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Nottingham City Children's Homes Procedures Manual

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1.1	Our Ethos and Key Policies
1.2	Statements of Purpose	Updated
1.3	Children’s Guides	Updated
1.4	Equality and Diversity	New
1.5	Providing Personalised Care	New
1.6	Caring for Children from Minority Ethnic Groups
1.7	Consultation and Participation	New
1.8	Information Sharing
1.9	Whistleblowing or Raising Concerns at Work	New
1.10	Case Recording	Updated
1.11	NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

2. Planning for Care

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2.1	Referrals, Placements and Admissions
2.2	Risk Assessment and Planning	New
2.3	Consents Guidance
2.4	Care and Placement Planning	Updated
2.5	Emergency Placement and Emergency Reviews
2.6	Placement Planning and Disruption Meetings
2.7	Health Care Assessments and Plans
2.8	Looked After Reviews and Disruption Meetings	Updated
2.9	Preparation for Leaving Care
2.10	Leaving the Home	Updated
2.11	Delegation of Responsibility to Foster Carers and Residential Workers (Nottingham City Children's Services Procedures Manual)
2.12	Disability Living Allowance (Nottingham City Children's Services Procedures Manual)	New

3. Behaviour and Relationships

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3.1	Key/Link Worker Guidance
3.2	Daily Routine and House Rules
3.3	Sanctions
3.4	Children Who Go Missing from Home and Care - Joint Procedure
3.5	Reduce Absconding and Missing from Care Policy and Practice Guidance
3.6	Positive Relationships and Behaviour Management	New
3.7	Use of Restraint and Physical Intervention	Updated
3.8	Searching Children/Bedrooms	Updated
3.9	The Police
3.10	Role of Appropriate Adults

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4.1	Family Time with Parents / Carers / Siblings and Others	Updated
4.2	Overnight Stays and Social Visits
4.3	Correspondence, Communication and Social Networking

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5.1	Relationships and Physical Contact with Children
5.2	Recognising Abuse and Neglect Guidance
5.3	Safeguarding Children and Young People and Referring Safeguarding Concerns	Updated
5.4	Allegations Against Staff and Volunteers	Updated
5.5	Representations and Complaints
5.6	Countering Bullying and Peer Abuse
5.7	Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour
5.8	Drugs and Substance Misuse
5.9	Sleeping In and Night Security
5.10	Social Worker Visits
5.11	Advocacy, Independent Visitors and Independent Reviewing Officers	Updated
5.12	Visitors to the Home
5.13	Provision and Preparation of Meals
5.14	Clothing, Pocket Money and Allowances
5.15	Bedrooms
5.16	Digital Photography
5.17	Protocol between Nottingham Youth Offending Team (YOT) and Nottingham Children's Social Care (CSC) Concerning the Allocation of Work and Partnership Arrangements in Respect of Children and Young People
5.18	Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation
5.19	Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
5.20	Safe Use of the Internet, Social Media and Photographs	Updated
5.21	Female Genital Mutilation	New

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6.1	Smoking and Alcohol
6.2	Health and Wellbeing, Health Notifications and Access to Services	Updated
6.3	First Aid, Home Remedies and Medication
6.4	Sexual Health and Relationships
6.5	Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs)
6.6	Drug & Alcohol Services for Young People under 19 Including Specialist Family Support for Children and Adults Impacted by Substances

Caption: Promoting Educational Achievement, Leisure and Holidays

7.1	Education	Updated
7.2	Residential Education Policy
7.3	Holidays and School Trips
7.4	Transporting Children
7.5	Leisure and Activities	Updated

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8.1	Staffing and Safe Recruitment	New
8.2	Staff Supervision and Appraisal	New
8.3	Staff Qualifications	Updated
8.4	Lone Working
8.5	Rostering and Handover Procedures
8.6	Gift Giving and Receiving
8.7	Contact with ex Care Leavers
8.8	Disclosure and Barring Service: Guidance for Children's Social Care Providers

Caption: Management and Administration

9.1	Leadership Management	New
9.2	Monitoring Quality
9.3	Access to Records
9.4	Petty Cash and Finance
9.5	Surveillance and Monitoring	Updated
9.6	Health and Safety	New
9.7	Recording and Reporting of Accidents	New
9.8	Notification of Serious Events
9.9	Residential Structure	Updated

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10.1	Amendments

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