Key management messages
Dear
colleague,
We would like to update you on a two
important new developments, namely the new national initiative announced in the
Queen’s Speech and two new inspection regimes that focus on partnership
working.
New national initiatives announced
- Children
and Social Work Bill
- Education
for All Bill
- Counter-Extremism
and Safeguarding
We will seeks to participate in the
discussions around these new initiatives as they progress through the
legislative process in parliament, and we will keep you informed as we gain a
clearer picture of when these changes will come into force and what they will
mean for us.
New inspection regimes looking at partnership working
Two new inspection frameworks have been
announced and inspections are now under way.
- Joint
Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI) framework
- SEND
inspection framework.
Kind regards, Jennie and James
Jo Olsson's update on getting caseloads right
"This isn’t just about making sure our frontline staff and
managers have the time to do a great job. That is very important. Equally important is for us to make sure that
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only the families who need to be in the statutory system, come into it
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only children who need to be on a plan, are on one
- only children who need to be in care, come into care
"That
isn’t what our practice is like now..." Find out more.
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Newsletter Live Summer 2016
– Chronologies, care plans and the social work evidence template
This
round of sessions offers you the opportunity to build your learning in the
following areas:
- The purpose of chronologies as an analytical tool to help understand the
impact, both immediate and cumulative, of events and changes on the child or
young person's developmental progress
- The different types of chronologies: for case work/assessment; in care
proceedings; in serious case reviews;
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What a chronology should and should not include and how to make it
succinct, relevant and balanced;
- The purpose of the social care history tool (Fibonacci FDocs) in
preparing a chronology;
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Introduction to the Social Work Evidence Template and its origins
- The importance of writing clear, child centred care plans and how to
improve skills in this area.
Dates and booking information here.
Download and print the poster in full
Be part of the Alliance - The
Children, Young People and Families Alliance
If you or your organisation works with children and young people, we want you to be part of
the Alliance - come along and find out who we are, what we do and how we can
all work together.
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Thursday 30
June 2016, 10.30-3.30pm
- Cranbrook Education Campus, Tillhouse Road, Cranbrook, EX5 7EE
Reserve your place now!
 MOMO new options available –
‘My worker is visiting’
The free Mind of
My Own - MOMO app
is an easy way for children in care or who have a social worker to tell their
worker, or another adult that is working with them, what they are thinking and
get things off their chest. For example, to use it before a meeting, to ask for
a change or to get a problem sorted. Many young people across the country have
found it really helpful to get their views heard.
MOMO
has launched some new options including a
visit recording tool called ‘My worker is visiting’. Find out more.
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Access to records process
The recently updated Access to Records process describes how
Business Support administer approved requests to access adults and children's
social care records - from social workers, other local authorities and the
public.
Their scope is electronic records in
CareFirst/HP records management (TRIM) and paper records held in social
care filing hubs managed by Business Support, which are in Social care office
settings across the County. For approved access to information in the Modern
Records Unit in Exeter please contact them direct.
Advice on information sharing policy and
practice and management of subject access requests, for example, can be
obtained from the Information Governance team on 3000 and ask for information
Governance, email them or view the Knowing When to Share or Access to Information web pages.
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