Professionals who work with children in care

Our city's big ambition is that every child, young person and family achieves their full potential. 

This strategy reflects how we are going to meet that ambition for our children and young people who are in care, who have been adopted and who are care leavers.

The Corporate Parenting Board have developed the 7 strategic priorities in this document and an action plan for their delivery.

This strategy describes how the local authority and its partners, such as housing, health services and schools, act as responsible parents to children and young people living under their care. It is about how everyone involved including elected members, officers, teachers and GPs recognise that they are corporate parents and understand what they can contribute for us to be the best corporate parents we can be to all children and young people in our care.

Sheffield Independent Reviewing Service Annual report 2014-15

All children in care have an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO).

They are independent of the Social Worker and/or their management and their role is to quality assure the planning and review process for each child, ensuring their wishes and feelings are given full consideration.

The IRO Manager writes an annual report reviewing things that have gone well during the year and instances where IROs have had to challenge the Local Authority to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people in care.

Out of area children in care notifications

Where a child in care is in a placement outside of their home local authority area, there is statutory responsibility on the placing authority and the children's home to notify the host local authority.

The responsibility for notification also includes children who are not looked after and placed in a health or education placement for 3 months or more, or placed with the intention of staying for longer than 3 months.

In line with the 2014 amendments to the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010, if you are planning on placing a child or young person in Sheffield you should consult with us.

In the first instance please direct this consultation and an up-to-date care plan for the child to us.

Contact Children Looked After

Floor 2
Sorby House
42 Spital Hill
Sheffield
S4 7LG

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