London Child Protection Procedures - chapters

Please note that the Editorial Board which finalised this third edition of the London Child Protection Procedures will continue to meet in 2008/9 to ensure that the document remains up to date and accurately reflects safeguarding practice in London. For more information on how this process will work, please download the letter below:

  Process for updating the London Child Protection Procedures 

Please note that Working Together to Safeguard Children, Chapter 8. Serious Case Reviews (DCSF, December 2009) supersedes the guidance previously published in Section 19 of these procedures. Please follow the links below to download the individual chapters of the London Child Protection Procedures.

  Section 1 - Preface and introduction - updated 10.01.2008

  Section 2 - Roles and responsibilities

  Section 3 - Sharing information - updated 10.01.2008 

  Section 4 - Recognition and response

  Section 5 - Children in specific circumstances (cisc) - updated 10.01.2008

  Section 6 - Referral and assessment - updated 10.01.2008

  Section 7 - Child protection enquiries

  Section 8 - Child protection conferences

  Section 9 - Implementation of child protection plan

  Section 10 - Working with unco-operative families

  Section 11 - Mobile children and families

  Section 12 - Unexpected death of a child

  Section 13 - Risk management of known offenders

  Section 14 - Organised and complex abuse

  Section 15 - Allegations against staff

  Section 16 - Supervision and training

  Section 17 - Safer recruitment

  Section 18 - LSCBs, quality assurance and conflict resolution

Section 19 - Serious case reviews (superseded by Working Together to Safeguard Children, Chapter 8, which is available to download at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/_download/?id=7215).

  Appendix 1 - Statutory framework 

  Appendix 2 - Children’s safeguarding recommendations 

  Appendix 3 - Voluntary agencies or community groups keeping children safe

  Appendix 4 - Information sharing legal framework  

  Appendix 5 - Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families

  Appendix 6 - Use of questionnaires and scales to evidence assessment and decision making

  Appendix 7 - Missing persons’ notification proforma  

  Appendix 8 - A guide to the acronyms used in these procedures