Our policies and procedures
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- Our Kinship Care Policy [PDF, 895Kb] sets out our approach to ensuring that children are well cared for in family and friends arrangements
- Our North Lincolnshire Statement of Purpose for Fostering-2025-2026 [PDF, 941Kb] explains what the Fostering Service does and the rules that it has to follow. We have also produced a Young person’s Fostering Statement of Purpose 2025-26nt of Purpose 2025-26 [PDF, 815Kb]
- Our Private Fostering Procedures 2025 [PDF, 200Kb] set out our general policies, duties, standards, timescales, and steps to be taken
- We are committed to preventing social exclusion amongst care leavers. Our Staying Put procedure [PDF, 1Mb] ensures that young people can continue to live with former foster carers after their 18th birthday. They can make the transition to independent lives at a pace that suits their needs
- The Delegated Authority policy [PDF, 394Kb] relates to the delegation of decision making about looked after children to the child’s carers. The policy is relevant to: