July 2023

Caption: July 2023

Updated Chapters
Chapter Title	Details
Health Care Assessments and Plans	Information in relation to allergies has been added into Section 2, Health Care Plans.
Provision and Preparation of Meals	Information in relation to allergies has been added into Section 1, Responsibility and Risk Assessments.
First Aid, Home Remedies and Medication	Section 2, Allergies has been added.
Positive Relationships and Behaviour Management	This chapter has been updated to incorporate Ofsted feedback. Information has been added into Section 2, Positive Behaviour Support, Section 6, Risk Assessment and Section 9, Recording and Reporting.
Use of Restraint and Physical Interventions	This chapter has been updated to incorporate Ofsted feedback. Added into Section 4, Staff Training 'This training will be refreshed on an annual basis'. Information on holding a restorative conversation with the child following physical intervention or restraint has been added into Section 12, Recording and Management Review.
Missing Children	This chapter has been updated to incorporate Ofsted feedback. Information in relation to Philomena Protocols has been added into Section 6, Action to be Taken if a Child is Missing.
Allegations Against Staff	This chapter has been amended in line with revised Keeping Children Safe in Education. A new Section 2, The Difference Between an Allegation of Harm and a Concern has also been added.
Self-Harming and Suicidal Behaviour	This chapter has been amended to include a link to Self-harm: Assessment, Management and Preventing Recurrence NICE Guidance in Further Information.
Staffing and Safe Recruitment	This chapter has been amended in line with revised statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education. Information was added to note that Keeping Children Safe in Education provides that copies of a curriculum vitae should only be accepted alongside an application form as a curriculum vitae on its own may not provide adequate information. Information has also been added in relation to online searches.
New Chapters and Features
Chapter Title	Details
Supporting Children and Young People with Disabilities	This chapter has been added to the manual.

January 2023

Caption: January 2023

Updated Chapters
Chapter Title	Details
Providing Personalised Care	This chapter has been updated.
Case Recording	This chapter has been updated.
Contact with Parents/Carers, Siblings and Others	Section 4, Supervised Contact has been updated to reflect a finding by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman that the supervisor's observations of the contact must be clearly recorded in the child's record and shared with the parents within 3 months of the visit.
Health and Wellbeing, Health Notifications and Access to Services	This chapter has been updated.
Searching Children/Bedrooms	Additional information has been added in relation to the arrangements around gender of staff undertaking searches.
Surveillance and Monitoring	This chapter has been updated.
Staff Supervision and Appraisal	This chapter has been updated.
Placements and Admissions	This chapter has been amended to note the importance of a child's belonging's being transferred in appropriate luggage and to add a link to the NYAS 'My Things Matter' Report – support and respect care-experienced children and their belongings when they move (see Section 3, Planning).
Moving to Another Placement	This chapter has been amended to add a link to the NYAS 'My Things Matter' Report – support and respect care-experienced children and their belongings when they move (see Section 2, Arrangements for the Transfer to Another Home).
New Chapters and Features
Chapter Title	Details
Equality and Diversity	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Children's Consultation and Participation	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Female Genital Mutilations	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Leadership Management	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Recording and Reporting of Accidents	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Staffing and Safe Recruitment	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Health and Safety	This chapter has been added to the manual.
Risk Assessment and Planning	This chapter has been added to the manual.