Private Fostering Communication and Engagement Plan 16-17 Objective: To ensure that staff and practitioners from KCC and partner agencies have the information that they need to identify private fostering arrangements and to appropriately refer on to Specialist Children Services ‘s Action/task and priority Audience focus Lead Timescale Measure of Achieved success 1) Briefing notes to be issued: via Directors bulletin, KNet, Early SCS staff (Social Safeguarding Private Understanding of Help bulletin, SCS KNET page workers/ newly Unit fostering roles and qualified social (Sophie Baker) week 2017 issues/increase in workers) notifications via VSK, Governor mail/magazine, Kent schools staff, Safeguarding Private Increase in E-bulletin Governing bodies, Unit Fostering notifications Early Help and (Sophie Baker) week 2017 Preventative Services via zone, Practice Managers, Health professionals LAC named Asap by Increase in – safeguarding named nurses (health visitors, GP’s, nurse (Nancy December notifications school nurses, sexual Sayer) 2016 health outreach etc) via Joint Planning and Policy Board Housing officers Safeguarding Private Increase in - Housing Unit Fostering notifications (Sophie Baker) week 2017 via Early Years Settings (nurseries Early years staff and Safeguarding Private Increase in and childminders) and Youth adolescent staff Unit (Sophie Fostering notifications Services Baker) week 2017 via briefings to UKBA UKBA staff Safeguarding Private Increase in Unit (Sophie Fostering notifications Baker) week 2017
Private Fostering Communication and Engagement Plan 16-17 Objective: To ensure that staff and practitioners from KCC and partner agencies have the information that they need to identify private fostering arrangements and to appropriately refer on to Specialist Children ‘s Services Action/task and priority Audience focus Lead Timescale Measure of success Achieved 1) Briefing notes to be issued: via Directors bulletin, KNet, Early Help bulletin, SCS KNET page SCS staff (Social workers/ newly qualified social workers) Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private fostering week 2017 Understanding of roles and issues/increase in notifications via VSK, Governor mail/magazine, E-bulletin Kent schools staff, Governing bodies, Early Help and Preventative Services Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private Fostering week 2017 Increase in notifications via zone, Practice Managers, safeguarding named nurses Health professionals (health visitors, GP’s, school nurses, sexual health outreach etc) LAC named nurse (Nancy Sayer) Asap – by December 2016 Increase in notifications via Joint Planning and Policy Board - Housing Housing officers Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private Fostering week 2017 Increase in notifications via Early Years Settings (nurseries and childminders) and Youth Services Early years staff and adolescent staff Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private Fostering week 2017 Increase in notifications via briefings to UKBA UKBA staff Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private Fostering week 2017 Increase in notifications
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