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
via briefings to UKBA UKBA staff Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) By Sept 15 Increase in notifications Achieved via an information giving session Via briefings to Early Help (Education and Young People's Services) Early Help workers Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) By Sept 15 Increase notifications and understanding of roles and issues Achieved Via briefings to commissioned EH services Commissioned services Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) By Sept 15 Increase notifications and understanding of roles and issues Achieved 2) Ensure that up to date, relevant private fostering information is available as part of social worker induction and ASYE programme Newly qualified and newly employed SW staff Safeguarding Unit (Sophie Baker) At Increase notifications and understanding of roles and issues Achieved 3) Ensure leaflets are available in other popular languages on KSCB website and SCS Tri-x All partner agencies KSCB/ Safeguarding Unit Dec 15 Increase notifications and understanding of roles and issues Not achieved – at this time there is not a demand for this 4) Awareness raising at KSCB annual conference Multi agency partners Safeguarding Unit and social work private fostering champions Oct 15 Increase in notifications Achieved 5) KSCB training to be made available to all agencies KSCB 3 sessions between July 15 – July 16 Increase in notifications and increased knowledge of safeguarding issues for PF children Achieved with approx. 40 attendees