaining any Education, Health and Care Plan;
98 </li>
99 <li>
99 Who has the authority to take particular decisions about the child, including reasons for any
day to day decision making which is not delegated to the home’s staff;
99 </li>
100 <li>
100 The arrangements for and frequency of visits by the child's social worker; and for advice,
support and assistance between visits (including from an Independent Visitor of Advocate);
100 </li>
101 <li>
101 If an Independent Visitor is appointed, the arrangements for them to visit the child,
including the frequency of visits;
101 </li>
102 <li>
102 The circumstances in which the placement may be terminated;
102 </li>
103 <li>
103 The name and contact details of the Independent Reviewing Officer, the Independent Visitor if
one is appointed, the social worker who will be visiting the child, and the Personal Adviser
for an Eligible Young Person;
103 </li>
104 <li>
104 The type of accommodation to be provided and the address;
104 </li>
105 <li>
105 Where the authority has, or is notified of, safeguarding or child protection concerns relating
to the child, or the child has gone missing from the placement or from any previous placement,
the day to day arrangements to be put in place by the appropriate person (Placement Provider)
to keep the child safe;
105 </li>
106 <li>
106 Any behaviours which have been of concern to previous carers and which may have contributed to
previous breakdown of a placement and details of how the Placement Provider will seek to
manage and respond to these;
106 </li>
107 <li>
107 Details in relation to the child's personal history, religious persuasion, gender identity,
cultural and linguistic background and ethnicity;
107 </li>
108 <li>
108 The local authority's arrangements for the financial support of the child during the
placement.
108 </li>
109 </ul>
110 <p>
110 The Placement Plan may incorporate a detailed Behaviour Management Plan for some children.
110 </p>
111 <p>
111 Prior to the placement, local authorities should always provide all information concerning the
child which is necessary to allow the provider to provide appropriate care and to meet the
requirements of the relevant children's homes regulations. Where there are any child protection
concerns relating to the child and/or where the child has gone missing from the placement or
from any previous placement, the Placement Plan must include details of the plan agreed between
the local authority and the placement provider to keep the child safe on a day to day basis.
111 </p>
112 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
112 <br />
113 3.
113 <a name="education" id="education">
113 </a>
113 Other Key Plans/Records
113 </h2>
114 <h3 class="h3">
114 3.1 Education
114 </h3>
115 <p>
115 For more detailed procedures and Guidance, see
115 <a href="p_education.html">
115 Education Procedure
115 </a>
115 .
115 </p>
116 <p>
116 Personal Education Plans (PEPs) must be drawn up, by the child's social worker, before the child
is placed (or within 10 working days in the case of an emergency placement) and be available for
the first Looked After Review. The
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116 Personal Education Plan
116 </a>
116 (PEP) will identify the educational needs of the child and how they should be provided for.
116 </p>
117 <h3 class="h3">
117 3.2 Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
117 </h3>
118 An EHCP is for children and young people between 0 and 25 in education who have additional needs.
The plan coordinates the child's educational, health and social needs and sets out any additional
support they may need.
119 <h3 class="h3">
119 3.3 Health Care
119 </h3>
120 <p>
120 All children who are Looked After should have a Health Care Plan incorporating a statement of
the child's health care needs and how those needs will be addressed.
120 </p>
121 <p>
121 For more information see
121 <a href="p_hlth_assm_pln.html">
121 Health Care Assessments and Plans Procedure
121 </a>
121 .
121 </p>
122 <h3 class="h3">
122 3.4 Leaving Care
122 </h3>
123 <p>
123 The Pathway Plan sets out the ambitions and future plans for young people leaving care and how
their needs will be met as they move to independence. The Pathway Plan must be reviewed at least
every 6 months for care leavers up to age 25. When the care leaver reaches the age of 21, they
will decide whether they wish to continue with the support of a Personal Advisor and have a
Pathway Plan, although they can return at any time up to the age of 25 to seek support. The
nature of this support will vary at this stage depending upon the complexity of the young
person’s circumstances. The Pathway Plan will reflect this, and will need to be reviewed
and updated as a minimum at least every 6 months.
123 </p>
124 <h3 class="h3">
124 3.5 Other key records
124 </h3>
125 <p>
125 This summarises the other key records that children will have, it does not address specialist
records or plans:
125 </p>
126 <p>
126 <span class="bold">
126 Single Assessment Record:
126 </span>
126 The single assessment provides an in-depth assessment of the child's needs, using information
gathered from a range of sources. The assessment is completed by a social worker who will use
evidence gathered during the assessment to facilitate analysis, decision making and planning for
the child. The Single Assessment will be regularly updated, and should be fully reviewed if
there is a significant change in the child’s needs or circumstances.
126 </p>
127 <p>
127 <span class="bold">
127 Chronology:
127 </span>
127 The Chronology is started as part of the process of Single Assessment. It records all
significant events and changes in the life of a child or young person. The Chronology is an
analytical tool designed to help social workers understand the impact, both immediate and
cumulative, of events and changes on the child or young person.
127 </p>
128 <p>
128 <span class="bold">
128 Looked After Review Report:
128 </span>
128 After each Looked After Review, the Chair (Independent Reviewing Officer) should produce and
circulate a report within 20 working days of the Review.
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