Contents

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles December 3, 2024
2. 1.1.2Confidentiality PolicyMay 21, 2024
3. 1.1.3Consultation PolicyDecember 4, 2024
4. 1.1.4Child Arrangements Order PolicyOctober 9, 2024
5. 1.1.5Capacity and ConsentMarch 19, 2026
6. 1.1.6LADO Allegations Against Persons who Work with Children (including Staff, Carers and Volunteers)October 29, 2025
7. 1.1.7Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
8. 1.1.8South Yorkshire Children in Need/Subject to a Child Protection Plan Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries ProcedureOctober 29, 2025

1.2 CAF and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

1. 1.2.1Family Common Assessment FrameworkOctober 9, 2024
2. 1.2.2Threshold Document - Continuum of Help and Support October 29, 2025
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 ReferralsMarch 19, 2026
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsMarch 19, 2026
3. 1.3.3Sheffield Single Assessment: Guidance for Practitioners and ManagersOctober 9, 2024
4. 1.3.4Supplementary Guidance for the Assessment Framework for Parental Drug and Alcohol MisuseOctober 9, 2024
5. 1.3.5Safeguarding Children Living in Families with Drug and / or Alcohol Misuse ProtocolOctober 29, 2025
6. 1.3.6Pre-Birth AssessmentOctober 29, 2025
7. 1.3.7Joint Working Protocol between Sheffield Children and Families, People Services Portfolio (CYPF) and Sheffield Health and Social Care Service (SHSC)October 9, 2024
8. 1.3.8Working with Sexually Active Young PeopleOctober 29, 2025
9. 1.3.9Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)October 29, 2025
10. 1.3.10Managing Individual Cases Where There are Concerns about a Child's Safety and WelfareOctober 29, 2025
11. 1.3.11Transfer Policy: Guidance for Practitioners and ManagersOctober 9, 2024
12. 1.3.12Person Posing a Risk to Children (PPR) GuidanceOctober 29, 2025
13. 1.3.13Death or Serious Harm to a Child Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24
    Updated
    March 19, 2026
14. 1.3.14Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual ExploitationOctober 29, 2025
15. 1.3.15South Yorkshire Missing from Home and Care ProtocolOctober 29, 2025
16. 1.3.16Guidance on Completing a Closure RecordOctober 9, 2024

1.4Court Proceedings

1. 1.4.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersDecember 5, 2024
2. 1.4.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineJune 23, 2022
3. 1.4.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsAugust 19, 2024
4. 1.4.4Section 7 and Section 37 ReportsOctober 9, 2024
5. 1.4.5Local Practice Guide: The Use of Section 20 of The Children Act 1989 in the Context of Child ProtectionOctober 9, 2024
6. 1.4.6Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol

1.5Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.5.1Complaints and RepresentationsOctober 9, 2024
2. 1.5.2Whistleblowing PolicyOctober 9, 2024
3. 1.5.3Whistleblowing Helpline - Speak Up
4. 1.5.4Raising Concerns at Work
5. 1.5.5Public Concern at Work

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesSeptember 19, 2023
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionOctober 9, 2024
3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsDecember 16, 2024
4. 2.0.4Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsDecember 16, 2024
5. 2.0.5Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffMarch 28, 2024
6. 2.0.6Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesDecember 16, 2024

3.Prevention and Family Support

1. 3.0.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsOctober 29, 2025
2. 3.0.2Private FosteringMarch 19, 2026
3. 3.0.3Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferOctober 29, 2025
4. 3.0.4Eligibility for Free Early LearningOctober 9, 2024
5. 3.0.5Kinship CareOctober 29, 2025
6. 3.0.6Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingMarch 18, 2024

4.Child Protection

1. 4.0.1Initial Child Protection ConferencesOctober 29, 2025
2. 4.0.2Developing and Implementing a Child Protection PlanOctober 29, 2025
3. 4.0.3Child Protection Review ConferencesOctober 29, 2025
4. 4.0.4Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority BoundariesOctober 29, 2025
5. 4.0.5LADO Allegations Against Persons who Work with Children (including Staff, Carers and Volunteers)October 29, 2025

5.Children in Particular Circumstances

5.1Children with Disabilities

1. 5.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMarch 18, 2025
2. 5.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsMay 21, 2024
3. 5.1.3Short BreaksMarch 19, 2026
4. 5.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsMarch 19, 2026
5. 5.1.5Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkMay 21, 2024

5.2Children from Abroad

1. 5.2.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryOctober 29, 2025
2. 5.2.2Families with No Recourse to Public Funds
   Updated
   March 19, 2026
3. 5.2.3Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and ExploitationOctober 29, 2025

5.3Young Carers

1. 5.3.1Young CarersMarch 19, 2026

5.4Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty

1. 5.4.1Mental Capacity
2. 5.4.2Deprivation of Liberty

5.5Mental Health

1. 5.5.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983May 21, 2024

6.Looked After Children

6.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 6.1.1Decision to Look AfterOctober 9, 2024
2. 6.1.2Care PlanningAugust 19, 2024
3. 6.1.3Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After Children (including Guidance in Respect of the Use of Unregulated Placements Out of Hours)October 29, 2025
4. 6.1.4Permanence Planning GuidanceDecember 9, 2024
5. 6.1.5Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsDecember 9, 2024
6. 6.1.6Placements in Foster CareDecember 9, 2024
7. 6.1.7Placements in Residential CareMarch 19, 2026
8. 6.1.8Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention Accommodation
   Updated
   March 19, 2026
9. 6.1.9Out of Area PlacementsDecember 9, 2024
10. 6.1.10Placements with Connected PersonsDecember 9, 2024
11. 6.1.11Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsSeptember 19, 2023
12. 6.1.12Placements with ParentsDecember 10, 2024
13. 6.1.13Placements Outside England and WalesDecember 10, 2024
14. 6.1.14Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersDecember 10, 2024
15. 6.1.15Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersMarch 19, 2026
16. 6.1.16Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After Children
    Updated
    March 19, 2026
17. 6.1.17Ceasing to Look After a ChildSeptember 19, 2023
18. 6.1.18Pre Birth Planning for Care Leavers and Looked After Young PeopleOctober 29, 2025
19. 6.1.19Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
20. 6.1.20Risk Assessment and PlanningMarch 19, 2026
21. 6.1.21Providing Personalised CareOctober 9, 2024
22. 6.1.22Health and SafetyMarch 18, 2025
23. 6.1.23NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

6.2Monitoring and Reviews

1. 6.2.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenDecember 16, 2024
2. 6.2.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsDecember 11, 2024
3. 6.2.3Looked After ReviewsMarch 18, 2025
4. 6.2.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersDecember 16, 2024
5. 6.2.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsDecember 11, 2024
6. 6.2.6Notifications of Significant EventsMarch 19, 2026

6.3Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 6.3.1Contact with Parents and SiblingsDecember 11, 2024
2. 6.3.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)March 19, 2026

6.4Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 6.4.1Holidays and School Trips in the UKOctober 29, 2025
2. 6.4.2Holidays and School Trips Outside the UKOctober 29, 2025
3. 6.4.3Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenOctober 29, 2025
4. 6.4.4Leisure ActivitiesOctober 29, 2025

6.5Health and Wellbeing

1. 6.5.1Health Care Assessments and PlansDecember 11, 2024
2. 6.5.2Personal Care and RelationshipsDecember 11, 2024
3. 6.5.3Sexual Health PolicyTo Follow
4. 6.5.4Positive Relationships and Behaviour Support
   Updated
   March 19, 2026
5. 6.5.5Restrictive Physical Intervention and Restraint
   Updated
   March 19, 2026
6. 6.5.6Practice Guidance: Supporting Young People with HIV Testing and Prevention

6.6Identity

1. 6.6.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildOctober 9, 2024
2. 6.6.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildNovember 28, 2023
3. 6.6.3Life Story Work for Children Looked AfterOctober 9, 2024

6.7Leaving Care and Transition

1. 6.7.1Leaving Care and TransitionMarch 19, 2026
2. 6.7.2Staying PutOctober 9, 2024

6.8Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

1. 6.8.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services
   Updated
   March 19, 2026
2. 6.8.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyDecember 12, 2024
3. 6.8.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceOctober 29, 2025
4. 6.8.4Effective Accommodation Planning for Resettlement: Ensuring Timely Knowledge of Address on Release for All Young PeopleOctober 9, 2024

7.Fostering and Adoption

7.1Fostering Services

1. 7.1.1Sheffield Foster Carers HandbookOctober 9, 2024
2. 7.1.2Fostering PanelDecember 12, 2024
3. 7.1.3Persons Disqualified from FosteringOctober 9, 2024
4. 7.1.4Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersMarch 18, 2025
5. 7.1.5Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalOctober 9, 2024
6. 7.1.6Supervision and Support of Foster CarersMarch 19, 2026
7. 7.1.7Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersDecember 12, 2024
8. 7.1.8Allegations Against Foster CarersOctober 29, 2025
9. 7.1.9Training and Development of Foster CarersMarch 23, 2022

7.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 7.2.1Adoption ReviewsDecember 16, 2024
2. 7.2.2Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersMarch 19, 2026
3. 7.2.3Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceOctober 9, 2024
4. 7.2.4Life Story Books GuidanceMay 21, 2024
5. 7.2.5Later Life LettersMay 21, 2024
6. 7.2.6One Adoption South Yorkshire Regional Adoption Agency policies and procedures relating to adoption. The agency includes Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley.
7. 7.2.7Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere

8.Local Contacts and Appendices

1. 8.0.1Local ContactsMarch 19, 2026
2. 8.0.2Scheme of DelegationMarch 19, 2026
3. 8.0.3Ofsted Inspection FrameworkMarch 18, 2025
4. 8.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
5. 8.0.5Amendments