Placement Matching and Impact Risk Assessment Pack for Children’s Homes in England

Make clearer, evidence-informed placement decisions.

This practical 16-page pack helps children’s home managers assess a referral, consider the impact on children already living in the home, and record the reasons for approving, deferring or declining a placement.

Includes:

• Referral information checklist and questions

• Child profile and home capacity assessment

• Impact assessment for existing children

• Individual risk and support worksheet

• Staffing and resource planning

• Consultation and placement decision records

• Before-arrival checklist and first 72 hours plan

• Early placement review

• Fictional worked example

Designed for children’s homes in England.

PDF download for printing and completing by hand. This PDF is not an interactive form.

Licence: reuse within one registered children’s home. Blank templates must not be resold or publicly shared.

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