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Early Help and Thresholds for Children’s Social Care

Derby City and Derbyshire Thresholds Document
Starting Point Handbook	October 2022
Family Help Teams and Contacts	October 2024
Form - Team Around the Family Meeting
Early Help Assessment Guidance
Early Help Assessment Form
Joint Infant Feeding Policy	November 2022
Public Health Messages Toolkit- Family Help Team	April 2025

Children’s Social Care Assessment and Planning

Single Assessment Guidance	April 2025
Single Assessment Flowchart	October 2023
Child Protection Statutory Visit	November 2022
Recording of Statutory child protection visits	July 2024
Domestic Abuse - Dash Risk Assessment Checklist	August 2021
Significant Incident Briefing Form to Senior Managers	March 2025
Significant Incident Workflow	July 2024
Viability Assessment Template	July 2022
Initial Family and Friends Care Assessment - A Good Practice Guide	July 2022
Toolkit - Derby and Derbyshire Joint Neglect and Graded Care Profile
Quality and Performance Strategy	July 2022
Child Protection Section 47 Enquiries
Actions Following a Strategy Discussion Flowchart	March 2023
Agenda for Meetings to Review Plans	August 2022
Family Solutions Meeting Guidance	November 2020
Family Solutions Preparation Meeting Workflow	November 2020
Protocol for Management of Unallocated Cases in Children's Social Care	March 2025
Young Person Considered to be at Risk of Child Exploitation	March 2023
SPA Health Check Process	September 2021
Email Addresses for DCHS Safeguarding and 0-19 Children Services	September 2021
CIN ICM Document Guidance	June 2022
CIN Meetings Guidance	June 2022
CIN PowerBI Dashboard Guidance	June 2022
PLO Toolkit	March 2023
Pathway for Dual Process Flowchart	February 2023
Carers Assessment Guidance for Social Workers	March 2024

Health Assessments

Business Services Pack Over 8 Years

BAAF Form IHA Part B & C Over 8 years - Business Services Use	November 2020
CIC Checklist	November 2020
Derbyshire Medical Consent Form x 2	November 2020
Derbyshire Placement Agreement for Parent Section 20 x 2	November 2020
Health consent form new fomat.docx v3	November 2020
New Business Services IHA Guidance 22.07.2020	November 2020
SDQ Age 4-16 Designated Teacher	November 2020
SDQ Age 4-16 Main Carer - send if 4 years and over	November 2020
SDQ Age 11-16 Young Person - send if 11 years and over	November 2020

Social Worker Pack

New IHA form Guidance	November 2020
Derbyshire Medical Consent Form x 2	November 2020
Derbyshire Placement Agreement for Parent Section 20 x 2	November 2020
Health consent form new fomat.docx v3	November 2020

Homeless Young People

Joint Protocol on Young People Aged 16 & 17 and Care Leavers Presenting with Accommodation Needs

October 2021

Parenting Assessments and Family Time

East Midland Parenting Assessment Framework	August 2023
Parenting Assessment Flowchart	October 2024
Transport Risk Assessment	August 2021

Safeguarding Children / Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Derbyshire Vulnerable Women or Girl Pregnancy Pathway 2016 - 2019 (Flowchart)
Derby and Derbyshire Multi Agency Protocol for Pre Birth Assessment & Intervention
Guidance - Derby City and Derbyshire Thresholds Document
Derby City and Derbyshire Escalation Policy and Process
DDSCP Information Sharing Agreement and Guidance for Practitioners
Flowchart -Derbyshire Multi Agency Safeguarding Domestic Abuse Incident
Guidance- Multi agency Guidance on Home Visits
Form - Multi Agency Report for Initial Child Protection Conference (ICPC)
Form - Multi Agency Report for Review Child Protection Conference
Flowchart - Multi Agency FGM Risk Assessment; Decision Making and Action
Guidance - Arranging a Child Protection Medical at Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Guidance - Derby & Southern Derbyshire Medical Examinations in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse
Derby and Derbyshire Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Risk Assessment Toolkit
Derby and Derbyshire Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Operation Liberty Report Form
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Matrix
Toolkit - Derby City and Derbyshire Joint Neglect and Graded Care Profile
Derby and Derbyshire LADO Referral Form

Protocol - Response to Sudden Infant Death in Children
Safeguarding Children from Dangerous Dogs
Self Harm Practice Guidance
Guidance to Support Safe Sleeping in Babies
Guidance on Managing Babies with Suspected Birth Marks, including Mongolian Blue Spots
Derbyshire and Derby City Practice Guidance on Bruising in Babies and Children
Gathering Information and Assessing the Needs of Children whose Parents have Drug / Alcohol Problems (Derby / Derbyshire SCBs)
Runaway and Missing from Home or Care (RMFHC) Protocol
Early Help Assessment Guidance
Early Help Assessment Form
Team Around the Family Meeting Form
Use of Written Agreements
Domestic Abuse Procedure
Children and Families Who Go Missing National Child Protection Notification Alert Form	October 2023
Derbyshire Guidance on Issuing National Child Protection Alerts	October 2023
Child Exploitation Workflow	July 2024
Missing Child Workflow	July 2024

Practice Matters / Guidance Documents

Practice Standards Booklet	March 2025
Good Practice - Fictitious Examplars	March 2020
Practice Matters - Analysis	April 2023
Practice Matters - Chronologies	August 2022
Practice Guidance - Young Carers	May 2023
Practice Matters - Manager Rationale and Case Oversight	March 2023
Practice Matters - Use of Section 20 Accommodation	August 2022
Practice Matters - Supervision Orders	April 2023
Practice Matters - Working with Interpreters	June 2021
Practice Matters Parental Substance Use - Guidance in assessing and testing drug and alcohol abuse	June 2021
Drug Testing Consent Form	June 2021
Drug Testing Kits - Monitoring Sheet	June 2021
Practice Matters - Strategy Meeting Discussion	July 2021
Practice Matters - Section 47 Investigations	July 2021
Practice Matters - S47 Assessment or Report for ICPC	July 2021
Practice Matters - Child Protection Conferences	July 2021
Practice Matters - Child's Plan	August 2022
Practice Matters - Lead Practitioner	August 2022
Referrals to Central Placements Team	June 2023
Placement Finding Request	June 2023
Practice Matters - Child in Need	April 2023
PWP Practice Matters	October 2021
Stage 2 Complaint Investigatory Report Template	January 2022
Public Law Outline - Agenda for Initial Meeting Template	January 2023
Public Law Outline - Agenda for Review Meeting Template	January 2023
Public Law Outline Agreement - Assessment Plan Template	January 2023
Public Law Outline - Letter Example	January 2023
Public Law Outline - Genogram Example	January 2023
Hoarding Guidance	April 2020
Guidance on Directions Made Under Section 38.6	July 2020
East Midlands Regional Protocols including Child Exploitation, Missing and the Transfer of Cases	February 2022
Specific Agreement Template - Contract SGO	February 2023
Practice Guidance ISA	September 2020
Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ) Guidance	October 2020
Exceptional Payments Guidance	January 2021
Individual Management Review Procedure	February 2021
Case Transfer Protocol	August 2024
Case Transfer Template	June 2021
Practice Matters Step Down to Partner Agencies	October 2024
Writing to the Child	August 2023
Practice Matters - Personalisation of Casework	August 2022
Practice Matters - Reflective Supervision	August 2022
Practice Guidance - Transition Plan	October 2022
Transition to adulthood - New Ways of Working	October 2022
Practice Matters - Transition to Adulthood	October 2022
Transitions to Adulthood - Roles and Responsibilities	October 2022
Practice Matters - Closing Cases	June 2023
Practice Matters - Home Visits	April 2023
Practice Matters - Use of practitioners who are not social work qualified / registered within social care	September 2023
Guidance for SW Students on Statutory Placements	October 2023
Protocol for filing court work and the role of the IRO and CPM	April 2024
Reflective Practice Review Guidance	February 2025

Children with Disabilities and Complex Health Needs

Children with Disabilities Service	July 2024
SEND National Trial Tribunals Process for Notifications to Early Help and Safeguarding	May 2020
Carers Assessment Guidance for Social Workers	March 2024
Practice Guidance for Informing Ofsted of a Required Variation to Registration	September 2024

Children in Care and Care Leavers

Decision to Look After and Care Planning

Children in Care Placement Sufficiency Strategy 2017-21	May 2020
Locality Scrutiny Panel Terms of Reference	April 2022
Guidance - Delegation of Responsibility Good Practice Guidance	February 2023
Guidance - Placement Planning Meeting Agenda and Prompts	February 2023
Placement planning meeting template - Delegated authority decision support tool	November 2020
Stronger Families Team Booklet	September 2024
Stronger Families Team - Summary	September 2024
Unregulated / Unregistered Placement Guidance - Derbyshire	December 2023
Unregulated Connected Persons/family and friends (Reg. 24) Placement Authorisation Form	March 2023
Placement Authorisation Form: agreement to place a child in an agency placement or unregistered arrangements	December 2023
East Midlands Regional Protocols including Child Exploitation, Missing and the Transfer of Cases	February 2022
Referrals to Central Placements Team	June 2023
Placement Finding Request	June 2023
D2N2 Children in Care Framework - Independent, Residential and Foster Care Placements	January 2020
Form - Funding for long-term placement and variation from usual allowances for children and young people in care up to 18
SDQ Age 4-16 Designated Teacher	November 2020
SDQ Age 4-16 Main Carer - send if 4 years and over	November 2020
SDQ Age 11-16 Young Person - send if 11 years and over	November 2020
PPOC Guide for Team Coordinators 2022	June 2022
PPOC Meeting Guide	June 2022
PPOC PowerBI Dashboard Guidance	June 2022
Pathway for Dual Process Flowchart	February 2023
Midway Review Process for CIC	April 2023
Contribution to Care Policy and Procedures	October 2024
Guidance around contribution to care for Children Looked After by DCC under S20	October 2024
Storing Belongings for Children - Guidance	January 2025
Support Plan for Stability Meetings Nov 2024	April 2025
Stability Meetings for Children in Care - Including Kinship Arrangements	April 2025
Disruption Meeting Template	April 2025
Private Fostering Flowchart	April 2025

Education, School Trips and Holidays

Request for CiC Holidays in School Term-Time

January 2023

Leaving Care and Transition

How the Leaving Care Service Works	June 2021
Referral Form for the Care Leavers Safety Panel	April 2021
Terms of Reference - Leaving Care Safety Panel	April 2021
Leaving Care exploitation Indicator Guidance	April 2021
DDSCP Care Leaver Exploitation Risk Assessment	April 2021
Leaving Care Service Practice and Transitions Guidance	April 2025
Derbyshire Supported Lodgings Policy	August 2021
Supporting Young People Under 21 - different needs	March 2023
Keep In Touch 21-24 and 25 Plus	July 2023

Fostering and Adoption

Fostering Services

Foster Carer Handbook	March 2023
Financial Handbook 2022/23 Fostering Allowances and Payments	January 2023
Foster Carer Charter	January 2023
Form - Foster Carer Annual Review	January 2023
Application Form 30 hours - Partner is not a Foster Carer	February 2023
Application Form 30 Hours - Foster Carer	February 2023
Foster Carer 30 Hour Eligibility Criteria	February 2023
How to apply for 30 Hours as a Foster Parent	February 2023
Referral Form for Building Adaptations	January 2023
Grant Agreement	May 2023
Fostering Service Statement of Purpose 2023/24	July 2023
Foster Carer Smoking Policy	December 2023
Fostering Allowances and Fees	January 2024
Fostering Allowances and Fees Guide	January 2024
Foster Carer Report for Looked after Child Review	September 2024
Guidance notes for completing Foster Carer Report for LAC Review	September 2024
Support Plan for Stability Meetings Nov 2024	April 2025
Stability Meetings for Children in Care - including Kinship Arrangements	April 2025
Disruption Meeting Template	April 2025

Adoption and Permanence

SGO information for foster carers	May 2022
INTERNAL ONLY SGO Conversion Guide	May 2022

Fostering for Adoption

Guidance Notes	March 2023
Process Map	March 2023
AEM Referral Home Finder	March 2023
Child Permanence Report with Guidance Notes	March 2023
AEM Feedback Form Match Not proceeding	March 2023
AEM Profile Template	March 2023
AEM Child Profile Text Guide	March 2023
AEM Profile Anon Baby J	March 2023
Role of Fostering Support Social Worker	March 2023
Coram BAAF Adoption Placement Report	March 2023
AEM Declaration of Compliance with Statutory Checks for Matching Panel Relating to the Child(ren)	March 2023
AEM Declaration of Compliance with Statutory Checks for Interagency Match Relating to the Adopter(s) Prospective	March 2023
Coram BAAF Adoption Placement Plan Form APP	March 2023
Review of Fostering for Adoption Introductions Plan	March 2023
Coram BAAF Report for Temporary Approval as a Foster Carer	March 2023

Supported Lodgings

Employment and Staffing

Supervision

Supervision Policy	April 2025
Reflective Questions	March 2025
Learning and Development Pathway Guidance - Practicing Social Workers	August 2023
Leaving Care Service Workforce Development Plan	September 2021
Template - Recording Group Supervisions	August 2022
Supervision Template	September 2023
Supervision Template Example	May 2023
Supervision Guidance	September 2023

HR

Progression Process for Social Workers	March 2025
Social Worker Application for Progression from Grade 10-11	March 2025
Social Work Transfer Scheme Application Form	June 2023
Business Services Transfer Scheme Guidance	June 2023
Social Worker Transfer Scheme Guidance	June 2023
Social Work Transfer Scheme Process (for scheme administrators only)	June 2023
BS Transfer Scheme Process for Line Managers (for scheme administrators only)	June 2023

Stronger Families Safer Children

Stronger Families Safer Children Handbook	September 2024
Stronger Families Safer Children Toolkit	January 2022
Practice Guidance: What we would expect to see of a worker who is practising systemically	August 2022
Practice Guidance: What we would expect to see in supervision when systemic practice is applied	August 2022
Practice Guidance: Posters x 3	August 2022
Mapping Guide	January 2022
Roles and Responsibilities	January 2022
Stronger Families Safer Children Practice Model Framework	August 2022
Practice Model Poster	August 2022
Safety and Well Being Grid	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Family Life Cycle	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Family Scripts	January 2022
Practising Purposefully First and Second Order Change	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Genograms	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Questions	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Safe Uncertainty	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Social GRACES	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Tree of Life	January 2022
Practising Purposefully What is Systemic	January 2022
Practising Purposefully Common Third	October 2023
Practising Purposefully Head Heart Hand	October 2023
Practising Purposefully Learning Zone	October 2023
Practising Purposefully Relational Universe	October 2023
Practising Purposefully Three Ps	October 2023
Practising Purposefully Coordinated Management of Meaning	March 2024
Practising Purposefully Circularities & Circular Questioning	March 2024
Practising Purposefully Intersectionality	March 2024
Practising Purposefully Reflective Supervision	March 2024
Practising Purposefully Social Constructionism	March 2024
Practising Purposefully Narrative Approach	March 2024

Derbyshire Joint Agency Protocol Regarding Offending by Children in Care	March 2022
Partnership Board Terms of Reference	January 2023
Youth Justice Plan 2024-2025	September 2024
Derbyshire Youth Justice Service Co-Production Partnership Strategy	April 2023
Derbyshire Youth Justice Partnership Education, Training and Employment Strategy	April 2023
Derbyshire Restorative Practice Strategy	April 2023
Remand Custody and Resettlement Policy	January 2024
Joint Derbyshire Protocol on Managing the Release of Children from Police Custody	December 2024
Transition from YJS to Probation Protocol	April 2025
Derbyshire YJS Enabling Engagement Policy April 2025	April 2025
Safe For Us Policy	April 2025

BAAF Form IHA Part B & C 0 - 8 years- Business Services Use	November 2020
BAAF Form B Neonatal Report on Child	November 2020
BAAF Form M Obstetric report on Mother	November 2020
Blood Borne Infection Consent Form - If required	November 2020
CIC Checklist	November 2020
Derbyshire Medical Consent Form x 2	November 2020
Derbyshire Placement Agreement for Parent Section 20 x 2	November 2020
Health consent form new fomat.docx v3	November 2020
M and B letter	November 2020
New Business Services IHA Guidance 22.07.2020	November 2020
SDQ Age 4-16 Designated Teacher	November 2020
SDQ Age 4-16 Main Carer - send if 4 years and over	November 2020

Private Fostering Guidance	October 2023
Mosaic Private Fostering Process Flow	October 2023
Private Fostering Checklist for Social Care Staff	October 2023
Private Fostering Workflow for Social Care Staff	October 2023
A child and young person's guide to private fostering (On DCC Website)	October 2023
Fact Sheet for carers of oversea students (On DCC Website)	October 2023
Private fostering information guide for parents, carers and professionals (On DCC Website)	October 2023
Private fostering leaflet (On DCC Website)	October 2023
Private fostering panel procedures (On DCC Website)	October 2023
Private fostering statement of purpose (On DCC Website)	October 2023
Private Fostering Presentation Somebody Else's Child (PowerPoint)	October 2023