Children’s social care strategies and policies
Corporate and Community Parenting Strategy
North East Lincolnshire Council is the corporate parent of all children looked after in our borough. These are our children, and we have high aspirations for them and want our children to achieve the best outcomes.
As with any good parent, we want to provide our children and young people with the best possible start in life, so that they can enjoy their childhood. We have integrated our strategy for our children looked after and care leavers, to ensure the best possible support is provided as they reach adulthood.
Corporate and Community Parenting Strategic Plan 2025-2029 (PDF, 923KB)
Children in Care (CiC) and Care Leavers Sufficiency Strategy
The strategy sets out how North East Lincolnshire Council intends to meets its Sufficiency Duty for all the children we look after, and the young people who qualify for ongoing support as a Care Leaver, improve the quality and range of homes and placements in the borough and ensure value for money.
Children in Care and Care Leavers Sufficiency Strategy (PDF, 2MB)
Runaway and missing from home and care protocol
The runaway and missing from home and care protocol is about those children who are missing from home or care. It sets out how we try to stop this from happening and what needs to be done when a young person is missing.
You can read the Missing from home and care protocol on the Safeguarding Children Partnership (SCP) website.
NEL Carers Strategy
The Carers Strategy lays out the vision and agreed actions of partnership organisations across NEL in support of informal carers of all ages over the next 3 years.
An informal carer is someone of any age who looks after a child, relative, partner or friend in need of help because they have an illness, disability, frailty, mental health condition or substance misuse problem. The care provided may be personal, practical, emotional, financial, or supervisory and is unpaid.
North East Lincolnshire Carers Strategy (PDF, 4MB)
Short Breaks statement 2024-25
In North East Lincolnshire we are on a journey of improvement to ensure our short breaks offer is enhanced and meet the needs of children in our community. During our current transformation plan we have consulted with children, families and professionals as to what the offer should look like and how we can best meet the needs of our community, in addition families have also told us that the information detailing how to access services needs to be clearer which has prompted a review, alongside the transformation planning, of the Local Offer Website. Although our enhanced offer remains under development, it is important to set out our current offer within this statement, which can then be revisited once the offer has changed.
North East Lincolnshire Short Breaks statement (PDF, 3MB)
North East Lincolnshire Children Young People and Families ‘Growing Stronger Together’ Strategic Framework 2026/28
Welcome to ‘Growing Stronger Together’ which builds on what we already do, and makes it even clearer as to how we work together to help improve things for our children, young people and families in North East Lincolnshire. We promise to work together to take shared responsibility to make life better for all children and young people, especially those who need the most help.
