The Bungalow - East Sussex County Council

12. Maintaining Outside Contact
12.1 Contact by family and other persons identified by the young person as
important are actively promoted through visits home. Contact through
correspondence and telephone is agreed with the young person’s
Social Worker and ensures that any child protection issues are
addressed and adhered to.
12.2 Contact with Social Workers, legal advisers and independent visitors
are unrestricted and private.
12.3 We have a duty to maintain contact for young people in the Bungalow;
however, we also have a duty to ensure that those who contact the
young people are “safe” people who will not pose any threat to a young
people emotional or physical wellbeing.
13. Religious Observance
13.1 On admission to the unit staff ensure that enquiries are made into
religious and cultural background of each young person as part of the
overall case plan. Special effort is made to help a young person make
contact with a local church or group of adherents to the young person’s
religion. Special privacy is afforded for the purpose of prayer during
the day. We feel it is important that a young person recognises that
every possible consideration is being given in respect of their religious,
cultural and dietary needs.
14. Reviews
14.1 In order to promote the welfare of each young person, it is important
that, when considering placement, there is a clear view as to what is
hoped to be achieved by admission and how this fits into the overall
care plan. If a young person is “looked after” for less than 120 days a
year and for not more than four weeks at a time, the above pattern of
reviews can be maintained. However, if this is not the case the above
sequence will be changed as per instructions in Section 26 of the
Children Act 1989.
14.2 Statutory reviews held under Section 26 of the Children Act 1989.
Service Review or case planning meetings are also held to ensure a
young person’s welfare is safeguarded and promoted through
comprehensive planning. These meetings focus on a young person’s
educational, behavioural, social, emotional and health needs and
monitor how the placement plan is progressing in the context of
achieving the overall care plan.
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