Child Protection Issues. Koinonia is a place whose mandate is to provide a place and activities that enhance the lives of children and young people. As part of this, Koinonia has developed a child protection policy which ensures the children and young people attending our site will in no way be harmed. To assist us in this we ask you to adhere to the following guidelines: Koinonia recommends that all adults attending the event, whom may have the opportunity to interact with children and young people unsupervised, be subject to a Working with Children Check prior to attending the event. Where adults (not parents or guardians) occupy the same cabin as children, 2 or more adults should occupy the cabin and those adults should never enter the cabin or any other building alone. With a child except in an emergency. We require that children be supervised at all times by an adult group member and are always accompanied when going off site. Where an adult wishes to talk privately with a child, please use open areas. The user, for safety of children, assesses all games and activities provided by them. Arrivals: Groups arriving by bus are asked to go to the bus bay where they will be met by staff and escorted to their hall space. Any leader coming early is asked to report to the office on arrival. Groups arriving by private car are requested to park in places where indicated and meet in the hall allocated to you. The group leader is requested to report to the office where a staff member will meet them and final arrangements for the opening of the cabins and supervision will be organised. Please note that children or young people are not to be left at the camp without supervision by a group leader at any time.
Child Protection Issues. In the event of any allegation being made when a child in the care of the Authority is placed for adoption, but not yet adopted. - If an allegation is made relating to the time since a child was placed with his adoptive family, we would expect to be informed immediately, and would expect the Local Authority covering the area where the child is living to conduct any inquiries following discussion with the child’s Agency and if the distance precludes child’s Agency from conducting them. If there is an allegation / disclosure made about any previous carers, we would again expect to be informed immediately, and the child’s Agency would undertake the inquiries. In both cases, we would expect to work closely with any other Authority, and be kept informed of events, or keep others informed of events. All parties agree to co-operate with this agreement and to the terms and condition of the agreement. Liaison between Areas Records of welfare supervision visits will be copied between CCSW and Adoption Social Worker. Both agencies must keep the other informed at regular intervals of the progress of the placement. The child's agency undertakes to keep the new family's Social Worker informed of significant changes in the circumstances of the birth family and the child's situation. Post Adoption Support All adoptive families are entitled to ask for an assessment of needs after the Adoption Order is granted. The child’s agency will be available for support and assistance to the new family for a minimum of three years after the Adoption Order is granted. Thereafter, the Local Authority Adoption Agency covering the area in which the adopters live will be available to consider any support. If the child’s agency is paying any ongoing financial support, that agency remain responsible for assessing for any further support until the allowance is no longer payable. In Case of Placement Breakdown Where a placement disrupts, the workers from both the child’s and the adopter’s agencies will be invited to a meeting in order to discuss the placement for all to learn from the events. This disruption review will be chaired independently. The adoptive parents, all the social workers involved and the xxxxxx carers should be invited to attend.
Child Protection Issues. 13.1 All members of the DAT, together with any other individual(s) assisting the DAT in any way who may or who are likely to have access to children are required to confirm their consent to the conduct of appropriate checks for the protection of children.
