Contents

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Children and Family Community Services Policies, Values and PrinciplesNovember 25, 2025
2. 1.1.2Children's Consultation and ParticipationNovember 25, 2025
3. 1.1.3Performance and Quality Assurance Framework

1.2Early Help and Thresholds for Children and Community Services

1. 1.2.1Capacity and ConsentNovember 25, 2025
2. 1.2.2Early Help Framework
3. 1.2.3Threshold Document - Continuum of Help and Support

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1MASH Integrated Front Door Approach to Early Help & Safeguarding ReferralsSeptember 18, 2025
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsSeptember 18, 2025
3. 1.3.3Unborn Pathway and Pre-Birth Assessment GuidanceSeptember 18, 2025
4. 1.3.4Child Protection EnquiriesSeptember 18, 2025
5. 1.3.5Multi-Agency Support Hub (MASH) and MASH Assessment Team Operational Procedures
6. 1.3.6Assessment Guidance
7. 1.3.7Multi-Agency Safeguarding Children Procedures

1.4Child in Need

1. 1.4.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsNovember 25, 2025

1.5Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Child Protection Orders and Exclusion OrdersApril 23, 2024
2. 1.5.2Legal Planning MeetingsApril 4, 2023
3. 1.5.3Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Complaints and Representations
2. 1.6.2Whistleblowing

1.7Notifications

1. 1.7.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Child in Care, Child in Need or Care Leaver up to and Including the Age of 24)November 25, 2025

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesNovember 25, 2025
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionApril 4, 2023
3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsNovember 25, 2025
4. 2.0.4Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsOctober 20, 2022
5. 2.0.5Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffNovember 13, 2023
6. 2.0.6Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesOctober 20, 2022
7. 2.0.7Confidentiality Information

3.Children in Particular Circumstances

3.1Children with Disabilities and Complex Health Needs

1. 3.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesNovember 25, 2025
2. 3.1.2Short BreaksOctober 20, 2022
3. 3.1.3Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings Outside of the JurisdictionNovember 25, 2025

3.2Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

1. 3.2.1Deprivation of Liberty
2. 3.2.2Mental Capacity

3.3Children from Abroad

1. 3.3.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryNovember 25, 2025

3.4Family and Friends Care

1. 3.4.1Family and Friends Care November 25, 2025
2. 3.4.2Private Fostering

3.5Young Carers

1. 3.5.1Young CarersNovember 25, 2025

3.6Relinquished Children

1. 3.6.1Relinquished ChildrenNovember 25, 2025

3.7Mental Health

1. 3.7.1Aftercare following a Hospital Admission under the Mental Health (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2010November 13, 2023

4.Children in Care

4.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 4.1.1Decision to Bring a Child into CareNovember 25, 2025
2. 4.1.2Ceasing to Look After a ChildApril 23, 2024
3. 4.1.3Permanence Planning GuidanceNovember 25, 2025
4. 4.1.4Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsNovember 25, 2025

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsNovember 25, 2025
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected PersonsNovember 25, 2025
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareNovember 25, 2025
4. 4.2.4Placements in Residential CareNovember 25, 2025
5. 4.2.5Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsNovember 25, 2025
6. 4.2.6Out of Jurisdiction PlacementsNovember 13, 2023
7. 4.2.7Remands to States of Guernsey Accommodation (including Secure Accommodation)November 25, 2025
8. 4.2.8Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersApril 4, 2023
9. 4.2.9Health and SafetyNovember 13, 2023
10. 4.2.10Parent and Child Foster Placement

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Children in CareApril 4, 2023
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsApril 4, 2023
3. 4.3.3Child in Care ReviewsNovember 25, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersNovember 13, 2023
5. 4.3.5Secure Accommodation Review Panel ProcedureNovember 13, 2023
6. 4.3.6Notifications of Significant EventsNovember 25, 2025

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsNovember 25, 2025
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)October 20, 2022

4.5Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.5.1Health Care Assessments and PlansNovember 25, 2025
2. 4.5.2Personal Care and RelationshipsNovember 13, 2023
3. 4.5.3Behaviour Management and Safe CaringOctober 20, 2022
4. 4.5.4Restrictive Physical InterventionOctober 20, 2022

4.6Change of Name and Marriage/Civil Partnership

1. 4.6.1Change of Name of Children in CareApril 23, 2024
2. 4.6.2Marriage of a Child in Care

4.7Leaving Care and Transition

1. 4.7.1Leaving Care and TransitionNovember 13, 2023
2. 4.7.2Staying PutApril 4, 2023

4.8Youth Justice

1. 4.8.1Children in Care and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesNovember 25, 2025
2. 4.8.2Responsibilities of Children and Family Community Services to Former Children and Young People in Care in CustodyApril 4, 2023

5.Fostering and Adoption

5.1Fostering Services

1. 5.1.1Fostering and Adoption PanelNovember 25, 2025
2. 5.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringOctober 20, 2022
3. 5.1.3Specialist Foster CarerNovember 13, 2023
4. 5.1.4Specialist Foster Placement Procedure - Eligibility Criteria and Approval ProcessNovember 13, 2023
5. 5.1.5Assessment and Approvals and Review of Foster CarersOctober 20, 2022
6. 5.1.6Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalOctober 20, 2022
7. 5.1.7Supervision and Support of Foster CarersOctober 20, 2022
8. 5.1.8Review and Termination of Approval and Resignation of Foster CarersOctober 20, 2022
9. 5.1.9Allegations Against Foster CarersNovember 13, 2023
10. 5.1.10Support Carer for Foster CarersNovember 13, 2023
11. 5.1.11Supported LodgingsNovember 13, 2023
12. 5.1.12Confidentiality Procedure for Foster CarersApril 4, 2023
13. 5.1.13Record Keeping for Foster CarersNovember 13, 2023
14. 5.1.14Guidance on Allowances and Payments for Children in Foster CareNovember 13, 2023
15. 5.1.15Assessment of Dogs and Pets Procedure
16. 5.1.16Insurance and Foster Care

5.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 5.2.1Assessment and Approvals and Review of Prospective AdoptersOctober 20, 2022
2. 5.2.2Placement for AdoptionApril 4, 2023
3. 5.2.3Adoption SupportNovember 25, 2025
4. 5.2.4Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsApril 4, 2023
5. 5.2.5Disruption of Adoptive PlacementsOctober 20, 2022
6. 5.2.6Inter Country AdoptionNovember 25, 2025
7. 5.2.7Adoption Case RecordsApril 4, 2023
8. 5.2.8Intermediary ServicesNovember 25, 2025
9. 5.2.9Life Story Books GuidanceOctober 20, 2022
10. 5.2.10Later Life LettersOctober 20, 2022
11. 5.2.11Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersNovember 25, 2025
12. 5.2.12Services for Adopted Persons Birth Records Counselling and Access to Adoption Information

5.3Special Guardianship

1. 5.3.1Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceOctober 20, 2022

6.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 6.0.1List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersApril 4, 2023
2. 6.0.2Local Contacts - to follow
3. 6.0.3Working Together to Safeguard Children