Practice Guidance

Title:	When Inserted:
Case Transfer Protocol Between the Initial Response Service, Safeguarding and Family Support Services and Looked After Children’s Services	November 2020
Contact Guidance	November 2020
Countering Bullying Guidance	November 2020
Co-Working Protocol	November 2020
Data Protection and Records Management	November 2020
Drugs and Substance Misuse	November 2020
Electronic Recording of Meetings and Conversations	November 2020
Facilitating the Participation of Children and Young People in Child Protection Conferences	November 2020
Flowchart about the Advocacy Process for Child Protection Conferences	November 2020
Guidance on Parental Responsibility	November 2020
HIV and AIDS	November 2020
Out of Area Placements	November 2020
Out of Area Notification Protocol Form for use by children’s homes in Wales	November 2020
Payments Made Under Section 17	November 2020
Policy on Smoking for Foster Carers, Adopters, Children and Young People in Care	November 2020
Procedure for Managing Unallocated Cases within Walsall Safeguarding and Family Support Service	November 2020
Appendix 1 Unallocated Letter Parents/Carers	November 2020
Appendix 2 Unallocated Letter Young Person 11yrs Plus	November 2020
Appendix 3 Unallocated Letter Professionals	November 2020
Protocol For Working Relationships Between Children’s Guardians And Social Workers Within The Black Country	November 2020
Radicalisation and Extremism – Guidance for Social Work Staff	November 2020
Self Harming	November 2020
The Sufficiency Duty in relation to Accommodation for Looked After Children	November 2020
Transition Pathway	November 2020
Walsall Homeless Policy for 16 and 17 Year Olds	November 2020

Procedures

Title:	When Inserted:

Professional Standards and Supervision

Title:	When Inserted:
Confidential Reporting (Whistleblowing) Procedure	November 2020
Representations and Complaints Procedure	November 2020
Appendix 1: Complaints Log	November 2020
Appendix 4: Complaints Flowchart	November 2020
Social Worker Rights and Responsibilities	November 2020

Referral, Assessment and Family Safeguarding

Title:	When Inserted:
Family Safeguarding Procedures	November 2020
Written Agreements – Child in Need and Child Protection	October 2021
Emergency Duty Team updated Oct 2021	October 2021

Court Proceedings

Title:	When Inserted:

Looked After Children

Title:	When Inserted:
Education for Looked After and Previously Looked After Children	October 2021
Personal Education Plan (PEP) Handbook	October 2021
Contacting the Police	November 2020
Countering Bullying	November 2020
Day Trips and Holidays within and outside the UK	November 2020
Development of Positive Relationships	November 2020
Financial Support to Permanence Arrangements	November 2020
Fostering Education Policy	November 2020
Guidance on Cancelling Transportation Services for Children and Young People in Severe Weather Conditions	November 2020
Information for Looked After Childrens Health Assessment Form WSS962A App 1	December 2021
Health Information for Looked After Children Form WS962B App 2	December 2021
Leisure and Recreation	November 2020
Residential Education Policy	November 2020
Resolution Policy for Child Protection	November 2020
Resolution Policy for Looked After Children	November 2020
Religious Observance, Racial Origin, Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds	November 2020
Risk Assessment Process for Young People Aged 16 Plus	November 2020
Appendix 1: Initial Screening Tool	November 2020
Appendix 2: Screening Tool Guidance	November 2020
Appendix 3: Risk Analysis Tool	November 2020
Appendix 4: Safety Plan	November 2020
Appendix 5: Risk Register	November 2020
Appendix 6: Risk Assessment Process Chart	November 2020
Sanctions	November 2020
School Trips within the UK	November 2020
Searching Children and their Belongings	November 2020
Transporting Children and Activities	November 2020
Care Plan Guidance	October 2021
Final Family Time Protocol	October 2021
Care Planning and Permanence Procedure	October 2021

Fostering Adoption and Permanence

Title:	When Inserted:
Back Up Foster Carers	November 2020
Bedroom Sharing Guidance	November 2020
Competence Assessments Based Guidance	November 2020
Fostering Allowance Guidance	November 2020
Foster Carer Reviews	November 2020
Foster Carers Wishing to Adopt	November 2020
Guidance for Decision Making and Continuing to Support Foster Carers who are Placed 'On Hold'	November 2020
Household Pets	November 2020
Payment for Skills and the Skills Level Criteria	November 2020
Procedure for Accepting the Resignation of Foster Carers	November 2020
Safe Caring	November 2020
Supervision Agreement (Foster Carers)	November 2020
Support for Foster Carers Placed 'on hold'	November 2020
Planning for Adoption, the Child's Journey	October 2021
Fostering for Adoption (Adoption at Heart)	May 2023

Residential Care

Title:	When Inserted:
Administration and Storage of Medication	November 2020
Form A Medication Advice Record Part 1	November 2020
Form A Medication Advice Record Part 2	November 2020
Form B Prescribed Medication Admission / Discharge Record	November 2020
Form C Prescribed Medication Administration Record	November 2020
Form D Non-Prescribed Medication Admission & Discharge Record	November 2020
Form E Non-Prescribed Medication Administration Form	November 2020
Form F Consent Form	November 2020
Form G Record of Medication Errors or Near Misses	November 2020
Form H Medication Error / Near Miss Incident Log	November 2020
Alcohol in Residential Settings	November 2020
Behaviour Management Guidance	November 2020
Bedroom Sharing	November 2020
Children’s Residential Anti- Bullying Guidance	November 2020
Children's Bedrooms	November 2020
Correspondence: Telephones, Mobile 'Phones and Letters	November 2020
General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians	November 2020
Hair and Skin Care	November 2020
Incidents	November 2020
Invasive Procedures	November 2020
Community Protocol for Administering Medication using a Nebuliser Guidance.	November 2020
Community Protocol for Clearing Upper Airway Secretions using Suction Guidance	November 2020
Community Protocol for Management and Feeding through a Gastrostomy Guidance	November 2020
Monitoring Quality in Residential Care	November 2020
Notifiable Events – Regulation 40 Walsall residential services local guidance	November 2020
Appendix 1: Flow Chart for Notifications	November 2020
Appendix 2: Regulation 40 - Serious Events	November 2020
Appendix 3: Homes Record of Events	November 2020
Physical Contact and Intimate Care	November 2020
Physical Intervention	November 2020
Regulation 45 - Review of Quality of Care	November 2020
Appendix 1 Review of Quality of Care	November 2020
Residential On Call System	November 2020
Spiritual Development	November 2020
Unplanned Admissions to Walsall’s Children’s Homes	November 2020

All Children

Title:	When Inserted:
No Recourse to Public Funds	October 2021

Youth Offending

Title:	When Inserted:

Learning & Workforce Development

Title:	When Inserted:

Appendices

Title:	When Inserted:
Scheme of Delegation	May 2023