Slough Children s Services Trust Independent Fostering Agency Statement of Purpose
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1 Slough Children s Services Trust Independent Fostering Agency Statement of Purpose Prepared by: Colin Bent and Jo Neale Practice Managers - Fostering Fostering Statement of Purpose
2 SLOUGH BOROUGH FOSTERING SERVICE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT ` 3 2. KEY SERVICE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 3 3. THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF SCST FOSTERING SERVICE 5 4. STAFFING 6 5. SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 6 6. SERVICES PROVIDED 8 7. HOW SCST FOSTERING SERVICES OPERATE 8 8. SUPPORTING SERVICES SAFEGUARDING AND PROMOTING WELFARE SCST FOSTERING AND PERMANENCY PANEL CAPACITY AND DEMAND COMPLAINTS THE FOSTER CARER CHARTER FOSTER CARERS HANDBOOK MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REVISION AND CIRCULATION OF THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE DETAILS OF THE REGISTRATION AGENCY DETAILS OF THE CHILDREN S RIGHTS DIRECTOR ` 15 Fostering Statement of Purpose
3 1. Introduction and Policy Context SCST is an independent not-for-profit company that provides social care and support services to children, young people and families. The fostering service is situated within Placements and Resources in the Trust and offers placements to Slough Children, but is no longer part of Slough Borough Council. As such, and in order to continue to provide fostering services, the agency is registered as an independent fostering agency (IFA) The adoption service is similarly now registered as a Voluntary Adoption Agency (VAA) and is situated also with Placements and Resources. Slough Children s Services Trust Fostering Service s Statement of Purpose is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA) for the conduct of Fostering Services. The National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services and Fostering Services Regulations govern the work of fostering services throughout England and are used in inspecting and registering fostering agencies. Standard 16 of the National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services (2011) and Regulation 3 (1) of the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 (Amended 2013) require a fostering service to produce a statement which contains the aims and objectives of the service and provides details of the range of services and facilities provided. It is intended as a useful source of information for Foster Carers, Fostering Social Workers, Childcare Social Workers, children and young people as well as birth parents. The aims and objectives of the Statement of Purpose should be child focused and show how the service will meet outcomes for children and young people. 2. Key Service Aims and Objectives Slough Children s Services Trust s (SCST) fundamental purpose is Ensuring children in Slough are safe, secure and successful. SCST aims to provide the best possible outcomes for vulnerable children and families Ensure children and families are the focus of everything we do and also provide the best possible support to staff, to enable families to develop and flourish. The Fostering Service is committed to providing a range of safe and secure foster placements to meet the assessed needs of children and young people in care and promote and safeguard their welfare. The service aims to provide placements that promote stability and positive outcomes for children and young people by working in partnership with young people, carer s, birth families, other professionals and the community.the service also supports children with disabilities within their families of origin when this can be achieved by regular periods of family-based short breaks. Fostering Statement of Purpose
4 The Statement of Purpose is underpinned by the Slough Children s Services Trust s Sufficiency Strategy for Looked After Children (2015 to 2018), SCST Vision Statement, In carrying out its responsibilities, the service aims: To ensure the views of children, parents and carers are sought and are taken into account, having regard for their age and understanding, in the continuous development and improvement of the service;; To recognise the importance of and support appropriate levels of contact with family and community as is consistent with their welfare and care plan;; To recognise and value the diverse nature of the community it serves and proactively engage with the local community to identify potential carers;; To ensure there is a sufficient range of safe and appropriate placements available for the Looked After Children in Slough To actively monitor and supervise all placements to ensure children and young people are safe, their needs are met and they are making progress to achieve positive outcomes;; To contribute to and ensure effective multi-disciplinary and partnership working to meet the health, educational and social needs of children and young people within placements;; The service operates within the framework of equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice. Children and young people will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, culture, religion, language, age, gender, sexuality, disability or social class in terms of service provision. Wherever possible children are matched within their own cultural, racial, linguistic and religious communities, and where this is not possible, plans must be put in place to keep the child s culture alive for them;; To ensure Children with disabilities are to be placed in an environment that recognises and caters for their disability, and at the same time promotes their social inclusion;; To ensure staff and carers are well trained and competent in delivering a quality Fostering Service, including opportunities for continued learning and professional development. To ensure all staff and carers have completed safeguarding checks and have a valid DBS;; To provide all staff and carers support and supervision with clear lines of accountability and management;; To provide each Foster Carer a named allocated Supervising Social Worker;; To work in partnership to support the Slough Fostering Association, To work in collaboration with and provide advice on Fostering issues to other colleagues in the SCST To operate clear administrative records and financial management systems pertinent to the running of the service, including the maintenance of comprehensive and up-to-date records on all children placed;; To ensure all complaints and allegations against carers/staff are investigated under departmental procedures in a timely fashion and lessons learned filter to improvements in future practice;; Fostering Statement of Purpose
5 To facilitate the effective operation of the Fostering and Permanence Panel which provides a quality assurance role with regards to the recruitment and review of Foster Carers, Family and Friends Foster Carers and foster placements. The panel will ensure the welfare and safety of children is paramount in all decision making. 3. The Organisational Structure of SCST Fostering Service The structure of the fostering service, reflecting its independent registration and how it relates to SCST is shown below: Board of Directors Nicola Clemo Chief Executive Jackie Pape Head of Placements and Resources Placement Co-ordinator Business Support Family and Friends/Connected Persons Team, Fostering Assessment Marketing Officer Fostering Support and Supervision Team Adoption and long term fostering, post adoption Well being Team Home from Home Fostering Statement of Purpose
6 4. Staffing The registered provider of the fostering service is Slough Children s Services Trust Nicola Clemo, Chief Executive of the Trust is the Agency Decision Maker Jackie Pape, Head of Placements and Resources is the Responsible Individual for the fostering service Colin Bent, Practice Manager for fostering Support and Supervision within the service is the registered manager for the fostering service Jo Neale is Practice Manager for Family and Friends/Connected Persons, Fostering Recruitment and SGO assessments Jo Blake is the fostering panel advisor The managers within the service are all qualified Social Workers, registered by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), with extensive experience (a minimum of 2 years post-qualifying practice) in children and families social work. All assessing and supervising social work staff within the teams are similarly professionally qualified and experienced and registered with the HCPC. Any social work assistants are supervised by qualified Social Workers. 5. Services to Children and Young People The primary purpose of the Fostering Service is to provide high quality, safe, secure and caring foster families for children and young people who are unable to live with their parents. Whenever possible and where it is safe to do so, children and young will be placed with someone in their extended family or a close family friend. These arrangements are recognised in legislation as Family and Friend or Connected Persons foster placements. Where this is not possible, placements will be found with one of our approved Foster Carers or a suitable Foster Carer approved by an independent fostering agency. We aim to clearly identify the particular emotional, physical, cultural and religious needs of a child and find a foster family who can best meet those needs. Are aim is always to keep sibling groups together. Except in emergencies, we plan introduction meetings between the child and the Foster Carers in an effort to lessen the anxiety for the child or young person of moving to a new family. Where a child or young person is placed in an emergency the Child s Social Worker or the Foster Carer s Supervising Social Worker will give the child as much information about the Foster Carers and their household as possible. Fostering Statement of Purpose
7 Children will be seen in placement by both their own Social Worker and the Foster Carer s Supervising Social Worker. Children will be encouraged to express their wishes and views about their foster placement and they will be invited to contribute in writing to their Foster Carer s Annual Review. The children of Foster Carers also contribute to their parents Foster Carer s Annual Review. Placement of Children The Placements Co-ordinator identifies foster Carers who have vacancies and works with the Fostering Support Team to assess if this is a potentially appropriate placement for the child or young person. Wherever possible, profiles of foster carers and their households are shared with children and young people as well as their social workers. If they agree, the match is proposed to the Foster Carer/s and the Child s Social Worker who will further consider the match, involving the child or young person as appropriate, and makes the arrangements for placement if agreed. The fostering service has a set of standards for use when commissioning services from external fostering agencies. These include a requirement that agencies are accredited, provide geographically appropriate placements (i.e. generally within 20 miles of Slough), provide adequate support to carers, have systems and services in place to ensure that children and young people have access to appropriate education, health and therapeutic provision and that they constitute a cost-effective use of financial resources. Those agencies all need to have an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding from their most recent inspections Children s Guide Members of the Children in Care Council have been instrumental in producing and appearing in the Slough Children s Services Trust Children s Guide to Fostering DVD, which is available to all children in the Trust s care. There is also a leaflet to accompany the video. The aim is to provide information about what it means to be fostered, what Social Workers do and what children and young people can do if they are not happy in their foster home or if they have any worries or concerns. The Guide is reviewed annually and a copy is sent to Ofsted and all of the service s foster carers.. Fostering Statement of Purpose
8 6. Services Provided The Fostering Service currently provides: (a) A duty system for managing requests for fostering, residential and specialist placements from Slough Children s Services Trust s care planning and transitions teams. a) A general fostering scheme, consisting of a pool of registered foster carers, providing planned and emergency foster care for individual children, young people and sibling groups of all ages, across the full range of short term, longer term placements. There are 2 tiers to this scheme, which recognises the need for a particular skill set for older and more challenging children. b) A specialist family-based short break scheme to support children and young people with a range of disabilities and their families, offering breaks during the day/evening and overnight stays. c) A supported lodgings scheme offering transitional semi-independent accommodation to young people over the age of sixteen where carers support them to gain practical skills to enable them to move on to full independence. d) A Staying Put provision for young people in care and care leavers aged to remain with their previous foster carers. e) A recruitment and assessment service for prospective foster carers f) Assessment, support and supervision of Family and Friends/Connected Person s Foster Carers and placements. g) Support to private foster carers, known to the service and the delivery of awareness-raising campaigns for carers or parents considering entering into a private fostering arrangement. i. A Fostering Panel constituted and administered in line with regulatory requirements, which considers and makes recommendations about the approval of all prospective new carers, reviews of foster carers and matches children to long-term placements. 7. How SCST Fostering Services Operate The Family and Friends/Connected Person s, Fostering assessment Teams. These teams are responsible for recruiting foster carers for the SCST service, assessing all Connected Person(s) and Family and Friends Foster Carers Fostering Statement of Purpose
9 Carer Assessment and Recruitment Slough has a widely diverse community;; recruitment activity and assessment processes respond positively to the diversity and differences in child rearing practices, family values and attitudes in order to recruit from a wide pool of carers across the different spectrums of racial, cultural, religious and social classes living in the borough The team has a rolling programme of recruitment activity, managed by a Marketing Officer, including on-going publicity, special marketing campaigns and special events during national fostering week as well as word of mouth from other approved Foster Carers. All applicants are assessed, trained and prepared to care for children and young people. Assessments of prospective carers are in line with national minimum standards and regulations, including preparation group work and competency based individual assessments. Foster Carers are approved to care for children as either short term or long term carers. Any specialist skills they may have, for example in caring for particularly challenging children, or children with a disability, are considered at the matching stage. The team operates a duty system, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, to ensure that any potential applicant is able to have an immediate response to their enquiry and to answer any general queries they may have. Family and Friends/Connected Persons assessments These assessments are undertaken after referrals are received by the Practice Manager for this service. Referrals are responded to regardless of whether they are directed as part of public care proceedings or private applications. The Team works collaboratively with other social work teams within the department and professionals involved in a child s network. Family and Friends and Connected Person(s) Foster Carers are encouraged to attend the training courses available for all SCST carers. Structure of the teams 1 x Practice Manager Family and Friends/Connected Persons Assessments - 1X Senior Social worker and 2 X Social workers Recruitment and assessment of prospective carers x 2 social workers and short break carers x1 social worker (one part-time) and 1x assistant social worker 1 x Marketing Co-ordinator 1x Well-being Therapist Fostering Statement of Purpose
10 Fostering Support and Supervision The main remit of the Fostering Support and supervision Team is to supervise, review, train and support all SCST approved Foster Carers. The team works closely with the Trust s placement co-ordinator, Children Looked After (Care Planning) and Transitions teams in identifying appropriate placements for Slough s looked after children. All Foster Carers are allocated a Supervising Social Worker. The role of this worker is to monitor the placement and offer carers support, advice and guidance. Children and young people in the care of Slough and their carers have access to specialist support, including Pathways Education Support;; the Wellbeing Service which is now situated within the placement service and local CAMHS which includes the provision of counselling, art therapy and play therapy for children in care. The support team has a role in ensuring that SCST is able to fulfil its statutory duty in relation to Private Fostering arrangements, under the Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations The receipt of notifications and the assessment of private foster carers are undertaken by the child in Need service, with a lead manager taking responsibility. Private Fostering visits are completed by a Social Worker in the support team, in accordance with the requirements as outlined in the Private Fostering procedures. Structure of the Team 1 x Practice Manager 1X Consultant Practitioner - see home from scheme 4 X Supervising social workers (1 of these part-time) 1X Well-being therapist 1X Assistant Social Worker Home from Home (short breaks scheme) Team This team manages specialist family-based short break arrangements to support children and young people with a range of disabilities and their families, offering breaks during the day/evening and overnight stays. Referrals for potential links are received by the team, the majority of these originating from the LDD service in the trust. Carers within this scheme are supported by a carer co-ordinator. The coordinator promotes potential links between carers and families and attends meetings with social workers and families in order to establish and review links. Fostering Statement of Purpose
11 Carers within the scheme receive specialist training, but also have access to the general fostering service training programme. Structure of the team Consultant Practitioner manages the service, overseen by the Practice Manager 2X part-time carer co-ordinators Placements Duty Service There is a dedicated Placements Co-ordinator post managing fostering placements requests. All placements service staff are required to serve as duty workers on a rota during the working week. The staff work closely together to provide a consistent, coherent and flexible service, which benefits from ring-fenced areas of specialist provision and management. The placements co-ordinator also finds placements for children and young people in residential units, semi-accommodation services for 16 plus children or with Independent Fostering Services carers (if a suitable slough alternative cannot be identified). The placement co-ordinator is managed by the practice manager, fostering support and supervision. The development of a small access to resources team is currently being considered. 8. Supporting Services The Fostering Service operates a duty system during office hours (9am 5pm) Monday to Friday, providing advice and support to Foster and Carers and Family and Friends Foster Carers when their allocated Supervising Social Workers are unavailable. There is also an out of hours telephone advice line for foster carers operated by staff in the Family Placement Service on a rota basis. Additionally, Berkshire Emergency Duty Team provides advice and support to looked after children and Foster Carers where there is a situation that requires an immediate response out of normal office hours (5pm 9am). The Emergency Duty Team also deals with emergency admissions of children to care. The work of the Fostering Service is well supported by a wide range of internal services such as Slough council Legal Services, SCST Virtual School, SCST Finance and Human Resources, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Fostering Statement of Purpose
12 (CAMHS) and LAC Health provision. Dedicated well being professionals are physically located with the Placement Service to provide timely support to Foster Carers, Family and Friends Foster Carers when required. 9. Safeguarding and Promoting Welfare The Berkshire Local Safeguarding Children s Board provide the procedural framework for safeguarding children in Slough and the Fostering Service ensures that staff and managers attend child protection training and comply with good practice and guidance. There is a joint annual service and panel training offered which incorporates safeguarding, 10. SCST Fostering and Permanency Panel The Fostering Service has a Fostering Panel constituted in accordance with Regulation 23 of the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 (amended 2013) The service maintains a central list of Panel members. The Panel Chair is independent with professional experience of fostering. Other panel members on the central list include a Social Worker with more than three years relevant postqualifying experience, a Slough Councillor, independent members. The Panel meets on the second Tuesday of every month. Detailed minutes are kept of all Panel meetings. The functions of the Fostering Panel are to consider: Each application and recommend whether or not a person is suitable to be a Foster Carer, Connected Person(s) (Family and Friends Foster Carer) and the terms of their approval The first annual review of each approved carer and any other review as requested by the fostering service The termination of approval or change of terms of approval of a Foster Carer. Permanent fostering plans for children. New applicants and existing Foster Carers are invited and encouraged to attend Panel when their application or review is presented to Panel. The Panel has a quality assurance role and monitors the standard of reports presented to it and feeds back any issues or concerns to the Registered Manager. The Panel makes recommendations to the Fostering Service and these recommendations are referred to the Agency Decision Maker for a decision. If the Panel or the Agency Decision Maker is minded not to recommend approval or recommends termination of approval, applicants are advised that they can request that their case is reconsidered by the Panel or apply to the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) for a review of their case. Fostering Statement of Purpose
13 11. Capacity and Demand The Fostering Service responds to planned and unplanned admissions. The structure of the Service recognises that unplanned admissions will occur and seeks to proactively address this need. Carers are specifically recruited and approved on the basis of the service they will provide. During the assessment process and final approval, consideration is given to the impact placements will have and the capabilities/skills of carers. Thus emergency and unplanned admissions are directed towards carers with appropriate skills and capabilities. Where the Fostering Service is unable to meet the placement needs of a child, the commissioning of placements from independent fostering agencies is managed by the placement co-ordinator. 12. Complaints All Foster Carers and Children and Young People in Care using the Service are provided with written information about complaints procedures, including contact details if they wish to make a complaint. The Children s Guide to the Fostering Service is issued to all children and young people in placement and includes contact details. The Practice Manager of the Family Placement Service, along with the Head of Service, Placements and Resources monitors all complaints received in respect of any aspect of the work undertaken by the Family Placement Service. 13. The Foster Carer Charter SCST Foster Carer Charter Getting it right for Slough s Children and Young people SCST Placements service is committed to providing and promoting safe, stable and nurturing placements where the outcomes and life chances are positive for looked after children. In order to achieve this it is important to have a working relationship which is based on trust and respect among all children services that are involved in the care of the child. The Service has worked in partnership with Foster Carers to achieve the charter, which was revised in conjunction with carers in The charter explains what the roles and responsibilities of the Service and the Carers towards each other and the children we care for. 14. Foster Carers Handbook All approved Foster Carers are provided with a Foster Carer Handbook, which contains all the policies and procedures relating to Foster Carers, as well as Fostering Statement of Purpose
14 useful information about child care issues and resources. (as of January 16 this is being updated for re-launch in March 16) 15. Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring A report is written for the SCST Board on a six monthly basis by the Head of Service, Placements, providing the Board with statistical data in relation to the agency s activity. Other monitoring includes staff supervision linked to the appraisal system, monthly recorded visits to Foster Carers, Annual Reviews, the Fostering Panel and feedback from training sessions and case recording and practice audits. The Practice Manager monitors data about incidents of concern in foster care, including: restraint;; allegations;; complaints;; unauthorised absence. The Registered Manager monitors the Schedule 6 and 7 requirements of the Fostering Service Regulations Evaluating the Service The information gathered through quarterly and annual reports, audit, inspections and customer feedback is constantly evaluated by the managers of the Fostering service, to judge its on-going effectiveness and make changes where necessary. The Fostering Service is also subject to formal inspection by Ofsted, with an inspection taking place within the first year of registration and subsequent inspections will then usually take place every three years. 16. Arrangements for the Revision and Circulation of the Statement of Purpose The Registered Manager is responsible for the annual revision of the Statement of Purpose. Revisions may occur at other times if necessary. Staff and Foster Carers will be consulted on proposed revisions as appropriate. The revised Statement of Purpose will be presented to the Fostering Panel and the SCST Board annually for their consideration. The revised Statement of Purpose will be sent to Ofsted annually and when any significant changes have been made, within 28 days of approval by the Registered Provider. The Statement of Purpose will be available to all staff via the Trusts Intranet and to members of the public via SCST website. Paper copies can be provided to looked after children and their parents on request. Fostering Statement of Purpose
15 17. Details of Registration Registered as an Independent Fostering Agency No: Slough Children s Services Trust Limited no: of 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, BS2 0ZX 18. Details of Children s Rights Director Anne Longfield Sanctuary Buildings 20 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT Tel: Fostering Statement of Purpose
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