{"id":64778,"date":"2025-02-06T09:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=64778"},"modified":"2025-10-01T08:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:16:20","slug":"childrens-social-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s social care"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68dcd53f5470b\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"parent-banner clearfix no-padding\" id=\"block_acf-block-68dcd53f54749\"><div class=\"banner-outer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"banner-show parent-banner-outer parent-banner-1\" data-aos=\"fade\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x banner-top\"><div class=\"medium-6 large-7 cell medium-order-1 content-1\"><div class=\"banner-content\"><header><h1>Children\u2019s social care<\/h1><\/header><p>The services and support systems that are available to protect and promote the welfare and safety of children in Devon.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"banner-content-buttons\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/child-protection\/\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"dataLayer.push({ 'buttonEvent': 'Information page' });\">Worried about a child&#8217;s safety?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68dcd53f54775\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-68dcd53f5525b\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Links<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/adoption-and-fostering\/\">Adoption and fostering<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Information about the adoption and fostering services in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/support-for-care-experienced-young-people\/\">Care-experienced young people<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Information and advice for children in care and care leavers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/childrens-social-care-guidance\/\">Children&#039;s social care guidance<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Information and advice to help guide you through the social care system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/information-to-parents-about-the-public-law-outline-plo-process\/\">Public Law Outline (PLO) process<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Advice to parents or others with parental responsibility for a child\/ren who has been considered at risk of harm and a move to pre-proceedings has been discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/child-protection\/\">Child protection<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>What to do if you are concerned about the safety of a child in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/family-group-conference-plus\/\">Family Group Conference Plus<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Offering family group conferences, restorative and mediated meetings to children and their families in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-7\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/restorative-devon\/\">Restorative Devon<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Supporting children, young people, and their families to be happier, healthier, and safer together.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-8\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/childrens-homes\/\">Children&#039;s homes<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Our children\u2019s homes offer a mix of short-term and full-time care for children and young people with complex healthcare needs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-9\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/fab\/\">Family Advisory Board<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>The Family 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Partnership<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"content-intro small-order-3 text-normal\"><p>Helping children and families get the right support, in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"content-button small-order-4\"><span data-aos=\"fade\" data-aos-delay=\"50\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcfp.org.uk\/\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"dataLayer.push({ &#039;buttonEvent&#039;: &#039;Information page&#039; });\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"content-image-outer small-order-1\"><div class=\"content-image-inner\"><\/div><figure class=\"content-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/04\/dcfp-logo-01-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The words Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership and an image of three people shaped icons jumping\" 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