1. Please answer specifically in relation to children with a plan of adoption / placed for adoption
a) Do you have a policy/procedure in relation to life story work? No
i. If yes, please provide a copy.
ii. If no, please state if work is underway to develop a policy/procedure. Following recent audits, Life story has been identified as an area that needs to be improved and action plan has been implemented to drive practice
b) Do you have guidance available for practitioners to support them in life story work? If yes, please provide a copy. No
c) Do you provide practice tools to support practitioners with life story work? Yes
i. If yes, please describe them or provide examples. Yes, practitioners have attended workshops and training on life story work
ii. If no, explain how practitioners are supported with this work.

2. Please answer specifically in relation to children with a plan of long-term foster-care including children placed with family or friends / placed in residential homes / return to parents has been ruled out
a) Do you have a policy/procedure in relation to life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy. No
ii. If no, please state if work is underway to develop a policy/procedure. Practice guidance is being considered
b) Do you have guidance available for practitioners to support them in life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy. Yes
c) Do you provide practice tools to support practitioners with life story work?
i. If yes, please describe them or provide examples. Yes (please see attached PowerPoint)
ii. If no, explain how practitioners are supported with this work.
d) Do you provide later life letters to care experienced young people (Care Leavers)? If yes, at what age are they provided? Yes, only recently we are developing this to ensure care leavers have a later life letter

3. Please answer specifically in relation to children who are Child in Need / Child Protection Do you undertake life story work with children who are classed as children in need / children subject to a child protection plan?
a) If yes, do you have a policy/procedure in relation to life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy. No
ii.If no, please state if work is underway to develop a policy/procedure. We practice Signs of Safety and words and pictures is undertaken
b) If yes, do you have guidance available for practitioners to support them in life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy.
ii. If yes, do you provide practice tools to support practitioners with life story work?
c) If yes, please describe them or provide examples.

4. Please answer specifically in relation to children involved in the Public Law Outline framework Do you undertake life story work with children who you are engaged with via the Public Law Outline framework?
a) If yes, do you have a policy/procedure in relation to life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy.
ii. If no, please state if work is underway to develop a policy/procedure. As referred to above words and pictures is undertaken
b) If yes, do you have guidance available for practitioners to support them in life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy.
ii. If yes, do you provide practice tools to support practitioners with life story work?
iii. If yes, please describe them or provide examples.

5. Please answer specifically in relation to children with a Permanence Order (Special Guardianship / Child Arrangement) Do you undertake life story work with children who you are engaged with who are subject to a permanence order via a Special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangement Order if the child is living outside of parental care?
a) If yes, do you have a policy/procedure in relation to life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy.
ii. If no, please state if work is underway to develop a policy/procedure. Practice guidance is being considered
b) If yes, do you have guidance available for practitioners to support them in life story work?
i. If yes, please provide a copy.
ii. If yes, do you provide practice tools to support practitioners with life story work?
iii. If yes, please describe them or provide examples.

6. Please answer specifically in relation to children in a Private Fostering arrangement Do you undertake any life story work for children you are engaged with via the private fostering regulations?
a) If yes, please provide details.No

7. Please answer in relation to all categories above Do you have a framework in place to track performance in relation to life story work? If yes, please provide a copy /
a) Do you have any internally developed performance indicators in relation to completion of life story work? If yes, please provide the performance indicators that are internally reported on. Audits are undertaken to track performance and quality of life story work
b) Do you have a quality assurance framework which specifically incorporates life story work? If yes, please provide a copy.
If no, explain how the quality of life story work is monitored within your Local Authority. Audits No not one specific to life story work
c) Please state who your life story work provider is? Not applicable
i. If you do not have a life story work provider, please explain how this is managed within your local authority.Internal training is offered
d) Does your local authority provide life story work training for practitioners? If yes, please provide details including whether this is provided internally or commissioned. If no, how do you support practitioners in developing their skills in engaging children and young people in life story work. Yes provided internally life story training and workshops
e) How many Therapeutic Practitioners does your organization employ directly? If none, please state. If you do employ directly, how many do you have (full-time equivalent) and what percentage of their time is dedicated to engaging children specifically with life story work?
i. If yes above, who provides the Therapeutic Practitioners with clinical supervision? 0