Questionnaires for Dorset Council
The Children In Care (CIC) Health Team provides health support for all children and young people that are placed in the care of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) and Dorset Council.
Our aim is to help children and young people with their physical and emotional health needs and promote healthy lifestyle choices.
Initial health assessment
When a child or young person comes into care, we are notified, along with University Hospitals Dorset, by the child’s social worker.
University Hospitals Dorset will arrange an initial health assessment (IHA) with one of the community paediatricians in Dr Lachlan’s team who hold clinics in Poole and Dorchester. The child or young person will be accompanied to this assessment by their carer.
When the doctor has completed the assessment they will draw up an initial health plan for the child or young person. This will inform the health and social care team of any identified health needs and a treatment plan.
The health recommendations from this will be sent to the carer and the young person if applicable.
Every child in care has a CiC nurse.
You can contact the team on 01305 361127 or at dhc.
The continuing role of the team and review health assessments
Review health assessments (RHAs) are carried out regularly once a child or young person has had their IHA. If the child is aged under five, we will arrange for the named health visitor to complete an RHA every six months.
All other children or young people will receive an annual RHA by one of the nurses in our team. This can be a home visit, timed after school hours to meet the child and their carer to assess and identify any health needs and agree a plan to follow up as appropriate. It can also be in a clinic or by virtual means. We can refer to allied health professionals and teams such as; Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Paediatric Care, Substance Use Services, School Health Team or GP services.
The CIC Health Team also provides training to multi-agency team members and health workshops for Children In Care.
Questionnaires for review health assessments
All children in care have a review health assessment with one of our nurses every year once they are five-years-old
In preparation for your child or foster child’s upcoming health assessment, please complete the relevant forms below. Please also encourage them to complete the relevant forms for themselves or with your help.
Please feel free to add any other information which you think will be relevant to the health assessment. Please tell us about things which your child/young person is doing to keep them healthy, as well as areas of concern.
Questionnaires for Dorset Council
Questionnaires for BCP Council
Many thanks for completing this and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Once a young person who has been a child in care turns 18, they can choose to seek further health support from our care leavers nurse, Abi Clark. This health support is very much led by the young person.
Support can be requested from her via social worker, personal advisor, participation worker or by the young person directly by contacting our central phone number manned by our business support 9am-4pm Monday to Friday on 01305 361127 or by emailing dhc.
She runs bookable 1 to 1 sessions fortnightly, contact details as above
- 333 Hub, Bournemouth for BCP Council
- Kirtleton Road, Weymouth for Dorset Council.
BCP contact for social care is 01202 126707 or ceypduty
Dorset contact for social care is 01305 225809 or 18to25duty