This section of the website provides access to versions of national, pan-London and local multi-agency safeguarding children protocols, procedures and practice guidance. Documents are listed below in alphabetical order and in relevance to local area.
Protocols, Guidance and Procedures
National
- Child Neglect – Be Professionally Curious
- CSE – NHS England Pocket Guide
- FGM – Statutory Guidance (April 2016)
- FGM – Mandatory Reporting Procedural Information
- FGM – Fact Sheet
- Forced Marriage – Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines
- Statutory Guidance for schools, colleges and children’s services
- What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused – advice for practitioners
- Whistleblowing to Ofsted about children’s social care services
- Working Together 2015 online
City of London & Hackney
- Bruising: NSPCC Guidance
- CHSCB Escalation Policy
- Culture & Faith Practice Guidance
- FGM: Multi-agency Protocol
- London Child Protection Procedures
- Out of Hours Support
- Out-of-court options for resolving disputes around children
- Safer Commissioning – CHSCB Minimum Expectations
- Safer Commissioning – CHSCB Minimum Expectations (Resource List)
- Safer Recruitment – CHSCB Minimum Expectations
- Think Family: Adult Learning Disabilities – Maternity and Early Years Practice Guidance
- Think Family: Adult Learning Disability Service – Eligibility criteria and contact details
- Think Family: City and Hackney Adults Safeguarding Board (CHSAB)
- Think Family: London Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
- Think Family: Part B of the London Child Protection Procedures
City of London
Hackney
- Hackney CYPS – Assessment Protocol
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service Framework
- Children Missing from Home, Care and Education Protocol
- Contacting Children’s Social Care
- CSE: Intelligence Sharing (Intel) Sheet
- CSE: Intelligence Sharing Guidance
- CSE: MAP meetings – Child Sexual Exploitation
- CSE: MAP Process Flowchart
- CSE: MAP meetings – Harmful Sexual Behaviour
- CSE: Multi-Agency Sexual Exploitation (MASE) meetings
- CSE: Pan-London CSE Operating Protocol
- Early Help: Multi-Agency Team (MAT) meeting protocol
- Early Help: Multi-Agency Team (MAT) handbook
- Early Help: Step up- Step Down Guidance
- Elective Home Education Protocol
- First Access and Screening Team (FAST) Multi-Agency Operational Protocol
- FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) – Joint Health / CSC protocol
- Hackney CYPS Resource Guide for Professionals
- Hackney Child Wellbeing Framework
- Child-Centred Looked After Reviews – ‘Our reviews, our choice’
- Management of allegations against professionals (DO)
- Missing Children Flowchart – Allocated to Children’s Social Care
- Missing Children Flowchart – NOT Allocated to Children’s Social Care
- Prevent Guidance
- Private Fostering – Guidance for Hackney Professionals
- Think Family: Adult Learning Disability Service – Eligibility criteria and contact
- Think Family: Adult Learning Disabilities – Maternity and Early Years Practice Guidance
- Think Family: Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Support
- Think Family: Joint Protocol Children’s Social Care and Adult Mental Health
- Think Family: Modern Slavery – Guidance
- Think Family: Process & Action Record
- Think Family: Resources for Adults – Hackney iCare
- Think Family: Substance Misuse Support