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["26 WEEKS PRE-PROCEEDINGS TIMELINE "]
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["NAME"]
["FILE NO"]
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["Date Due","Date Actioned","Action"]
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["2018-04-10",null,"Legal Planning meeting (LPM)."]
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["Week 1 ",null,"Before this meeting can be held:"]
["Working Day 1"]
[null,null,"1.       SWET (Legal Planning Request) and Manager’s Approval Form."]
[null,null,"2.        Single Assessment"]
[null,null,"3.        Chronology and"]
[null,null,"5.        Genogram must be submitted"]
[null,null,"6.        Schedule of Kinship Carers should be submitted"]
[null,null,"7.        Any Viability Assessments should be submitted"]
[null,null,"8.        Details of the outcome of Family Group Conference/ Family meeting, or the date of meeting"]
[null,null,"9.         Parenting assessments will be commenced  by the social worker and a Parenting Assessment Plan should be submitted"]
[null,null,"10.       Any expert assessments, such as psychological assessments or drug testing, need to be set out in the SWET and agreed by the Locality Head of Service"]
[null,null,"11.       Date child referred to CYP"]
[null,null,"12.       Date child subject to S20 (if applicable)"]
[]
[null,null,"A referral is made to the Children's Permanence Team for permanence planning by means of the LPM Panel minutes"]
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[null,null,"HOS records on LCS (LL) actions and due dates agreed at the LPM "]
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[{"$f":" A9 +3","v":"2018-04-13"},null,"Minutes to be prepared and circulated by Legal Services, including the case progression manager for ther purpose of tracking. Any amendments are circulated and agreed"]
["Working Day 4"]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 4","v":"2018-04-14"},null,"Head of Service who chaired the LPM signs off the LPM minutes and forwards to Locality HOS . Who attaches the LPM minutes in the Documents Section of the child’s Liquidlogic file and cross-references this in case notes."]
["Working Day 5-7",null,"Pre Proceedings Letter to be prepared by SW and forwarded to legal for comment.  Once agreed, the Letter is then to be hand delivered to parents by the Social Work Team"]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 21","v":"2018-05-01"},null,"1 working  days prior to initial PPM - Social Work Team send the proposed Pre-Proceedings agreement to legal for comment"]
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["Week 3",null,"Initial Pre Proceedings Meeting takes place (lawyers to attend)."]
[null,null,"1.        The meeting is chaired by the Socail Work Team Manager, or if necessary Assistant Team Manager. Plan agreed and is written up by the Social Work Team Manager. "]
[null,null,"2.        Any Outstanding Stage 1 Viability Assessments commence by Children and Families Social Worker. These include Viability Assessments for Reg 24, planned Kinship placements and/or Special Guardianship assessments"]
[null,null,"3.    Any referrals for Stage 2 Viability Assessments to be sent to FFAST within 48 hours."]
[null,null,"4.        Any final adjustments are made to the Genogram "]
[null,null,"5.        Updated Schedule of Kinship Carers is sent ot Legal"]
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[{"$f":"A9 + 28","v":"2018-05-08"},null,"Pre Proceedings Agreement is typed up by Social Worker/Team Manager and sent to parents’ solicitors by Legal and signed by all. Signed agreement is attached in the Documents Section of the child's liquidlogic file. Case progression Manager to be notified by Legal if agreement is not received."]
["Week 4"]
[null,null,"1. Experts (Psychological, Psychiatric) are instructed by Legal if necessary and as agreed by LPM Gateway Panel- Locality Head of Service approval required before instruction."]
[null,null,"2. Test (hair strand, DNA, Learning Capacity) are sought by Legal"]
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[{"$f":"A9+ 35","v":"2018-05-15"},null,"1.  Stage 2 Viability assessments of kinship carers to be completed by the FFAST social worker. These are sent to C&F social worker within 24 hours of completion. C&F social worker will respond within 48 hours to confirm that Stage 3 assessment is to commence. "]
[null,null,"2.  Schedule of Kinship carers to be updated and schedule to be sent to legal"]
["Week 5",null,"  3.  Full Stage 3 assessments of Kinship Carers to commence by the FFAST Social Worker"]
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[{"$f":"A9+ 42","v":"2018-05-22"},null,"Draft balance sheet (in the SWET section 7) is updated for each child and updated at each subsequent LPM by the C&F social worker."]
["Week 6"]
[null,null,"Draft balance sheet is circulated to all attendees by Social Worker a week prior to the LPM/Care Planning Meeting. "]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 49","v":"2018-05-29"},null,"LPM/care planning meeting to take place between SW, Team Manager, SW from Permanence Team, FFAST SW and Legal:"]
["Week 7",null,"1.    To Discuss progress "]
[null,null,"2.    This discussion to be arranged by Legal Services. "]
[null,null,"3.    This discussion to take place at Legal Services offices (or via conference call) "]
[null,null,"4.    Legal Services will prepare and circulate minutes within four working days after the meeting. Minutes of all Care Planning/LPM discussions should be sent to Locality Head of Service for approval, as well as to the Case Progression Manager for the purpose of tracking. The Team Manger/Assistant Team Manager who attended LPM/Care Planning Meeting will attach the LPM minutes in the Documents Section of the child’s Liquidlogic file and cross-reference in case notes within five working days. "]
[null,null,"5.    If no progress is made case needs be considered for Care Proceedings (papers should be with Legal within two weeks and case should be issued within 3 weeks - Court timeline to be followed)."]
[null,null,"6. If there is delay in achieving actions agreed at this point the case is referred to the Case Progression Manager who will meet with the Social Worker and Team Manager to discuss and agree a plan to address the delay. In the event of further difficulties in addressing this delay, the Locality Head of Service and Head of Service with a Court Lead will be alerted. "]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 56","v":"2018-06-05"}]
[null,null,"Pre Proceedings Review Meeting to be arranged and chaired by TM. "]
["Week 8",null,"(No lawyers to attend unless care proceedings to be issued)."]
[null,null,"1. Any drug and alcohol test results to be discussed"]
[null,null,"2. Schedule of Kinship carers to be updated and schedule to be sent to legal."]
[null,null,"3. CPR to commence if appropriate."]
[null,null,"4. Updated Pre-proceedings Agreement is prepared and circulated by the Social Work Team Manager including the Permanence Team for adoption planning. Again, this agreement is sent to the parents’ Solicitors by Legal and signed by all parties. The signed agreement should then be attached in the Documents Section of the Child’s Liquidlogic file within a week. Case Progression Manager will be notified by Legal if agreement is not received. "]
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[{"$f":"A9 + 63","v":"2018-06-12"},null,"Mid-point review is held for all kinship assessment, including planned and Reg 24, as well as Special Guardian assessment between the C&F and FFAST Social Workers."]
["Week 9 ",null,"Draft support plan for prospective Special Guardians is prepared jointly by the C&F and FFAST Social Workers at this stage, if applicable"]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 91","v":"2018-07-10"},null,"1.    Final assessments should be completed by this stage."]
["Week 13 ",null,"2. The draft balance sheet contained in Section 7 of the SWET is updated for each child by the Children and Families Social Worker and circulated a week prior to the LPM/Care Planning Meeting."]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 98","v":"2018-07-17"}]
[null,null,"Further LPM/ Care Plan meeting takes place between SW, TM, Permanence SW, FFAST SW and Legal. Consideration of whether:"]
["Week 14"]
[null,null,"1. If no progress made case to be considered for Care Proceedings (case to be issued within 3 weeks and court timeline to be followed) or case to continue in Pre proceedings if it is likely that case can be diverted from care or closed."]
[null,null,"2. Outcome of mid-point review of full Kinship Assessments is discussed. "]
[null,null,"3. This discussion to be arranged by Legal Services. "]
[null,null,"4. This discussion to take place at Legal Services offices (or via conference call)  "]
[null,null,"5. Legal Services to prepare and circulate minutes"]
[null,null,"6. Minutes of all care planning/LPM discussions are sent to Area service lead for approval within four working days of the meeting. Case Progression Manager included for the purpose of tracking. Team Manager/Assistant Team Manager who attended LPM/Care Planning Meeting attaches the LPM minutes in the Documents Section of the child’s Liquidlogic file and cross-references this in case notes within five working days. "]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 105","v":"2018-07-24"},null,"Pre Proceedings Review Meeting takes place and is arranged and chaired by TM, lawyers should attend."]
[null,null,"Lawyers to attend. "]
["Week 15",null,"1. Full assessments of family members and experts reports to be available and discussed"]
[null,null,"2. Kinship carers to be advised of outcome of assessments and to seek legal advice where appropriate "]
[null,null,"3. Decision from LPM/care Planning Meeting at week 14 to be fed back to family"]
[null,null,"4. Updated Pre-Proceedings Agreement is prepared and circulated by the Social Work Team Manager, including the Permanence Team to enable adoption planning. Again this agreement is signed by all parties and sent to the parents’ Solicitors by Legal. The signed agreement is attached in the Documents Section of the child’s Liquidlogic file within five working days. Case Progression Manager to be notified by Legal if agreement is not received. "]
[null,null,"5. If case is to close – case is closed and this is treated as Final Pre-proceedings Review Meeting."]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 133","v":"2018-08-21"}]
["Week 19 ",null,"The draft balance sheet contained in Section 7 of the SWET is updated for each child by the C&F Social Worker and circulated a week prior to the LPM/Care Planning Meeting."]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 140","v":"2018-08-28"},null,"(If Pre-Proceedings continued) - Further LPM/ Care Planning Meeting is held with the SW, TM, Permanence SW, FFAST SW and Legal (as per week 14):"]
[null,null,"1. This discussion is arranged by Legal Services. "]
["Week 20",null,"2. This discussion takes place at Legal Services offices (or via conference call). "]
[null,null,"3. Final decision is made about either closing case or entering Care Proceedings. If Care Proceedings to be issued – papers should be prepared and sent to Legal within two weeks, case should be issued within three weeks and Court Timeline to be followed"]
[null,null,"4. If it looks likely that the case will need to remain in pre-proceedings beyond week 26, then approval needs to be obtained by the Locality Head of Service via the LPM minutes."]
[null,null,"5. Legal Services prepare and circulate minutes. "]
[null,null,"6. Minutes of all LPM/Care Planning Meetings are sent to Locality Head of Service for approval within four working days of the meeting. Case Progression Manager included for the purpose of tracking. Team Manager/Assistant Team Manager who attended LPM Care Planning Meeting attaches the LPM minutes in the Documents Section of the child’s Liquidlogic file and cross-references in case notes within five working days. "]
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[{"$f":" A9 + 147","v":"2018-09-04"},null,"Final Pre Proceedings Meeting is arranged and chaired by the Social Work Team Manager. (No Lawyers will attend unless otherwise advised). "]
[null,null,"1. Family is advised of the Local Authority’s final plans."]
["Week 21",null,"  2. Updated Pre-Proceedings Agreement is prepared and circulated by the Social Work Team Manager, including the Permanence Team to enable adoption planning. Again this agreement is signed by all parties and sent to parents’ Solicitors by Legal. Signed agreement is then attached in the Documents Section of the child’s Liquidlogic file within five working days. Case Progression manager to be notified by Legal if Agreement is not received."]
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[{"$f":"A9 + 182","v":"2018-10-09"},null,"Case closed or if case is to continue beyond 26 weeks in Pre-Proceedings this should be no more than four weeks and further LPM/PPM reviews should be held. Express permission must be sought from the Locality Head of Service and Strategic Head of Service Court Lead to continue beyond 26 weeks."]
["Week 26"]

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