Birmingham Childrens Trust
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Birmingham Childrens Trust
Birmingham Children’s Trust exists to make a positive difference for children, young people and families in the city.
“We used to be called Children’s Services and be run by Birmingham City Council. For a long time, Birmingham needed to do much more to support disadvantaged children and young people in the city and make sure they were safe.
We started making some important improvements – listening to and learning from others, improving our social work practice and supporting our staff to do their jobs well. We became a Children’s Trust in April 2018 to help us accelerate these changes. More recent improvements have strengthened the Trust’s provision and that was recognised in the last full Ofsted inspection in December 2018.”
[Birmingham Children’s Trust]
Useful contacts
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Children’s Advice and Support Service (CASS):
Monday to Thursday: 8:45 am to 5:15 pm
Monday to Thursday: 8:45 am to 5:15 pm
Friday: 8:45am to 4:15pm
0121 303 1888
Out of hours:
0121 675 4806
Birmingham Foster Carer’s Association (BFCA)
150 Church Lane,
Birmingham,
B20 2RT
0121 464 3037
- Head of Fostering and Registered Manager – Tracey Collins07592 586515
- Assistant Head of Service – Sandra Paul0121 303 9244
- Assistant Director for Commissioning and Corporate Parenting – Lisa Jamieson0121 303 4070
- Assistant Director for Practice Improvement and Development – Diane Partridge07511 406335
- Assistant Director Safeguarding – Graham Tilby0121 464 4400
- Assistant Head of Service, Family & Friends, SGO – Kim Smith0121 303 5313
- Team Manager, East Fostering Support – Mandy Brahmam0121 303 9523
- Team Manager, West and Central Fostering Support – Paulette Hunter0121 303 5313
- Team Manager, North Fostering Support – Priscilla Spence0121 303 8532
- Team Manager, Friends and Family Viability and Assessment, East – Natasha Al- Mossili0121 303 9701
- Interim Team Manager, Friends and Family Viability and Assessment, South – Ruth France07912 451025
- Team Manager, Friends and Family Viability and Assessment, North/West – Anita Earl0121 303 5313
- Team Manager, Family & friends Support Team – Syeda Ahmed0121 303 1888
- Panel Team Manager – Kathy Scott0121 464 2266
Handbook, policies and procedures
- Statement of PurposeBirmingham Children’s Trust Fostering Service Statement of Purpose 2021 – 2022
- Foster Carer’s Handbookhttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/
- Allegations policyhttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/p_alleg_foster.html
- Policy on physical restrainthttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/p_physical_restraint.html
- Information on Paymentshttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/p_fost_payment.html
- Foster carers supervisionhttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/p_sup_fos_carer.html
- Foster carer reviewshttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/files/foster_carer_reviews.pdf
- Historical abuse policyhttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/files/historical_abuse.pdf
- Missing from home guidancehttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/p_ch_miss_home_care.html
- Whistleblowing policyhttps://birminghamcs.proceduresonline.com/p_whistleblowing.html
The Birmingham Children’s Trust board
Birmingham Childrens Trusts Board Web page
Data Protection Officer Contact Information
https://www.birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk
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