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1.All Children

1.1Introduction and Policy Framework

  1. 1.1.1Foreword and IntroductionDecember 23, 2024
  2. 1.1.2Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles December 23, 2024
  3. 1.1.3Children's Consultation and ParticipationJanuary 9, 2024
  4. 1.1.4Capacity and ConsentJune 26, 2025
  5. 1.1.5Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
  6. 1.1.6Documents 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. 1.2.3Care and Support Directory

1.3Assessment and Planning

  1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsDecember 23, 2024
  2. 1.3.2Interagency Referral FormJanuary 9, 2024
  3. 1.3.3AssessmentsJune 26, 2025
  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 ChildJune 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 CareJune 26, 2025
  7. 1.4.7Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual ExploitationDecember 23, 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 Planning MeetingsJune 26, 2025
  2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineJune 26, 2025
  3. 1.5.3Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersDecember 23, 2024
  4. 1.5.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

  1. 1.6.1WhistleblowingJune 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 ServicesUnder Review
  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 ConversationsUnder Review
  2. 1.8.2Access to Records/Subject Access Requests
    Updated
    June 26, 2025
  3. 1.8.3Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffDecember 23, 2024
  4. 1.8.4Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesJune 26, 2025
  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 ArrangementsJune 26, 2025
  3. 2.0.3Young CarersUnder Review
  4. 2.0.4Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to Refer
    Updated
    June 26, 2025
  5. 2.0.5Documents 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 AfterDecember 23, 2024
  2. 3.1.2Care PlanningJune 26, 2025
  3. 3.1.3Ceasing to Look After a ChildDecember 23, 2024
  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 PlanningDecember 23, 2024
  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 CareJune 26, 2025
  3. 3.2.3Placement in Residential CareUnder Review
  4. 3.2.4Placements in Secure AccommodationJune 26, 2025
  5. 3.2.5Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationJune 26, 2025
  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 CarersJune 26, 2025
  8. 3.2.8Out of Area PlacementsDecember 23, 2024
  9. 3.2.9Placements Outside England and WalesDecember 23, 2024
  10. 3.2.10Placements in Other ArrangementsUnder Review
  11. 3.2.11Health and Safety
    Updated
    June 26, 2025
  12. 3.2.12Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.3Reviews

  1. 3.3.1Looked After ReviewsJune 26, 2025
  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 ChildrenDecember 23, 2024
  3. 3.5.3Guidelines for Promoting the Educational Achievements of Looked After ChildrenDecember 23, 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 PolicyJune 26, 2025
  5. 3.7.5InfestationsJanuary 9, 2024
  6. 3.7.6Self HarmingJanuary 9, 2024
  7. 3.7.7Nutrition and DietJanuary 9, 2024
  8. 3.7.8Improving the Mental Health of Children in Care - the Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireJanuary 9, 2024
  9. 3.7.9Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983Under Review
  10. 3.7.10S-Flagging on NHS Database of Looked After ChildrenJanuary 9, 2024
  11. 3.7.11Documents 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 SiblingsJune 26, 2025
  2. 3.9.2Overnight Stays and Social VisitsJanuary 9, 2024
  3. 3.9.3Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

3.10Foster Carers - Under review

  1. 3.10.1Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers
    Updated
    Under Review
  2. 3.10.2Fostering PanelUnder Review
  3. 3.10.3Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalUnder Review
  4. 3.10.4Persons Disqualified from FosteringUnder Review
  5. 3.10.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersUnder Review
  6. 3.10.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersUnder Review
  7. 3.10.7Foster Carers Recording PolicyUnder Review
  8. 3.10.8Safe Caring - GuidanceUnder Review
  9. 3.10.9BAAF Practice Note No 51 - Reducing the Risk of Environmental Tobacco Smoke for Looked After Children and their CarersUnder Review
  10. 3.10.10Hillingdon Pathways to Short BreaksUnder Review
  11. 3.10.11Allegations Against Foster Carers
    Updated
    Under Review
  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 Transition
    Updated
    Under Review
  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 EventsDecember 23, 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 Adopters
    Updated
    June 26, 2025
  2. 4.1.2Placement for AdoptionDecember 23, 2024
  3. 4.1.3Adoption SupportDecember 23, 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 Adopted
    Updated
    June 26, 2025
  8. 4.1.8Inter Country AdoptionDecember 23, 2024
  9. 4.1.9Non Agency AdoptionsJanuary 9, 2024
  10. 4.1.10Adoption Case RecordsDecember 23, 2024
  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 AdoptersDecember 23, 2024
  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 OrdersJune 20, 2024
  2. 4.2.2Child Arrangement Orders and Child Arrangement AllowancesJanuary 9, 2024
  3. 4.2.3Kinship Care
    Updated
    Under Review
  4. 4.2.4Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingDecember 23, 2024
  5. 4.2.5Documents 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 LettersDecember 23, 2024
  3. 4.3.3Life Story Books GuidanceDecember 23, 2024
  4. 4.3.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

5.Private Fostering

  1. 5.0.1Private FosteringDecember 23, 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 TeamDecember 23, 2024
  2. 6.0.2Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesDecember 23, 2024
  3. 6.0.3Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsDecember 23, 2024
  4. 6.0.4Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkJune 20, 2024
  5. 6.0.5Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsDecember 23, 2024
  6. 6.0.6Short breaks - Hillingdon Council
  7. 6.0.7School transport for children and young people with SEND - Hillingdon Council
  8. 6.0.8Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

7.Children From Abroad

  1. 7.0.1Children with No Recourse to Public FundsDecember 23, 2024
  2. 7.0.2Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryDecember 23, 2024
  3. 7.0.3Data Sharing with the UK Visas and Immigration Regarding Children from AbroadJanuary 9, 2024
  4. 7.0.4Documents Library (Links to further relevant Hillingdon materials)

8.Protocols

  1. 8.0.1Joint Protocol between Disabilities Teams and Children and Families TeamsUnder Review
  2. 8.0.2London Borough of Hillingdon and Hillingdon Borough Police Joint Protocol for Considering Requests for the Provision of Accommodation under PACE ImplementationJanuary 9, 2024
  3. 8.0.3Documents 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 PolicyJune 26, 2025
  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 ServicesJune 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 AccommodationJune 26, 2025
  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 26, 2025
  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 CareDecember 23, 2024
  4. 9.5.4Protocol with the Police and Emergency Duty Team re Appropriate Adult ProvisionDecember 23, 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 ContactsDecember 23, 2024
  2. 10.0.2Ofsted Inspection FrameworkDecember 23, 2024
  3. 10.0.3Designated Managers
    Updated
    June 26, 2025
  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

Last Updated: June 26, 2025

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