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Policies, Procedures & Guidance
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.
National
- Statutory Guidance for schools, colleges and children’s services
- Child Neglect – Be Professionally Curious
- CSE – NHS England Pocket Guide
- FGM – Assessment Tool
- FGM – Statutory Guidance (April 2016)
- FGM – Mandatory Reporting Procedural Information
- FGM – Fact Sheet
- Forced Marriage – Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines
- Whistleblowing to Ofsted about children’s social care services
- Working Together 2018 online
City of London & Hackney
- Bruising: CHSCB Webpage
- Bruising: NSPCC Guidance
- CHSCP 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
- Professionals Meeting Guidance
- 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
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: 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
- Extra Familial Risk Panel: 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)
- Children Missing from Home, Care and Education Protocol
- Flowchart – Allocated to Children’s Social Care
- Flowchart – NOT Allocated to Children’s Social Care
Preventing Terrorism
- Adult Learning Disability Service – Eligibility Criteria
- Adult Learning Disabilities – Maternity & Early Years Practice Guidance
- Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Support
- Joint Protocol Children’s Social Care & Adult Mental Health
- Modern Slavery – Guidance
- Hackney CFS – Process & Action Record
- Resources for Adults – Hackney iCare
- Substance Misuse Support