Incident Reports

Incident Reports must be completed in the following circumstances and copies sent to your supervising social worker who will pass them on to appropriate managers and directors

1. When a young person absconds from the foster home. If despite your best efforts this becomes a regular problem then your supervisor and you can agree to record the dates that the young person is late home or missing and send them once a week (or other time scale as appropriate)

2. Whenever a child or young person suffers an accident which receives medical attention.

3. Whenever a member of the foster family sustains an accident or injury which can be attributed to fostering.

4. Whenever a child or young person is restrained by their foster carer.