Contents

1.All Children

1.1Introduction and Policy Framework

1. 1.1.1Foreword and IntroductionJanuary 9, 2024
2. 1.1.2Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles
   Updated
   Under Review
3. 1.1.3Kinship Care PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
4. 1.1.4Children's Consultation and ParticipationJanuary 9, 2024
5. 1.1.5Capacity and ConsentJanuary 5, 2024
6. 1.1.6Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
7. 1.1.7Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

1.2Early Help and Family Support

1. 1.2.1Transporting ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
2. 1.2.2Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)
3. 1.2.3Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.3Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1Contacts and Referrals
   Updated
   Under Review
2. 1.3.2Interagency Referral FormJanuary 9, 2024
3. 1.3.3Assessments
   Updated
   Under Review
4. 1.3.4MASH ProtocolJanuary 9, 2024
5. 1.3.5Practice Guidance for Core GroupsJanuary 9, 2024
6. 1.3.6Threshold Document: Continuum of Help and Support (London Safeguarding Children Procedures)
7. 1.3.7Child Protection Section 47 Enquiries (London Safeguarding Children Procedures)
8. 1.3.8Strategy Meeting/Discussion (London Safeguarding Children Procedures, Child Protection Section 47 Enquiries)
9. 1.3.9Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

1.4Safeguarding Children

1. 1.4.1Death of or Serious Injury to a Child
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
2. 1.4.2Notifications by Other Local Authorities/Placement Providers of Looked After Children Placed in HillingdonUnder Review
3. 1.4.3Protocol for Reviewing Children who have been Placed by Health and Education AuthoritiesJanuary 9, 2024
4. 1.4.4Assessing Children and Families Affected by Individuals Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Images on the Internet (Guidelines published by the London Safeguarding Children Board)January 9, 2024
5. 1.4.5Cross Border Child Protection Cases Under the Hague ConventionJanuary 9, 2024
6. 1.4.6Children Who Run Away or Go Missing from Home or CareJanuary 9, 2024
7. 1.4.7Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
8. 1.4.8London Safeguarding Children Procedures
9. 1.4.9Domestic Abuse (London Safeguarding Children Procedures)
10. 1.4.10Sexually Active Children (London Safeguarding Children Procedures)
11. 1.4.11Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

1.5Court/Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsJune 20, 2024
2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law Outline
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
3. 1.5.3Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersJanuary 9, 2024
4. 1.5.4Family Justice Resource Hub (ADCS) - This hosts a series of practical resources, such as templates, tools and practice guidance, which will be of interest to those working in the family justice system.
5. 1.5.5Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Whistleblowing
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
2. 1.6.2Complaints Procedure (Hillingdon Council)
3. 1.6.3Raising Concerns at Work: Whistleblowing Guidance for Workers and employers in Health and Social Care (2014)
4. 1.6.4Whistleblowing to Ofsted about Children's Social Care Services

1.7Allocation of Work

1. 1.7.1Transfer Protocol for Cases within Hillingdon's Children's ServicesJanuary 9, 2024
2. 1.7.2Children and Families Moving across Local Authority Boundaries (London Safeguarding Children Procedures)
3. 1.7.3Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

1.8Children's Records

1. 1.8.1Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 1.8.2Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsJune 20, 2023
3. 1.8.3Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffJune 20, 2024
4. 1.8.4Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesFebruary 7, 2022
5. 1.8.5Retention and Destruction of Children's Records
6. 1.8.6Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

2.Services for Children in Need

1. 2.0.1Child in Need ArrangementsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 2.0.2Section 17 Support for Kinship ArrangementsJanuary 9, 2024
3. 2.0.3Young CarersUnder Review
4. 2.0.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.Looked After Children

3.1Policy and Planning and Decision Making in Relation to Looked After Children

1. 3.1.1Decision to Look AfterJanuary 5, 2024
2. 3.1.2Care PlanningJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.1.3Ceasing to Look After a ChildSeptember 19, 2023
4. 3.1.4Permanency Policy and Permanence Planning ProcedureJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.1.5Hillingdon Access to Resource Panel Procedure (HARP) and Complex HARPJanuary 9, 2024
6. 3.1.6Multi Agency Panel for Children with Complex, Multiple and High Level NeedsJanuary 9, 2024
7. 3.1.7Residential Care - Operational PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
8. 3.1.8Care Plans GuidanceJanuary 9, 2024
9. 3.1.9Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersJanuary 9, 2024
10. 3.1.10Risk Assessment and PlanningMarch 23, 2022
11. 3.1.11Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
12. 3.1.12NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People
13. 3.1.13Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.2Placements

1. 3.2.1Emergency PlacementsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.2.2Placement in Foster CareJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.2.3Placement in Residential CareUnder Review
4. 3.2.4Placements in Secure Accommodation
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
5. 3.2.5Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationJanuary 9, 2024
6. 3.2.6Placements with ParentsJanuary 5, 2024
7. 3.2.7Immediate Placements with Connected Persons (under Regulation 24 of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010) and their Approval as Foster Carers
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
8. 3.2.8Out of Area PlacementsJanuary 9, 2024
9. 3.2.9Placements Outside England and WalesJanuary 5, 2024
10. 3.2.10Placements in Other ArrangementsUnder Review
11. 3.2.11Health and SafetyJune 20, 2024
12. 3.2.12Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.3Reviews

1. 3.3.1Looked After ReviewsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.3.2Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.3.3Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.3.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.4Behaviour Management

1. 3.4.1Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementMarch 17, 2023
2. 3.4.2Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintJanuary 5, 2024
3. 3.4.3Reduce Offending and the Criminalisation of Children in CareJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.4.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.5Education

1. 3.5.1Hillingdon Virtual School HandbookJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.5.2Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
3. 3.5.3Guidelines for Promoting the Educational Achievements of Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.5.4Access to Computer and Information Communication Technologies (including the Internet)January 9, 2024
5. 3.5.5Leisure ActivitiesMarch 23, 2022
6. 3.5.6Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.6Recreation, Holidays and Activities

1. 3.6.1Leisure and ActivitiesJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.6.2Access to Computer and Internet Technologies StrategyJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.6.3Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.6.4Identity and Passport Service Guidance re Applications for Passports for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.6.5Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.7Health and Wellbeing

1. 3.7.1Drugs and Substance Misuse (including Smoking)January 9, 2024
2. 3.7.2Administration of Medication to Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.7.3Medication and Medical Interventions Policy (Residential Services)January 9, 2024
4. 3.7.4Health and Wellbeing PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.7.5Health Assessments and Health Action PlansJanuary 9, 2024
6. 3.7.6InfestationsJanuary 9, 2024
7. 3.7.7Self HarmingJanuary 9, 2024
8. 3.7.8Nutrition and DietJanuary 9, 2024
9. 3.7.9Improving the Mental Health of Children in Care - the Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireJanuary 9, 2024
10. 3.7.10Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983Under Review
11. 3.7.11S-Flagging on NHS Database of Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
12. 3.7.12Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.8Sexual Health

1. 3.8.1Sex and Personal RelationshipsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.8.2Confidentiality Guidelines Regarding Personal Relationships and Sexual Health of Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.8.3Provision of Contraception and Contraceptive Advice to Children in CareJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.8.4Good Practice Guidance concerning Issues of Equality, Diversity and Sexuality for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.8.5Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.9Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends

1. 3.9.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.9.2Overnight Stays and Social VisitsJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.9.3Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.10Foster Carers

1. 3.10.1Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.10.2Fostering PanelJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.10.3Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.10.4Persons Disqualified from FosteringJanuary 5, 2024
5. 3.10.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersMarch 24, 2022
6. 3.10.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJuly 26, 2022
7. 3.10.7Foster Carers Recording PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
8. 3.10.8Safe Caring - GuidanceJanuary 9, 2024
9. 3.10.9BAAF Practice Note No 51 - Reducing the Risk of Environmental Tobacco Smoke for Looked After Children and their CarersJanuary 9, 2024
10. 3.10.10Hillingdon Pathways to Short BreaksJanuary 9, 2024
11. 3.10.11Allegations Against Foster CarersJanuary 9, 2024
12. 3.10.12Fostering Services National Minimum Standards
13. 3.10.13Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.11Leaving Care

1. 3.11.1Leaving Care and TransitionJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.11.2Foster Care 'Staying Put' Scheme Post 18January 9, 2024
3. 3.11.3Registration for National InsuranceJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.11.4Leaving Care Financial PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.11.5Care Leavers Charter
6. 3.11.6Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.12Incidents

1. 3.12.1Dealing with Incidents of Racial HarassmentJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.12.2Contacting the PoliceJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.12.3Anti-Bullying PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.12.4Searching Children and their BelongingsJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.12.5Notifications of Significant Events
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
6. 3.12.6Incidents - GeneralJanuary 9, 2024
7. 3.12.7Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.13Monitoring Quality and Providing Support

1. 3.13.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenJuly 26, 2022
2. 3.13.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.13.3Monitoring Quality in Children's HomesJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.13.4Regulation 44 Visits and ReportingJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.13.5Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.14Privacy and Personal Care

1. 3.14.1Children's BedroomsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 3.14.2Hair and Skin CareJanuary 9, 2024
3. 3.14.3Physical Contact and Intimate CareJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.14.4Touch GuidanceJanuary 9, 2024
5. 3.14.5Pocket Money and AllowancesJanuary 9, 2024
6. 3.14.6Telephones, Mobile Phones and LettersJanuary 9, 2024
7. 3.14.7Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.15Miscellaneous

1. 3.15.1Change of NameJune 20, 2024
2. 3.15.2Marriage/Civil PartnershipJanuary 5, 2024
3. 3.15.3Child Trust Funds and Junior Individual Savings Accounts for Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
4. 3.15.4Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenFebruary 7, 2022
5. 3.15.5Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

4.Adoption and Permanence

4.1Adoption

1. 4.1.1Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersJanuary 9, 2024
2. 4.1.2Placement for AdoptionJanuary 9, 2024
3. 4.1.3Adoption SupportJune 20, 2024
4. 4.1.4Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsJanuary 8, 2024
5. 4.1.5Adoption ReviewsJuly 26, 2022
6. 4.1.6Disruption of Adoptive PlacementsJanuary 8, 2024
7. 4.1.7Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already AdoptedJanuary 9, 2024
8. 4.1.8Inter Country AdoptionJune 20, 2024
9. 4.1.9Non Agency AdoptionsJanuary 9, 2024
10. 4.1.10Adoption Case RecordsFebruary 8, 2022
11. 4.1.11Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case RecordsUnder Review
12. 4.1.12Intermediary ServicesJuly 26, 2022
13. 4.1.13Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersAugust 25, 2023
14. 4.1.14Adoption National Minimum Standards
15. 4.1.15Coram – ambitions for adoption - Manage all adoption enquiries, assessment and panel
16. 4.1.16Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere
17. 4.1.17Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

4.2Other Permanence Options

1. 4.2.1Special Guardianship Orders
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
2. 4.2.2Child Arrangement Orders and Child Arrangement AllowancesJanuary 9, 2024
3. 4.2.3Friends and Family CareUnder Review
4. 4.2.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

4.3General

1. 4.3.1Court Reports in Adoption/Special GuardianshipJanuary 9, 2024
2. 4.3.2Later Life LettersNovember 15, 2021
3. 4.3.3Life Story Books GuidanceNovember 15, 2021
4. 4.3.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

5.Private Fostering

1. 5.0.1Private FosteringJanuary 9, 2024
2. 5.0.2Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

6.Children With Disabilities and Special Educational Needs

1. 6.0.1Children with Disabilities TeamJanuary 9, 2024
2. 6.0.2Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
3. 6.0.3Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsJanuary 9, 2024
4. 6.0.4Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
5. 6.0.5Short breaks - Hillingdon Council
6. 6.0.6School transport for children and young people with SEND - Hillingdon Council
7. 6.0.7Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

7.Children From Abroad

1. 7.0.1Children with No Recourse to Public FundsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 7.0.2Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
3. 7.0.3Data Sharing with the UK Visas and Immigration Regarding Children from AbroadJanuary 9, 2024
4. 7.0.4On the Safe Side: Principles for the Safe Accommodation of Child Victims of Trafficking (ECPAT Briefing)January 9, 2024
5. 7.0.5Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

8.Protocols

1. 8.0.1Protocol Relating to Jointly Funded Placements for Children with Special Educational Needs and/or Complex Health NeedsTo Follow
2. 8.0.2Joint Protocol between Disabilities Teams and Children and Families TeamsJanuary 9, 2024
3. 8.0.3London Borough of Hillingdon and Hillingdon Borough Police Joint Protocol for Considering Requests for the Provision of Accommodation under PACE ImplementationJanuary 9, 2024
4. 8.0.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

9.Youth Justice

1. 9.0.1Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

9.1Policies

1. 9.1.1Information Sharing PolicyJanuary 9, 2024
2. 9.1.2Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

9.2Procedures

1. 9.2.1Court Duty Admin Procedures and GuidelinesJanuary 9, 2024
2. 9.2.2Duty SeniorJanuary 9, 2024
3. 9.2.3Duty SystemJanuary 9, 2024
4. 9.2.4Managing Risk to Staff from ClientsJanuary 9, 2024
5. 9.2.5Looked After Children in Contact with Youth Justice Services
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
6. 9.2.6Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

9.3Practice Guidance

1. 9.3.1AppealsJanuary 9, 2024
2. 9.3.2Crown Court CasesJanuary 9, 2024
3. 9.3.3Detention and Training OrdersJanuary 9, 2024
4. 9.3.4Parenting Contracts and Parenting OrdersJanuary 9, 2024
5. 9.3.5Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationJanuary 9, 2024
6. 9.3.6Remand and Custodial Sentence ManagementJanuary 9, 2024
7. 9.3.7Hillingdon Court ProcessJanuary 9, 2024
8. 9.3.8Placement TransfersJanuary 9, 2024
9. 9.3.9Out of Court Disposals Practice Guidance - Hillingdon Youth Justice ServiceJanuary 9, 2024
10. 9.3.10Youth Out-of-Court Disposal Guide - YJB
11. 9.3.11Referral Order Guidance – YJB
12. 9.3.12Case Management Guidance YJB
13. 9.3.13Placement Review Process - GOV.UK
14. 9.3.14Placing Young People in Custody: Guide for Youth Justice Practitioners - GOV.UK
15. 9.3.15Placement Review (YJB)
16. 9.3.16Requesting Additional Licence Conditions – YJB
17. 9.3.17Practice Advice Extended Supervision – YJB
18. 9.3.18Practitioners Guide to Injunctions to Prevent Gang Related Violence – YJB
19. 9.3.19Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

9.4National Protocols

1. 9.4.1Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
2. 9.4.2Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

9.5Local Protocols

1. 9.5.1Hillingdon Accommodating Offenders Protocol - Joint Protocol between the London Borough of Hillingdon, London Probation Provider (Hillingdon) and Hillingdon Youth Justice ServiceJanuary 9, 2024
2. 9.5.2Protocol between Hillingdon Youth Justice Service and the Hillingdon Education Service Governing Services to School Age OffendersJanuary 9, 2024
3. 9.5.3Protocol for the Working Relationship between the Youth Justice Service and the Children's Social CareJanuary 9, 2024
4. 9.5.4Protocol with the Police and Emergency Duty Team re Appropriate Adult ProvisionJanuary 9, 2024
5. 9.5.5Working Arrangements between the Police and Hillingdon Youth Justice ServiceJanuary 9, 2024
6. 9.5.6Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

10.Appendices

1. 10.0.1Local Contacts
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
2. 10.0.2Ofsted Inspection Framework
   Updated
   June 20, 2024
3. 10.0.3Designated ManagersJanuary 9, 2024
4. 10.0.4Local KeywordsJanuary 9, 2024
5. 10.0.5Working Together to Safeguard Children
6. 10.0.6NICE Guidelines 'When to suspect child maltreatment'
7. 10.0.7Amendments