Adoption
Location: Glenfield
Our Adoption Team assesses prospective adopters, supports children who are moving into adoptive placements, and provides long-term therapeutic support for adopted children when needed. This team also provides support for children with special guardians.
Children in Care and Care Leavers
Location: Glenfield
Our Children in Care and Care Leavers Team supports children who are in the care of the Local Authority throughout their childhood into adulthood, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.
Corporate Parenting Team
Location: Countywide
Our Corporate Parenting Team is made up of Children’s Rights Officers who support and advocate for children and young people across the services and help with understanding of children’s rights. The team also includes Children’s Participation Officers who create opportunities for participation and engagement for our Children in Care and Care Leavers.
Family Help Service
Location: Countywide
Our Family Help Service supports children who are subject to child in need plans.
Family Safeguarding and Children’s Disability Service
Location: Countywide
Our Family Safeguarding Team supports children who have child protection plans or are going through care proceedings. Our Children’s Disability Service supports children and young people with disabilities in Leicestershire.
First Response and Vulnerability Hub
Location: Glenfield
Our First Response and Vulnerability Hub Team receives referrals and requests, completes initial assessments, and recommends further involvement or support. This includes our Child Exploitation Team, extended Domestic Abuse Team and Families Together Team.
Fostering
Location: Glenfield
Our Fostering Team assesses prospective foster carers and kinship carers and offers long-term support for carers.
Practice Excellence Team and Quality Assurance Team
Location: Glenfield
Our Practice Excellence Team provides support to the workforce to develop and support excellence in practice, thorough training opportunities, and coaching support. Our Quality Assurance Team supports in the development of good practice.
Safeguarding Service
Location: Glenfield
Our Safeguarding Service provides independent reviewing officers for children in care or subject to a child protection plan. The Local Authority Designated Officer sits within this service.
Targeted Family Help Service
Location: Countywide
This is our early help service which is made up of many different teams and roles that support families across Leicestershire.
Youth and Justice Service
Location: Countywide
Our Youth offer is a referral only service that has voluntary engagement with young people across Leicestershire via group work or one to one’s. Our Youth Justice offer supports children and young people who are at risk of being criminalised or going through court or out of court processes.