Looked after children (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Key contacts and references
Key contact | Tony Joyce |
Job Title | Service Manager, Integrated Looked After Children |
Phone Number | 0191 424 4647 |
Local Strategies and Plans
South Tyneside Children and Families Strategy (and Child Poverty strategy) 2017-2020
South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Board; Safeguarding Children Partnership
Market Position Statement for Care and Independence, September 2016, South Tyneside Council
Children and families Service Improvement Plan, April 2017, South Tyneside Council
Permanence Strategy for Looked after Children and Care Leavers 2015-17, South Tyneside Council
Corporate Parenting Strategy 2014 - 16, South Tyneside Council
Looked After Children Sufficiency Strategy 2014 - 16, South Tyneside Council
National Strategies and Plans
HM Government; Working Together to Safeguard Children, March 2015; GOV.UK: Working together to safeguard children
HM Government; Putting Children First; December 2016; GOV.UK: Putting children first: Our vision for children's social care
HM Government Staying Put , May 2013, GOV.UK: Staying put: Arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above
HM Government Keep On Caring, July 2016, GOV.UK: Keep on caring: Supporting young people from care to independence
Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2012: GOV.UK: Our Children Deserve Better: Prevention Pays
HM Government; Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice - 0 - 25 years - statutory guidance for organisations which work with and support children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities
Department of Education and Department of Health, March 2015 Statutory Guidance, GOV.UK: Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children
Additional Resources
Department for Education Children looked after in England (Including adoption) 2015-16 ; SFR 41 / 2016, November 2016
Department for Education; Statistics collection - Children Looked after (Including adoption)
GOV.UK: Statistics: Children in Need and Child Protection
National Audit Office; Children in Need of Help or Protection; October 2016
Mental Health Foundation: Mental Health of Looked After Children
Last updated: 19/6/2017