Allegations Management

Children and Young People’s Services has responsibility for children placed by or on behalf of them with Foster or Link Carers. These include:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child in arranging, or providing placements with Foster or Link Carers.

Seeking out and having regard to the wishes of the child in arranging or supervising foster or Link placements.

Terminating unsatisfactory care placements, which may, in some circumstances, involve removing the child forthwith. This could result from an investigation under Section 47 into the child’s welfare or any other child in the carer’s household.

The local authority’s duty to make the enquiries under Section 47, in line with the procedures set out in this document, applies equally to children in Foster care or Link care placements as it does to children living with their own families. Actions taken to make enquiries into allegations of abuse of children in such placements should also include considerations of the safety of any other children living in the household, including the carer’s own children.

Allegations Management - new version as of 2008

Appendix

Appendix 2

Allegation Flowchart