Helen Jones and Oliver Roberts Bringing SOS into LAC Joint decision was made to incorporate SOS into preexisting LAC cases and reviews Regular joint meetings between IROs and LAC practitioners Changed structure of review introducing 3 columns initially and then Statement and Goalsscaling ID: 1047370
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1. Signs of Safety with Looked After ChildrenHelen Jones and Oliver Roberts
2. Bringing SOS into LACJoint decision was made to incorporate SOS into pre-existing LAC cases and reviews.Regular joint meetings between IROs and LAC practitionersChanged structure of review- introducing 3 columns initially and then Statement and Goals/scalingPractitioners started to introduce SOS tools in practice such as ecomaps/3 houses/Well-Being and Danger statements
3. Case ExampleOverview12 year old non-accidental injury case against father, in respect of their 3rd child, 2 elder children remain with parents 3rd child placed with grandparents.Parents expecting 4th childSubsequently born 29 weeks premPlaced on CPR at birth – category – Physical AbusePlan of PACT placement following birth, mother only.
4. Use of SOS in processLAC ReviewIRO went through the Danger Statement- explicit 1st time ever father accepted responsibilityUse of three columns – Transparency all able to see what is writtenUse of goals/ – links between ‘Next Steps’ and overall outcomesScaling – Offers a baseline for measuring movement/success
5. Danger Statement:Ollie, your social worker, is really worried about you getting hurt if you moved to live with your mum and dad as a baby.The reason he is worried is that when your brothers and your sister were babies they all had bruises that no one has been able to explain how they got them.When one of your brothers was a baby he stopped breathing and your dad said that he tried to resuscitate him while he waited for the ambulance. When your brother left hospital he was not allowed back to live with your mum and dad because the medical people were worried that someone had caused his injuries. Everyone went to court to tell the judge what they were worried about and the Judge said that the evidence he had heard and seen suggested that your dad had shook your brother which caused the majority of the injuries but also that some of the evidence suggested that some of the injuries were older and had happened before when your brother was really little.The other thing that worried the social worker was that in the medical notes it also showed that at 19 weeks old your sister had a bruise on her forehead and left cheek.The medical notes also said that another brother had a bruises when he was a baby, he also had a small bleed on his eye and various marks and/or bruises to his face and body and then when he was a little older he had more bruising to his face and forearms.Your dad has always said that he didn’t hurt any of your brothers or sister and your mum and dad have always said that they don’t know how they ended up being hurt when they were babies. Ollie will probably never know who caused the injuries and how, so Ollie will have to keep thinking that it was your dad and that your mum didn’t keep them safe.
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7. Use of SOS in processWHAT’S WORKING WELLImprove CommunicationTransparency – around reason for involvement/expectationsEngagement/participation – Parents/young people/children/carersRecording of LAC reviews more child friendlyRelevant discussions in review/recommendations as an outcome of SOSWHAT ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT?Social workers finding the time to make the shift with use of language/terminologyFitting SOS into current recording systems/forms