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Section 4: Review
- The child's or young person's plan should be reviewed by a time agreed at the start and within any time limits set down in law.
- No child or young person should have to experience unnecessary reviews.
- Reviews should be held as often as necessary, taking account of the risks in each case. When things are unstable for a child or young person, or when a number of agencies are being very active in supporting his or her needs, the plan is likely to be reviewed or renewed frequently.
Reviews should detail:
- How well the child or young person is doing - a review of progress measured against agreed outcomes and milestones.
- New information or change of circumstances - to include changes in living circumstances, schools, new incidents or concerns.
- A summary of contacts with the child and family - this should include contacts or appointments, both kept and missed, with the child or young person and their parents.
- Has everyone done what they set out to do? - accounting for any changes to the agreed actions.
- Have these actions had the desired effect? - recording the actions that have had an impact on progress or outcomes (positive and negative) and those that appear to have had no impact.
- Is there a need for further action? - identifying the current level of needs and risks and what else, if anything, needs to be done and who should do it.
- The child's or young person's views (and those of their parents or carers) about any part or all of the plan and review.
When the child's or young person's plan is reviewed, new and different outcomes may need to be set. It may be that concerns have been resolved and no further action is needed. On the other hand, it may be necessary to revise the assessment of the circumstances of the child or young person and their family, setting new timescales and a date for the next review. Where concerns have been resolved but action is needed to sustain progress, action should continue. Where there is a supervision requirement agreed at a Children's Hearing, the plan should include and explain the terms of the supervision requirement.
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