Private Fostering Communication and Engagement Plan 15-16 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 Resources Measure of Achieved success 1) Briefing notes to be issued: via Directors bulletin, KNet, Early SCS staff (Social Safeguarding Private Understanding of Information included in Help bulletin, SCS KNET page workers/ newly Unit fostering roles and Directors bulletin (SCS qualified social (Sophie Baker) week 2016 issues/increase in and EH). workers, EIWorkers, notifications Communications Children’s Centre Team would not agree staff) to PF being promoted on KNet this year (2016) via VSK, Governor mail/magazine, Kent schools Safeguarding Private Increase in Information included E-bulletin Governing bodies Unit Fostering notifications on (Sophie Baker) week 2016 Will be published in governors magazine on October 2016. via staff zone, Practice Managers, Health professionals LAC named Private Increase in Achieved safeguarding named nurses (health visitors, GP’s, nurse (Nancy Fostering notifications school nurses, sexual Sayer) week 2016 health outreach etc) via Joint Planning and Policy Board Housing officers KSCB (Sue Private Increase in Not achieved Sophie – - Housing Gower) Fostering notifications Baker to attend a Joint week 2016 Planning and Policy Board to promote private fostering. via Early Years Settings (nurseries Early years staff and Safeguarding Private Increase in Achieved and childminders) and Youth adolescent staff Unit (Sophie Fostering notifications Services week 2016
Private Fostering Communication and Engagement Plan 15-16 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 Resources 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, EIWorkers, Children’s Centre staff) Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private fostering week 2016 Understanding of roles and issues/increase in notifications Information included in Directors bulletin (SCS and EH). Communications Team would not agree to PF being promoted on KNet this year (2016) via VSK, Governor mail/magazine, E-bulletin Kent schools Governing bodies Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) Private Fostering week 2016 Increase in notifications Information included on Will be published in governors magazine on October 2016. via staff zone, Practice Managers, safeguarding named nurses Health professionals (health visitors, GP’s, school nurses, sexual health outreach etc) LAC named nurse (Nancy Sayer) Private Fostering week 2016 Increase in notifications Achieved via Joint Planning and Policy Board - Housing Housing officers KSCB (Sue Gower) Private Fostering week 2016 Increase in notifications Not achieved – Sophie Baker to attend a Joint Planning and Policy Board to promote private fostering. via Early Years Settings (nurseries and childminders) and Youth Services Early years staff and adolescent staff Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Private Fostering week 2016 Increase in notifications Achieved
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