Introduction About you You and your social worker (name) met on (date) to talk about whether you could return home to live with your (mum / dad / parents). At the time you were living (with / in) (foster care/residential care). You were having contact with your (mum/ dad/ parents) and you/your parents said they would like to be assessed to see if it was safe for you go home. About making the decision We used a special kind of assessment to help make the decision. The assessment involved these people: Social worker – (name) – Their job was to look at the past They wrote a report about you and your family’s history, for example looking at why you had come into care and what support your family had been offered. We call this report a Chronology. Social worker – (name) – their job was to look at the present and the future They carried out a return home assessment of you and your mum and dad/parents. When these two social workers had completed their tasks they met with your Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) (name) and the social worker’s Team Manager called (name). They looked at how safe it would be for you to return home and to make plans for your future. They used this model to help them make the decision: Low risk Medium risk High risk Severe risk No risks Some risks Lots of risks Lots of risks Lots of protection Lots of protection Some protection No protection Parents have made Parents have made Parents have not Parents have not lots of changes lots of changes made any changes made any changes Child and parents Child and parents Child or parents may Child or parents may want return home to want return home to not want return home not want return home happen happen to happen to happen It will be safe to go It will be safe to go It will not be safe to It will not be safe to home home with some go home go home support
Introduction About you You and your social worker (name) met on (date) to talk about whether you could return home to live with your (mum / dad / parents). At the time you were living (with / in) (foster care/residential care). You were having contact with your (mum/ dad/ parents) and you/your parents said they would like to be assessed to see if it was safe for you go home. About making the decision We used a special kind of assessment to help make the decision. The assessment involved these people: Social worker – (name) – Their job was to look at the past They wrote a report about you and your family’s history, for example looking at why you had come into care and what support your family had been offered. We call this report a Chronology. Social worker – (name) – their job was to look at the present and the future They carried out a return home assessment of you and your mum and dad/parents. When these two social workers had completed their tasks they met with your Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) (name) and the social worker’s Team Manager called (name). They looked at how safe it would be for you to return home and to make plans for your future. They used this model to help them make the decision: Low risk Medium risk High risk Severe risk No risks Some risks Lots of risks Lots of risks Lots of protection Lots of protection Some protection No protection Parents have made lots of changes Parents have made lots of changes Parents have not made any changes Parents have not made any changes Child and parents want return home to happen Child and parents want return home to happen Child or parents may not want return home to happen Child or parents may not want return home to happen It will be safe to go home It will be safe to go home with some support It will not be safe to go home It will not be safe to go home