OUT OF AREA PLACEMENT CONSULTATION AND CARE PLAN

Child’s Surname / Child’s First Name(s)
Child’s DoB
Home Address
Legal Status
Placing Local Authority
Placing Social Worker’s contact details
Relevant details of any previous placements, outline reasons for child leaving earlier placements

DETAILS ABOUT THE PROVISION IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

Potential placement including name of IFA/residential home address
Contact Name of the provision
Contact number of the provision
Registration No of the provision
Date of registration
OFSTED grade of the provision at last inspection
Confirmation that the Statement of Purpose has been considered as part of your planning process
Confirmation that the location of the provision meets the child’s needs and the Locality Risk Assessment has been considered as part of your planning process
Comment on any other relevant checks and documentation considered in identifying this provision as suitable to meet the child’s needs
Is the placement the most appropriate and consistent with the child’s care plan?

PLANS FOR THE CHILD’S CARE

Details of the assessment of the child’s needs, within information about the child’s wishes and feelings, with the reasons why the proposed placement is suitable
Parent or other significant person’s views and wishes about this placement?
Duration of placement (emergency/short-term/long-term/permanent). If it is not possible to assess the intended duration of placement - reasons for this and when this information will be available?
Details of who will be responsible for implementing plans for the child’s day to day care including details of arrangements for delegating responsibilities to the child’s carer(s)
Details of how any risks associated with going missing or CSE concerns will be managed. Include what arrangements have been made to respond to missing episodes and date Risk Assessments have been shared with Northumbria Police.
Details of how the placement will be monitored by the placing authority including how often the social worker will visit
Details of any plans to offer the child care leaving support (as an ‘eligible child’) during the anticipated duration of the placement

SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE CHILD IN PLACEMENT

Details of plans to meet the child’s educational needs - information about the school the child is expected to attend; details of plans for supporting the child if a school has not been identified. Include confirmation that the Virtual School Head in Northumberland County Council has been consulted.
Details about plans to meet the child’s health needs, eg whether the child requires secondary health care (including mental health and other specialist health care). How will these needs be met and who in Northumberland has been consulted with.
Details of any youth justice supervision order that would need to be overseen by youth justice services in Northumberland County Council and details of those arrangements.
Contingency arrangements if the plan to support the child in the proposed placement does not succeed
Date placement is proposed to commence
Social worker
Telephone number
Email address
Signed
Date
Team Manager
Telephone number
Email address
Signed
Date
Date agreed by Director of Children’s Services in placing authority
Date sent to Northumberland County Council’s Director of Children’s Services at the following email:

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