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3.3.2 Behaviour Management Plans

SCOPE OF THIS CHAPTER

This procedure applies to every Looked After Child

It summarises when a Behaviour Management Plan should be drawn up and the key matters which should be contained in such a plan. 

The procedures in this Chapter must be read in conjunction with detailed Guidance contained in Behaviour Management Guidance.


As part of the placement planning process for every Looked After Child, consideration should be given to whether it is necessary to draw up a Behaviour Management Plan. For children entering mainstream residential care, such a plan, termed ICMP (Individual Crisis management Plan) must be completed.

The possible need for a Behaviour Management Plan will be different for each child, depending on the child’s background and needs. However, it is expected that any behaviour which gives rise to concern about the following will result in a Behaviour Management Plan:

  1. Absenting behaviour
  2. Anxiety or withdrawal
  3. Bullying or other similar behaviours
  4. Challenging behaviour
  5. Drug or substance misuse
  6. Lack of awareness of personal safety
  7. Offending or offensive behaviour
  8. Prostitution (see the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board Procedures, Safeguarding Children and Young People from Child Sexual Exploitation - West Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Boards' Protocol and Practitioner Guidance
  9. Self harming behaviour
  10. Sexually exploitative or inappropriate sexual behaviour
  11. Violence or aggressive behaviour

Behaviour Management Plans should be incorporated into children’s Placement Plan/Placement Information Records.

Behaviour Management Plans must summarise the behaviours causing concern and the strategies being adopted by staff/carers to manage the behaviour(s).

Where the same behaviour is exhibited outside the placement, e.g. at school, every effort should be made to ensure staff/carers and other professionals work in partnership, ensuring consistency where appropriate.

Behaviour Management Plans form part of children’s Placement Plan/ Placement Information Records therefore they must be subject to Placement Plan Reviews.

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