| Learning From Practice: Reviews, Reports and Briefings | 14 February 2022 Policy and Practice Chair: Amanda Cole |
| West Sussex Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews | 14 February 2022 Policy and Practice Chair: Amanda Cole |
| NSPCC National Case Review Repository | 14 February 2022 Policy and Practice Chair: Amanda Cole |
| NSPCC Learning From Case Reviews Briefings | 14 February 2022 Policy and Practice Chair: Amanda Cole |
| The last triennial report SCR's | 5 May 2020 Policy and Practice |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| What does good look like for children and young people? | 9 March 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Good Practice Examples | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Manager's Toolbox | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Attachment and Secure Base | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Direct work with Children Tools | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Direct Work with Parent or Carer Tools | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| What does Good look like? IRO Footprint | 9 March 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| West Sussex Performance Management Framework |
18 October 2022 Linda Steele Assistant Director approval |
| Quality Assurance Framework |
15 December 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Supervision Policy |
9 February 2022 Linda Steele Assistant Director approval |
| Management Standards and Expectations |
28 July 2023 Linda Steele Assistant Director approval |
| WSCC Practice Standards |
12 January 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Working with Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility Practice Guidance |
27 October 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Use of Strength Based Language |
10 March 2023 Linda Steele Assistant Director approval |
| Induction handbook |
5 January 2023 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Scheme of Delegation |
15 August 2022 Linda Steele AD approval |
| Need to Know Protocol |
23 August 2023 DLT approval |
| Un-regulated and Un-registered Placement Guidance |
2 July 2020 Policy and Practice |
| West Sussex Financial Policy |
27 September 2020 Policy and Practice |
| Transfer Protocol in and between Children's Social Care Teams and Early Help Teams | 3 March 2023 Jenny Boyd Assistant Director approval |
| Children's Services Step Across Panel Guidance | 9 March 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Joint Protocol for Approved Mental Health Practitioners | 8 November 2021 Linda Steele AD Safeguarding and Quality Assurance |
| Private Fostering Statement of Purpose | 18 August 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Post 16 Private Fostering Offer Policy | 27 October 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Audit Practice Guidance | 19 November 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Practice Alert Process | 1 December 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| 18 October 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice | |
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Additional Internal Documents Relating to Key Practice Documents |
1 May 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
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| Direct Work with Children Tools | 15 December 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Voice of the Child Guidance | 2 February 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Child Mental Health Resource | 15 December 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Social Work Toolbox | 15 December 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| MASH Operating Procedures | 9 March 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Threshold document | Partnership approval 2 October 2020 |
| Levels of Need Descriptors and glossary |
Partnership approval 2 October 2020 |
| Early Help Dedicated Schools Team Practice Guidance |
Policy and Practice Steering Group approval 1 December 2022 |
| Early Help Duty and Allocations Practice Guidance |
Policy and Practice Steering Group approval 1 December 2022 |
| Early Help Plan Practice Guidance |
Policy and Practice Steering Group approval 1 December 2022 |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Multi Agency Pre Birth Practice Guidance | 9 March 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Young Parents Pathway - Multi Agency | 2 July 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Multi Agency Pre Birth Protocol | 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Parent and Child Placement Policy |
30 September 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Placement with Parents regulations | 30 September 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Parent and Child Assessment Placements |
30 September 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Resources, Forms and templates | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole- Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Child and Family Assessment Guidance | 29 September 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Family and Friend's Network Meetings Practice Guidance | 27 November 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Sexual Harm Practice Guidance | 18 August 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Case summary Practice Guidance | 18 August 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Learning Disabilities: Good Practice Guidance | 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Direct Work with Parents or Carers Tools and Resources | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval | |
| Domestic Abuse Resources and Tools for Social Workers | 25 November 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Tools and Resources for Assessment, Family Network Meetings and Planning | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Cultural Genograms and Ecomaps | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Family Safeguarding Service Practice Guidance | 26 May 2022 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Domestic Abuse Officers- Protocol and Guidance |
28 July 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Family Safeguarding Resources Library | 24 January 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Initial Practice Examples of Workbook and Family Programme | 3 May 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice |
| Drug and Alcohol Practitioners Practice Guidance |
29 September 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Family Safeguarding Guidance for Social Workers and Team Managers | 5 January 2024 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Child in Need Policy for Disabled Children September 2021 | 30 September 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Child disability LLS Eligibility criteria | 2 September 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Choice Eligibility criteria | 2 September 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Access to Resource Panel Terms of Reference | 2 September 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| 27 September 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| West Sussex Section 17 Policy | 10 May 2022 Jenny Boyd Assistant Director approval |
| Neglect strategy | 29 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval & LSCP endorsement |
| 16/17 Homeless Protocol 2023 | 16 February 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Young Carers Pathway | 7 August 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Forms, Templates and Resources for Children in Need | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole, Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Child Exploitation Guidance | January 2020 Policy and Practice Approval and LSCP endorsement |
| National Referral mechanism Guidance | 9 March 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Practice guidance Missing Children | 27 November 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| West Sussex Multi-Agency Child Exploitation Panel Guidance |
28 July 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Return Home Interview Best Practice Guidance | 10 June 2021 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Prevent Strategy | 21 April 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Complex Abuse and Strategy Meetings Practice Guidance |
4 November 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Complex Safeguarding Templates and Resources | 19 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Youth Justice Protocol | 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Youth Justice Social Care Guidance | 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| West Sussex Youth Justice Service: Guidance for Working with Children who Commit Harmful Sexual Behaviour | 27 May 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| West Sussex Youth Justice Service: Quality Assurance Management Oversight Policy | 27 May 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
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West Sussex Youth Justice Service: Engagement and Compliance Policy |
27 May 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| 27 May 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Private Fostering Practice Guidance | 19 August 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children and young people | 19 June 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Family and Friends Practice Guidance | 7 August 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Families with No Recourse to Public Funds Practice Guidance | 11 November 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| S117 Guidance for Social Workers | 5 January 2024 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Nearest Relative Mental Health Act |
28 July 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Multi-Agency Mental Health and Education Triage (MAMHET) Practice Guidance | 12 April 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| In School Response to Suspected Completed Suicide and or Risk of Cluster Suicides | 12 April 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Forms, templates and Resources for Children and Young People with Particular Needs | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole, Chair, Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Pan Sussex Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures Manual | 15 December 2021 Policy and Practice approval - Pan Sussex |
| Transfer in Child Protection Conferences | 9 March 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Practice Guidance Child Protection reports: Timeliness | 21 August 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Core Group Checklist | 18 August 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Practice Guidance in Regard to Children and young People Subject to a Child Protection Plan that Travel Within and Outside the United Kingdom |
9 January 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Timelines, Pro-Forma for Child Protection Conferences and Core Groups | 26 May 2022 Amanda Cole, Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: | |
| West Sussex Legal Gateway Guidance |
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11 August 2021 Performance Board Approval |
| West Sussex Pre-Proceedings Practice Guidance | 11 August 2021 Performance Board Approval | |
| West Sussex Care Proceedings Guidance | 11 August 2021 Performance Board Approval | |
| Final Care Planning Meeting Guidance |
3 February 2021 Policy and Practice Approval | |
| Templates, Workflows and Resources for Legal Proceedings | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair, Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| New Into Care Guide (for children) | 2 July 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Checklist: Children We Care For | 19 January 2023 Chair of Policy and Practice Approval |
| S20 Practice Guidance | 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Reunification Practice Guidance | 6 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| CLA Review Practice Guidance | 21 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Secure Accommodation Review Criteria | 4 May 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Placements in Secure Accommodation on welfare grounds | 4 May 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| In Year School Moves Practice Guidance | 21 August 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Guidance on suspension and permanent exclusion from schools | 27 October 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Disruption Practice Guidance: Stability Intervention Meetings and Disruption Reflection Meetings | 9 November 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| 21 October 2021 Policy and Practice approval | |
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Practice Guidance - Family Time Contact and Contact in the Home |
1 December 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
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Practice Guidance on Children We Care for Review arrangements in Permanency |
13 March 2024 Policy and Practice approval |
| 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| 12 April 2023 Policy and Practice approval | |
| 4 May 2020 Policy and Practice approval | |
| 4 May 2020 Policy and Practice approval | |
| 12 April 2023 Policy and Practice approval | |
| Submitting to ADM for Adoption Practice Guidance |
21 April 2022 Policy and Practice approval |
| Practice Guidance Change of Care Plan After ADM Decision made | 21 April 2022 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Resources, forms, templates and workflows for Permanence including Information about Adoption South East | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole- Chair Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Leaving Care Service PA Guidance | 18 May 2020 Policy and Practice approval Updated 19 October 2020 |
| Pathway Planning Practice Guidance | 29 September 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Leaving Care Resources, Forms and Templates | 19 February 2022 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Fostering Policy | 12 April 2023 Assistant Director Corporate Parenting Approval |
| Foster Carer Handbook 2022 | 12 April 2022 Assistant Director Approval |
| Connected Carers Practice Guidance | 21 April 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Guidance on Foster carer profiles | 27 September 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Allegations and Standards of Care Guidance for Foster Carers | 27 April 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Allegations and Standards of Care Policy | 9 November 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Bedroom Sharing Practice Guidance |
13 November 2020 Policy and Practice approval |
| Care Referral Practice Guidance |
8 October 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Support Referral Practice Guidance |
8 October 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Initial Viability Assessment Guidance | 27 April 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Protocol for urgent viability assessments | 9 January 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| West Sussex Adaptation of Homes Policy for Foster Carers, Kinship Carers and Special Guardian Carers | 29 September 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Regulation 24 Temporary Connected Persons Fostering Guidance | 27 April 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Reg 24 Fostering Guidance | 29 July 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Kinship Support Team - Post 18 Support Guidance | 29 September 2023 Policy and Practice approval |
| Forms, templates and Workflows for Fostering | 21 February 2022 Amanda Cole, Chair Policy and Practice |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Mosaic Standards | Policy and Practice Approval |
| Mosaic Champions | Policy and Practice Approval |
| Mosaic Guidance for Children Services | 19 June 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Inactive Mosaic User Accounts Policy | 9 January 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Guidance to Request Mosaic access | 19 October 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Mosaic Security Policy | 19 October 2020 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Managing Child Protection Information Sharing Notifications | 9 January 2023 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Mosaic Guides | 2 February 2022 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Transitions Panel Adult Social Care Protocol (Non Learning and Physical Disabilities) | 26 October 2023 Assistant Directors for Childrens and Adults approval |
| Transition Resources to Adult Social Care | 11 September 2023 Amanda Cole Chair Policy and Practice approval |
| Children with Disabilities Transition protocol | 5 January 2024 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Children outside of Children with Disabilities Team Transition protocol | 5 January 2024 Policy and Practice Approval |
| Title: | When Inserted: |
| Guidance for the provision of Social Care advice for Education, Health, Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs) | 15 December 2021 Policy and Practice approval |
| Forms, templates and Resources for SEND | 18 February 2022 Amanda Cole, Chair, Policy and Practice Approval |