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3.4.1 Behaviour Management Plans

SCOPE OF THIS CHAPTER

This procedure applies to all Looked After Children.

It summarises when a Behaviour Management Plan should be drawn up and the key matters which should be contained in such a plan. See Child in Need Plans and Reviews Procedure 

The procedures in this Chapter must be read in conjunction with detailed guidance contained in Behaviour Management and Physical Intervention Procedure.

RELATED CHAPTER

Behaviour Management and Physical Intervention Procedure


As part of the placement planning process for all Looked After Children, consideration should be given to whether it is necessary to draw up a Behaviour Management Plan.

The possible need for a Behaviour Management Plan will be different for each child, depending on the child’s background and needs.  However, it is expected that any behaviour which gives rise to concern about the following will result in a Behaviour Management Plan:

  1. Absenting behaviour – see Thames Valley Police and Children, Young People and Families - Joint Protocol Re: Young People Missing From Care;
  2. Anxiety or withdrawal;
  3. Bullying or other similar behaviours – see Countering Bullying Guidance;
  4. Challenging behaviour;
  5. Drug or substance misuse – see Drug and Substance Misuse Procedure;
  6. Lack of awareness of personal safety;
  7. Offending or offensive behaviour;
  8. Prostitution;
  9. Self harming behaviour;
  10. Sexually exploitative or inappropriate sexual behaviour – see Working with Sexually Active Young People under the Age of 18 in Oxfordshire Procedure;
  11. Violence or aggressive behaviour – see also Contacting the Police Procedure.

Behaviour Management Plans should be incorporated into children’s Placement Information Records.

Behaviour Management Plans must summarise the behaviours causing concern and the strategies being adopted by staff/carers to manage the behaviour(s).

Where the same behaviour is exhibited outside the placement, e.g. at school, every effort should be made to ensure staff/carers and other professionals work in partnership, ensuring consistency where appropriate.

Behaviour Management Plans form part of children’s Placement Information Records, therefore they must be subject to Placement Plan Reviews.

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