6.2 Local Keywords
AMENDMENT
This chapter was updated in June 2021 to include definitions for the following terms:Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
The assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) is a programme that gives newly qualified social workers extra support during their first year of employment. The programme aims to develop their skills, knowledge and professional confidence.
ASYE is open to all newly qualified social workers employed in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
The ASYE programme for social workers who work with children and families is based on the statement of knowledge and skills for child and family social work.
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GOV.UK, Knowledge and skills for child and family social work
Common Assessment Framework
The aim of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is to ensure that every child and young person receives the universal services to which they are entitled and any additional services they need at the earliest opportunity. To achieve this there is an expectation that all agencies, both statutory and voluntary, will work more closely together, share information appropriately and focus the provision of services around the needs of the child or young person.
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Community Resolution (CR)
For offences with a lower gravity score, it may be appropriate to deal with them by way of Community Resolution – i.e. no formal Caution is imposed. Community Resolution is the term for the resolution of a minor offence or anti-social behaviour incident through informal agreement between the parties involved, as opposed to progression through the traditional criminal justice process.
Child and Family Assessment
Each child who has been referred into Children's Social Care should have an individual assessment to identify their needs and to understand the impact of any parental behaviour on them as an individual. This is a Social Care Assessment (WTC 2018) and in Lincolnshire this is referred to as the Child and Family Assessment Process.
Assessments are undertaken of the needs of individual children to determine what services to provide, and action to take. They may be carried out:
- To gather important information about a child and family;
- To analyse their needs and/or the nature and level of any risk and harm being suffered by the child. Also see: Risk Assessments;
- To decide whether the child is a Child in Need (Section 17) and/or is suffering or likely to suffer Significant Harm (Section 47); and
- To provide support to address those needs to improve the child's outcomes to make them safe.
The maximum timeframe for the assessment to conclude, such that it is possible to reach a decision on next steps, should be no longer than 45 working days from the point of referral. If, in discussion with a child and their family and other professionals, an assessment exceeds 45 working days the social worker should record the reasons for exceeding the time limit.
Assessments should be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1 of Working Together 2018, and the Local Protocol for Assessment.
Child in Care
In Lincolnshire a Looked After Child is known as a Child in Care (CiC) and Looked After Children are known as Children in Care.
A Looked After Child (sometimes referred to as 'LAC') as set out in the Children Act 1989 is a child who is Accommodated by the local authority; a child who is the subject of an Interim Care Order, full Care Order or Emergency Protection Order; or a child who is remanded by a court into local authority accommodation or Youth Detention Accommodation. In addition, where a child is placed for Adoption or the local authority is authorised to place a child for adoption - either through the making of a Placement Order or the giving of Parental Consent to Adoptive Placement - the child is a Looked After child.
Looked After Children may be placed with parents, foster carers (including relatives and friends), in Children's Homes, in Secure Accommodation or with prospective adopters.
With effect from 3 December 2012, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 amended the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 to bring children who are remanded by a court to local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation into the definition of a Looked After Child for the purposes of the Children Act 1989.
Early Help Assessment (EHA)
The Early Help Assessment (EHA) is the early help assessment form that has developed through consultation in Lincolnshire and is endorsed by the LSCP to support the provision of early help.
George
This is the name given to the place on the Lincolnshire County Council intranet where policies procedures and guidance were kept before the electronic manual of procedures was introduced in September 2009. It is being phased out for this purpose and the content is being reviewed and will either be included in subsequent versions of this manual or else deleted.
Looked After
In Lincolnshire a Looked After Child is known as a Child in Care (CiC) and Looked After Children are known as Children in Care.
A Looked After Child (sometimes referred to as 'LAC') as set out in the Children Act 1989 is a child who is Accommodated by the local authority; a child who is the subject of an Interim Care Order, full Care Order or Emergency Protection Order; or a child who is remanded by a court into local authority accommodation or Youth Detention Accommodation. In addition, where a child is placed for Adoption or the local authority is authorised to place a child for adoption - either through the making of a Placement Order or the giving of Parental Consent to Adoptive Placement - the child is a Looked After child.
Looked After Children may be placed with parents, foster carers (including relatives and friends), in Children's Homes, in Secure Accommodation or with prospective adopters.
With effect from 3 December 2012, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 amended the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 to bring children who are remanded by a court to local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation into the definition of a Looked After Child for the purposes of the Children Act 1989.
National Assessment and Accreditation system (NAAS)
The benefits, and the roles of employer, manager and social worker.
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Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW)
During their first year in social work following qualification, practitioners have 'NQSW' status as they transition from their 'student and placement status' to their first employed role as a qualified practitioner.
It is a status that should prevent a newly qualified practitioner from being responsible from areas of work they may not have experienced before, or feel confident in.
It should ensure they: are enabled to get more frequent supervision with opportunities to continue to professionally learn and develop; are supported to undertake additional training; receive appropriate support from senior practitioners, and are protected from complex cases, or those cases considered to be of such risk that they should be case-worked by a practitioner who already has experience. However, there is an opportunity for an NQSW to co-work a complex case (under the direction and support of the allocated social worker), e.g. perhaps a child with a Child Protection Plan or a matter that is before the court, and thereby gain experience with the variety of protocols and expectations locally, and develop confidence in the role.
Pre-sentence Report (PSR)
The court requests a pre-sentence report to provide an analysis of the child or young person's reasons for committing the offence and response to it, an analysis of the factors from the child or young person's background which have contributed to their offending, an assessment of potential risks and a proposal for sentencing.
The report may include information about the risk that the child or young person poses for the court to make a 'dangerousness assessment' and may also be requested by the youth court at the early stages of the case i.e. when deciding if the case should be transferred to the Crown court. For ease these reports will also be described as pre-sentence reports.
Referral Order Panel Report
A youth offender panel report is a report that you prepare to help the panel determine the contents of a Referral Order contract.
Safety and Wellbeing (in YOS)
Potential adverse outcomes for a young person's safety and well-being are defined as those outcomes where the young person's safety and well-being may be compromised through their own behaviour, personal circumstances or because of the acts/omissions of others.
Social Work England (SWE)
Please see: tri.x Glossary.
Youth Caution (YC)
A Youth Caution may be given by the police for any offence where the child or young person makes a full admission, there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction but it is not in the public interest to prosecute. Youth Cautions aim to provide a proportionate and effective resolution to offending and support the principle statutory aim of the youth justice system of preventing offending by children and young people.
Youth Conditional Caution (YCC)
The eligibility criteria for a Youth Conditional Caution is the same as for a Youth Caution, with a full admission of guilt being required. In the case of Youth Conditional Cautions however, you and the police should agree on a compulsory assessment and package of interventions necessary to prevent risk of re-offending. The child or young person must agree to accept both the Youth Conditional Caution and the conditions attached. The police will not agree conditions which are to be delivered by you without prior agreement.
Youth Restorative Intervention (YRI)
The Youth Restorative Intervention (YRI) is an alternative to formal disposals such as the youth caution, youth conditional caution and prosecution. If completed successfully, the young person will not receive a criminal conviction, and avoid the long term consequences of this.
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