Strengthening our practice when children and young people return home

01 April 2011

A number of our practice policies and key information have been enhanced to reflect changes in requirements around returning children and young people in the CE's custody home.

The policy changes speak specifically about intensifying our social work visits in the first four weeks of placement home, holding regular meetings with professionals, and using the consult tool to aid decision-making:

In addition, four key information documents have been strengthened to help guide practice in this extremely important area of work: