Amendments

2024

October 2024

Assessments	This chapter was refreshed in October 2024.
Contacts and Referrals	This chapter was refreshed in October 2024.
Notifications of Significant Events	In October 2024, this chapter was updated in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children, to note that notifications should also be made of the death of a care leaver up to and including the age of 24.
Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities	In October 2024, Section 15, Resolving Disagreements was updated to include information on Guidance: Carry Out an Order in Special Educational Needs Cases.
Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983	In October 2024, this chapter was refreshed.
Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles	This chapter was refreshed in October 2024.
Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline	In October 2024, information was added in relation to family group decision-making in Section 1, Introduction and Time Limits, and Section 5, Pre-Proceedings, and a link was added to the Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making Procedure.
Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework	This chapter was added to the manual in October 2024.
Personal Budgets and Direct Payments	This chapter was refreshed in October 2024.
Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)	This chapter was refreshed in October 2024.
Family Networks and Family Group Decision Making	This chapter was added to the manual in October 2024.
Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child In Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)	In October 2024, this chapter was updated in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children. New Section 3, Death of a Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24 was added.
Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery	In October 2024 a link was added in Section 4, Assessment to BASW Age Assessment Practice Guidance. In Further Information, a link was added to Operation Innerste Process: Caseworker Guidance.
Resolving Professional Disagreements	This PDF document was replaced with an updated version in October 2024.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Guidance Note	In October 2024, this PDF document was replaced with an updated version.
Health Care Assessments and Plans	In October 2024, this chapter was refreshed in line with local procedure.
Lancashire Staying Put Policy	In October 2024, the Staying Put Policy PDF document was updated with an updated version.
Placements with Connected Persons	This chapter was refreshed in October 2024.
Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children	In October 2024, this chapter was revised in response to Working Together to Safeguard Children (December 2023), and includes the ongoing development of the strategic leadership roles of Virtual School Heads (VSH) in promoting educational outcomes for children aged 0 to 18 who have, or previously had a social worker, and children in kinship care arrangements.
Staying Put	This chapter was added to the manual in October 2024.
Applications for Special Guardianship Orders	This chapter was updated in October 2024. Information was added into Section 17, Special Guardian Duty on the Death of the Child, that the relevant local authority should be notified if the child was previously a looked after child.
Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers	In October 2024, information on Ofsted checks was added in to Section 4.1, Checks.
Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters	In October 2024, information was added to Section 3, Stage One - The Pre-Assessment Process, with details on how to request information about an applicant from Ofsted.