Children’s Services Serious Incident Notification Template

Need to know - This template is to be used to provide sufficient and necessary information to senior leaders so that they are briefed about important issues and can brief other leaders and senior Councillors when appropriate. It will also enable the council to be well placed when they need to be, to respond to enquiries from other Councillors, the press, or partner agencies. Please read the guidance when completing the notification.

The Head of Service will take the decision as to whether and what needs to be escalated further to the Chief Officer, or the Chief Executive in the Chief Officers’ absence.

Type of alert	☐ New	☐ Update
Date of notification	Click or tap to enter a date.
Notification category	Choose an item.
Does this notification meet the criteria for a formal notification to Ofsted and the DCFP?	☐ Yes	☐ No	☐ Unsure

Information relating to the child:
Full name	Click or tap here to enter text.
Date of birth	Click or tap to enter a date.
Ethnicity	Click or tap here to enter text.
Eclipse ID	Click or tap here to enter text.
Nursery/School/College/ Elective Home Education/Not in Education, Employment, or training.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Does the child have a physical or learning disability?	Choose an item.
Home Address:	Click or tap here to enter text.
Status
Is the child looked after by Devon county council?	Choose an item.
If yes, legal status:	s.31	☐	s.20	☐
Is the child looked after by another local authority?	Choose an item.
If yes, which local authority?	Click or tap here to enter text.
Is the young person a care leaver or previously looked after by DCC?	Choose an item.
Is the child the subject of a Child Protection plan supervised by DCC?	Choose an item.
If yes, under which category/ies?	Click or tap here to enter text.
Is the child the subject of a CP Plan supervised by another local authority?	Choose an item.
If yes, to which local authority?	Click or tap here to enter text.
Is the case open to children’s services?	Choose an item.
If yes, which locality or service?	Choose an item.
If yes, which team?	Click or tap here to enter text.

Notification
Allocated practitioner:	Click or tap here to enter text.	Contact number:	Click or tap here to enter text.
Team Manager	Click or tap here to enter text.	Contact number:	Click or tap here to enter text.
Area Manager	Click or tap here to enter text.	Contact number:	Click or tap here to enter text.
Key issues
What are we worried about?	Click or tap here to enter text.
Which recommendations require a decision?	Click or tap here to enter text.
Actions
What actions are being taken to deal with the issues (including timescales) and by whom?	Click or tap here to enter text.
Date when an update is expected:	Click or tap to enter a date.

Head of Service
Comment and actions	Click or tap here to enter text.	Date	Click or tap to enter a date.

Chief Officer
Comment and actions	Click or tap here to enter text.	Date	Click or tap to enter a date.
Notification forwarded to:	Click or tap here to enter text.