Contents

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Leadership PledgeDecember 19, 2024
2. 1.1.2Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles January 2, 2025
3. 1.1.3Children's Consultation and ParticipationNovember 25, 2025
4. 1.1.4Northumberland Children and Young People's Participation StrategyNovember 25, 2025
5. 1.1.5Capacity and ConsentMay 21, 2024
6. 1.1.6Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
7. 1.1.7Quality of Practice FrameworkDecember 19, 2024

1.2Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

1. 1.2.1Early Help Framework December 19, 2024
2. 1.2.2Threshold Document - Continuum of Help and Support December 20, 2024
3. 1.2.3Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsDecember 19, 2024
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsNovember 25, 2025
3. 1.3.3Northumberland Local Protocol for Assessment and SupportNovember 25, 2025
4. 1.3.4Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)December 19, 2024
5. 1.3.5Allocation of Work and Transfer between TeamsDecember 19, 2024
6. 1.3.6North and South of Tyne Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures

1.4Child in Need

1. 1.4.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsJanuary 2, 2025

1.5Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersJanuary 2, 2025
2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineJune 23, 2022
3. 1.5.3Legal Gateway PanelJanuary 9, 2025
4. 1.5.4Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol
5. 1.5.5Cross-border child protection cases: the 1996 Hague Convention (DfE)

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Complaints and RepresentationsMay 5, 2025
2. 1.6.2WhistleblowingDecember 19, 2024

1.7Notifications

1. 1.7.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Cared For Child, a Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)November 25, 2025

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesSeptember 19, 2023
2. 2.0.2Child’s Records and RetentionMay 28, 2025
3. 2.0.3Access to Child/Young Person’s Records/Subject Access RequestsJanuary 9, 2025
4. 2.0.4Confidentiality PolicyMay 21, 2024
5. 2.0.5Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsDecember 18, 2024
6. 2.0.6Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesDecember 19, 2024
7. 2.0.7Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffMarch 28, 2024

3.Children in Particular Circumstances

3.1Children with Disabilities

1. 3.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMay 28, 2025
2. 3.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsMay 21, 2024
3. 3.1.3Short BreaksJune 5, 2025
4. 3.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsNovember 25, 2025
5. 3.1.5Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkMay 21, 2024

3.2Children from Abroad

1. 3.2.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryJune 5, 2025
2. 3.2.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsDecember 18, 2025
3. 3.2.3Information on the EU Settlement Scheme (Local Resources)

3.3Homelessness

1. 3.3.1Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferMay 28, 2025

3.4Family and Friends / Kinship Care

1. 3.4.1Kinship CareNovember 25, 2025
2. 3.4.2Private FosteringJanuary 9, 2025
3. 3.4.3Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingMarch 18, 2024

3.5Young Carers

1. 3.5.1Young CarersNovember 25, 2025

3.6Relinquished Children

1. 3.6.1Relinquished ChildrenJanuary 6, 2025

3.7Deprivation of Liberty

1. 3.7.1Deprivation of Liberty

3.8Mental Health

1. 3.8.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983May 21, 2024

4.Cared for Children

1. 4.0.1Information on the EU Settlement Scheme (Local Resources)

4.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 4.1.1Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenMay 28, 2025
2. 4.1.2Standards of CareDecember 19, 2024
3. 4.1.3Decision to Look AfterDecember 20, 2024
4. 4.1.4Care PlanningJune 5, 2025
5. 4.1.5Ceasing to Look After a ChildSeptember 19, 2023
6. 4.1.6Permanence Planning GuidanceJune 5, 2025
7. 4.1.7Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsDecember 20, 2024
8. 4.1.8Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Cared for ChildrenNovember 25, 2025
9. 4.1.9NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsJune 5, 2025
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected PersonsMay 28, 2025
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareJune 5, 2025
4. 4.2.4Matching Children with Permanent Foster CarersDecember 19, 2024
5. 4.2.5Placements in Children's HomesSeptember 19, 2023
6. 4.2.6Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsSeptember 19, 2023
7. 4.2.7Out of Area PlacementsJanuary 9, 2025
8. 4.2.8Placements Outside England and WalesJanuary 8, 2025
9. 4.2.9Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationNovember 25, 2025
10. 4.2.10Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersJune 5, 2025
11. 4.2.11Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersDecember 20, 2024
12. 4.2.12Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
13. 4.2.13Risk Assessment and PlanningNovember 25, 2025
14. 4.2.14Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
15. 4.2.15Health and SafetyMay 28, 2025

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Cared For ChildrenJanuary 9, 2025
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsDecember 19, 2024
3. 4.3.3Looked After (Cared For Children) ReviewsMay 28, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersJune 5, 2025
5. 4.3.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsJanuary 9, 2025
6. 4.3.6Notifications of Significant EventsNovember 25, 2025

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsJanuary 9, 2025
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)June 5, 2025

4.5Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 4.5.1Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Cared For and Previously Cared For ChildrenJuly 25, 2023
2. 4.5.2Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKNovember 25, 2025
3. 4.5.3Promoting Education and Leisure ActivitiesJanuary 8, 2025

4.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.6.1Health Care Assessments and PlansJune 5, 2025
2. 4.6.2Personal Care and RelationshipsDecember 20, 2024
3. 4.6.3Positive Relationships and Behaviour SupportNovember 25, 2025
4. 4.6.4Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintNovember 25, 2025
5. 4.6.5Safe Caring Policy for Cared For Children in Foster CareDecember 19, 2024
6. 4.6.6Policy on the Storage of Medicine and Administration of Medicine or TreatmentDecember 19, 2024
7. 4.6.7Bedroom Sharing PolicyDecember 19, 2024
8. 4.6.8Consumption of Alcohol by Foster Carers and Young People PolicyDecember 19, 2024
9. 4.6.9Children Missing from CareDecember 19, 2024

4.7Change of Name and Marriage/Civil Partnership

1. 4.7.1Change of Name of a Cared For ChildDecember 19, 2024
2. 4.7.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Cared For ChildDecember 19, 2024

4.8Leaving Care and Transition

1. 4.8.1Leaving Care and TransitionMay 28, 2025
2. 4.8.2Staying PutNovember 25, 2025

4.9Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

1. 4.9.1Cared For Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesNovember 25, 2025
2. 4.9.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Cared For Children and Young People in CustodyJune 5, 2025
3. 4.9.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceNovember 25, 2025

5.Fostering and Adoption

5.1Fostering Services

1. 5.1.1Fostering PanelJuly 26, 2022
2. 5.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringDecember 20, 2024
3. 5.1.3Criminal Records Disclosure ProcedureDecember 19, 2024
4. 5.1.4Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersMay 28, 2025
5. 5.1.5Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalSeptember 23, 2024
6. 5.1.6Supervision and Support of Foster CarersJanuary 8, 2025
7. 5.1.7Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJanuary 8, 2025
8. 5.1.8Allegations Against Foster CarersMay 28, 2025
9. 5.1.9Foster Carers Record Keeping and Retention PolicyJanuary 9, 2025
10. 5.1.10Transfer of Foster Carers ProtocolDecember 19, 2024
11. 5.1.11Comments and Complaints, Advocacy and WhistleblowingDecember 19, 2024
12. 5.1.12Guidance and Policy on Payment and Use of Disability Living Allowance by Foster CarersDecember 19, 2024
13. 5.1.13Training and Development of Foster CarersMarch 23, 2022

5.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 5.2.1Adopt North East (ANE) the Regional Adoption Agency for North Tyneside, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland and South Tyneside.
2. 5.2.2Adopt North East Regional Adoption Agency Procedures
3. 5.2.3Special Guardianship (Local Resources)

6.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 6.0.1Local ContactsDecember 19, 2024
2. 6.0.2List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersNovember 25, 2025
3. 6.0.3Ofsted Inspection FrameworkMay 28, 2025
4. 6.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
5. 6.0.5Amendments