Welcome to the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Children's Social Work Service Procedures Manual

Barnsley's Practice Principles focus on a strengths and relational-based way of working.

Please see Using the Procedures for details of how to use the online procedures. These are some of the key elements you need to be aware of:

• Policies and Procedures - this contains the main policies and procedures that ensure we comply with the law and statutory guidance when safeguarding the needs of the children and families we work with;
• Barnsley Resources and Forms Library - this contains additional local guidance, forms, tools, and other information that supports and complements the policies and procedures in the procedures section;
• Children's Home Procedures - this contains policies and procedures for our Children's Homes:
• Foster Carers Handbook - This includes policies, procedure and guidance for the fostering service:
• Barnsley Safeguarding Children's Partnership  The procedures should be read alongside these procedures as they contain guidance for all practitioners on a range of topics including, Children who are Missing, Trafficked Children, Modern Slavery, Child Sexual Exploitation, Child Criminal Exploitation, and Radicalisation and Extremism and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM);
• One Adoption South Yorkshire is the Regional Adoption Agency for Barnsley;
• The manual is updated on a regular basis, and you can register to be alerted to any change by 'Registering for Updates'.

Please note, the search facility only recognises up to three words, however, does not recognise any mis-spelt words.

If you are unable to find your search within the Children’s Social Work Procedures manual, please search within other manuals which are available to you, these include: 

• Children's Homes Procedures;
• Barnsley Safeguarding Partnership Manual;
• One Adoption South Yorkshire Procedures.

For any questions or queries regarding the policies and procedures, please contact QualityAssuranceandImprovement@barnsley.gov.uk