Tel: 0870 000 2288
Website: http://www.education.gov.uk
Department for Education
Castle View House
East Lane
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 2GJ
Placement of a child under 13 in Secure Accommodation
When seeking the approval of the Secretary of State to the place a child under 13 in secure accommodation:
First point of contact during office hours (i.e. before 5 pm) is
Jim Brown - Tel: 0207 783 8086
Email: jim.brown@education.gso.gov.uk
Other contacts during office hours are:
Mark Burrows - Tel 0207 783 8079
Email: mark.burrows@education.gsi.gov.uk
If either of the above officials are unavailable during the day, contact 0870 000 2288 and speak to someone in the Placements Unit, Children in Care Division
Out of Hours (i.e. after 5 pm), contact 0207 972 3000 and ask to speak to the Children in Care Duty Officer.
Fax number for sending supporting documents following telephone contact - 0207 925 6183
Also see Information for Local Authorities: Procedures to be followed for Placement of a Child under the age of 13 in a Secure Children's Home
Serious Case Reviews
Information about SCR's should be sent to the Department's Child Protection Operations Teams rather than Government Offices. See Department for Education's Child Protection Operations Teams for contact information for your region.
The Department requires:
- Notification of decisions to initiate SCR's and information on planned completion dates and plans for publishing executive summaries and (for SCR's initiated on or after 10 June 2010) overview reports; and
- Copies of Serious Case Review reports (including overview reports, multi agency action plans and individual management reports).
Notifications of Serious Childcare Incidents (including Deaths of Looked After Children and Children in Regulated Settings)
Information about serious childcare incidents should now be sent to the Department's Child Protection Operations Teams rather than Government Offices. See Department for Education's Child Protection Operations Teams for contact information for your region.
The Department for Education requires information on:
- New child care incidents notified to Ofsted as being serious enough potentially to lead to SCR's and other cases which are receiving significant media attention; and
- Where known, expected dates of court proceedings related to child protection incidents and the outcome of court cases including verdicts and sentencing.
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