June 2014
Young Person is no longer remanded – Exit Process
Young Person appears at Youth courts and
receives Custodial Sentence
Young Person appears
at Youth courts and
receives Community
Sentence (YOS to
remain involved)
Young Person is not now
Remanded Looked After
Young Person was
previously
Looked After
Subject
to a
Care
Order
Looked
after
case
work and
reviews
apply
and IRO
keeps
case
open
Young Person
was not
previously
Looked After
Subject to
s20 prior
to remand
receives
short
custodial
sentence
(4 – 6
months)
Decision
made
whether to
treat as
Looked
After child
and
recorded on
Frameworki
Young Person appears
at Youth courts and
receives Community
Sentence (YOS to
remain involved)
Young Person is no longer
remanded or found not
guilty at other point in
process
Was the Young Person subject to previous social work plan?
Young Person was
previously
Looked After
Young Person
was previously
Subject to child
Protection Plan
Young Person
was previously
Subject to child
in Need Plan
Young Person was
not previously
subject to an active
social work plan
Retains Looked
After Status
Exit plan is immediately drawn up
Placement is
provided
Young Person returns to family home or provided with alternative
suitable accommodation
If young person under 16 cannot return home, immediate
accommodation needs should be addressed.
Family Group conference should be held
Case presented to relevant Head of Service for decision
Allocated IRO may challenge Head of Service decision
If there was
existing social
work
involvement decision made
about existing
plan during
custody
And recoded on
Frameworki
Discharge from Custodial Sentence
YOS develop plan to support young person in the
community
Previously
looked after
Previously
s20
Not previously
looked after
Looked after
care plan
reviewed
and
implemented
HoSDaR
Panel
decision
on looked
after status
and plan
YOS decision
whether request for
service required –
potentially requires
HoSDaR panel
decision
Existing social
worker continues
to manage the
case for a looked
after child
Existing social
worker continues
to manage the
case as child
protection
Existing social
worker continues
to manage the
case as child in
need
YOS decision on
on-going support
required
IRO continues to
chair Looked After
Chair reviews
within timescales
Core Group
meeting takes
place within 20
working days
Child in Need
planning meeting
takes place within
20 working days
Planning meeting
takes place within
20 working days
Looked after care
plan is reviewed
and implemented
Needs are
reconsidered and
plans developed
accordingly
Needs are
reconsidered and
plans developed
accordingly
Needs are
reconsidered and
plans developed
accordingly
Leaving Care support and Entitlements
A summary of the care history of the child or young person should be discussed at the Looked After child Review and recorded on Frameworki to provide
detail about whether the child or young person will be eligible for leaving care support and entitlements