Kinship Local Authority Advice Referral Only

This referral is for local authorities who have funded Kinship Membership. This form is only for membership referrals to our Advice service.

Referred kinship carers will receive a response from one of our advisors. Please note the current waiting time is between two and three weeks.

If you would like to refer a kinship carer for project worker support instead, please choose the service that has been commissioned:
Kinship Reach
Kinship Connected
Kinship Ready

Your details as the referrer:

First Name:

Last Name:

Job Title

Organisation / LA you work for

Email (you'll receive a confirmation email when you submit the form):

Date of referral:

Local Authority

Kinship Carer Details:

First Name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone Number:

Country

What local authority does the kinship carer live in?

Please add as much detail about the kinship carer's background and the main issue they need support with at the moment. The more information you give us about their situation, the more able we are to respond.

Do they have a legal order or status for the care of the child they are looking after, or do they have ongoing court proceedings?

Safeguarding and support

Contact ID

Are there any safeguarding concerns to report?

Date of Incident or disclosure (please input in DD/MM/YYYY format

Please select the type of risk presented from the list below

Origin of Information

Other details of Origin

Please give the name of the Volunteer or Social worker who reported

Please enter the name of the project worker who reported

Please provide details of the safeguarding risk/issue:

Please provide details of the risk or concern

Are any External Services aware of the risk?

Please tick all of the External Services that are aware:

Social Care

Children's Social Care

Police

NSPCC

Other

You have indicated that Children's Social Care are involved. Please give further information on this below:

What other agencies are involved?

Is this risk current or historic?

By current we mean an active ongoing risk where individual(s) are currently subject to risk. Historic refers to historic risks that are no longer an active threat (e.g. the perpitrator of the risk is now incarcerated)

What is the priority level of this concern?

Please give details of any worry or concern

Please enter your Kinship email address

We need you to enter your Kinship email address to ensure that your manager is notified upon submission of the form.

Were Children's Services involved in the placement of the child/ children in this kinship care arrangement?

Are there any Safeguarding Issues?

If yes or not sure, please provide details

Permissions and consent

I confirm that the carer named above has given consent for me to share the above details with Kinship

I confirm I have received consent

I confirm that the carer named above has given consent for Kinship to contact them through the contact methods above

I confirm I have received consent

Privacy Statement

Kinship is committed to making only responsible use of your and the kinship carers data, and it will be treated and stored as confidential. The information you share with us will be used to respond to you and the carer directly.

Rest assured, if we need to share any information with anyone outside of Kinship, we will inform you first, unless there is immediate rick to life that requires very quick action. We are happy to share our Safeguarding Policy if requested.

For further details you can view our privacy policy at https://kinship.org.uk/privacy-statement

Please tick the box here to confirm you agree with our Privacy Statement

I agree to the Privacy Statement

Professionals Network

I would like to join the Professionals Network. (If you choose yes, you'll receive emails about events, best practice, new reports, and other relevant information about kinship carers.

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