The placement of looked after children in the borough of Telford and Wrekin

If your authority is planning to place a child or young person within the Borough of Telford and Wrekin, please consult with us prior to any placement (in line with the 2014 amendments to the Care, Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations, 2010).

Please direct your consultations to:

Darren Knibbs, Director, Children's Safeguarding and Family Support:

Email: Darren.Knibbs@telford.gov.uk.

What happens next?

Once agreement has been reached on the placement of a child or young person within Telford and Wrekin please complete the notification form and send it by secure email to:

Email: familyconnect@telford.gov.uk.

Download the notification form (.doc Size: 163Kb)

Following initial consultation, Telford and Wrekin's Children's Safeguarding team will liaise with your local authority to inform them of the services that are available to children and young people within the Borough. For information about these services please visit the early help for children and families section of our website.

Please note

  • when your child or young person changes address or leaves Telford and Wrekin, you must notify us again via the Family Connect email as above
  • in order to ensure that our own register of children placed in this area by other local authorities is up to date, could you please inform us of any looked after children currently placed in Telford and Wrekin by your authority, by completing and returning the notification form
  • if you have previously advised us of any children or young people placed in Telford and Wrekin and they have now left the area please also use the notification form to advise us what date they left.

Useful websites

Visit the Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership website

Last updated : 11 December 2024

Following the launch of the Department for Education Children's Homes and Looked After Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014, and subsequent Children's Homes Regulations 2015, Telford & Wrekin Council has produced a summary of resources to assist managers of children's homes and prospective providers of new children's homes, to:

  • carry out a risk assessment of the area before the opening of the home and then at regular intervals
  • signpost a range of resources which will assist in the identification of potential risks associated with the local area and
  • put in place appropriate safeguards where risks had been identified. 

Available resources

Please refer to the information below to help develop and review the risk assessment:

Once completed, please submit the completed risk assessment to CYPContracts@telford.gov.uk on an annual basis.

The Council's Contracts and Quality Assurance team will respond using the feedback template. It may be useful to use the feedback template as a checklist when developing and reviewing your risk assessment.

Download the feedback template (.pdf Size: 439Kb)

Guidance for completing the risk assessment:

Visit the Department for Education website to view the Children's Homes Regulations Amendments 2014, Annex 1 signposts to publicly available data regarding crime and deprivation statistics, as well as school performance information.

Children missing from home/care

Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care:

Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

National Working Group - is a charitable organisation formed as a UK network of over 2500 practitioners who disseminate information to professionals working on the issue of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and trafficking within the UK. The website provides updates on national developments, training opportunities and a directory of voluntary, statutory and private services tackling CSE.

Visit the National Working Group website

Health

Visit the Public Health England website to view the health profile for Telford and Wrekin

The Safer Telford and Wrekin partnership

Is the local community safety partnership between agencies in Telford and Wrekin including West Mercia Police, NHS Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, Youth Offending Service and Victim Support, to work together to reduce and tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.

Visit the Safer Telford and Wrekin website

Policies and procedures

Visit the West Mercia Consortium website to view the inter agency child protection procedures

Visit the Telford & Wrekin Children's Services procedures manual

Services within Telford and Wrekin

View the list of primary, secondary and special schools in Telford and Wrekin, you can also find their respective Ofsted inspection reports.

Last updated : 6 November 2024