Children We Care For

The most common reason for children becoming looked after is as a result of abuse and/or neglect. The school’s governing body should ensure that staff have the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to keep looked after children safe.

This will be done by ensuring that the following information is available for a looked after child placed at the school:

• the child’s looked after legal status (whether they are looked after under voluntary arrangements with consent of parents or on an interim or full care order) and
• contact arrangements with birth parents or those with parental responsibility.
• the child’s care arrangements and the levels of authority delegated to the carer by the authority looking after him/her.
• the details of the child’s social worker and the name of the virtual school head in the local authority that looks after the child.

Designated Children We Care For staff memeber: Rachel Hunter- rachel.hunter@treehouseeducare.co.uk