Contents

1.All Children

1.1Policy, Values and Principles

1. 1.1.1Children's Services Policies, Values and Principles April 29, 2025
2. 1.1.2Children's Consultation and ParticipationFebruary 13, 2025
3. 1.1.3Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
4. 1.1.4Practice Standards
   New
   February 12, 2025
5. 1.1.5Practice Model
   New
   February 12, 2025
6. 1.1.6Local Resources

1.2Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

1. 1.2.1Early Help WorkflowFebruary 12, 2025
2. 1.2.2Threshold Document - Continuum of Help and Support February 12, 2025
3. 1.2.3Advice for Professionals: How to Make a Safeguarding Referral
   New
   February 12, 2025
4. 1.2.4Capacity and ConsentMay 21, 2024
5. 1.2.5Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)
6. 1.2.6Local Resources

1.3Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.3.1Contacts and ReferralsFebruary 12, 2025
2. 1.3.2AssessmentsFebruary 13, 2025
3. 1.3.3Local Protocol for Assessment
   New
   February 12, 2025
4. 1.3.4Lambeth Pre-Birth Assessment Practice Guidance
   New
   February 12, 2025
5. 1.3.5Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)February 12, 2025
6. 1.3.6London Safeguarding Children Procedures
7. 1.3.7Local Resources

1.4Child in Need

1. 1.4.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsFebruary 12, 2025
2. 1.4.2Local Resources

1.5Legal Proceedings

1. 1.5.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersFebruary 7, 2024
2. 1.5.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineUnder Review
3. 1.5.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsFebruary 12, 2025
4. 1.5.4Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol
5. 1.5.5Cross-border child protection cases: the 1996 Hague Convention (DfE)
6. 1.5.6Family 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.
7. 1.5.7Local Resources

1.6Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.6.1Complaints and RepresentationsFebruary 12, 2025
2. 1.6.2Lambeth Whistleblowing Policy
   New
   February 12, 2025
3. 1.6.3Local Resources

1.7Notifications

1. 1.7.1Death or Serious Injury to a Child (Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24)February 12, 2025
2. 1.7.2Local Resources

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesApril 29, 2025
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionJanuary 16, 2025
3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsApril 29, 2025
4. 2.0.4Confidentiality PolicyMay 21, 2024
5. 2.0.5Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsDecember 18, 2024
6. 2.0.6Use of Social Media Sites by Social Care and Safeguarding StaffMarch 28, 2024
7. 2.0.7Storage of Data on Mobile DevicesNovember 27, 2024
8. 2.0.8Local Resources

3.Children in Particular Circumstances

3.1Children with Disabilities

1. 3.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
2. 3.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct Payments
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
3. 3.1.3Short Breaks
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
4. 3.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
5. 3.1.5Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkMay 21, 2024
6. 3.1.6Local Resources

3.2Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

1. 3.2.1Deprivation of Liberty
2. 3.2.2Mental Capacity
3. 3.2.3Local Resources

3.3Child Protection

1. 3.3.1Lambeth Children's Social Care Child Sexual Exploitation
   New
   February 12, 2025
2. 3.3.2Missing from Home and Care Protocol
   New
   April 29, 2025

3.4Children from Abroad

1. 3.4.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
2. 3.4.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsSeptember 23, 2024
3. 3.4.3Supporting Ukrainian Refugees with Sponsor Households
   New
   February 12, 2025
4. 3.4.4Local Resources

3.5Homelessness

1. 3.5.1Prevention of Homelessness and Provision of Accommodation for 16 and 17 Year Olds who may be Homeless and/or Require Accommodation; and Duty to ReferFebruary 13, 2025
2. 3.5.2Local Resources

3.6Family and Friends Care

1. 3.6.1Kinship CareUnder Review
2. 3.6.2Private FosteringFebruary 13, 2025
3. 3.6.3Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingMarch 18, 2024
4. 3.6.4Local Resources

3.7Young Carers

1. 3.7.1Young CarersFebruary 13, 2025
2. 3.7.2Local Resources

3.8Relinquished Children

1. 3.8.1Relinquished ChildrenApril 29, 2025
2. 3.8.2Local Resources

3.9Mental Health

1. 3.9.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983April 29, 2025
2. 3.9.2Local Resources

4.Looked After Children

4.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 4.1.1Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After Children
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
2. 4.1.2Decision to Look AfterFebruary 13, 2025
3. 4.1.3Care PlanningAugust 19, 2024
4. 4.1.4Ceasing to Look After a ChildFebruary 13, 2025
5. 4.1.5Permanence Planning GuidanceApril 29, 2025
6. 4.1.6Placement Planning and Disruption MeetingsFebruary 13, 2025
7. 4.1.7Missing from Home and Care Protocol
   New
   April 29, 2025
8. 4.1.8Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenFebruary 13, 2025
9. 4.1.9Risk Assessment and PlanningMarch 23, 2022
10. 4.1.10Providing Personalised CareFebruary 13, 2025
11. 4.1.11NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People
12. 4.1.12Local Resources

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsFebruary 13, 2025
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected PersonsFebruary 13, 2025
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareFebruary 13, 2025
4. 4.2.4Placements in Residential CareFebruary 13, 2025
5. 4.2.5Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsFebruary 13, 2025
6. 4.2.6Out of Area PlacementsFebruary 13, 2025
7. 4.2.7Placements Outside England and WalesFebruary 13, 2025
8. 4.2.8Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationFebruary 13, 2025
9. 4.2.9Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersSeptember 23, 2024
10. 4.2.10Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersFebruary 13, 2025
11. 4.2.11Unregulated Placements Procedure
    New
    February 12, 2025
12. 4.2.12Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
13. 4.2.13Health and Safety
    Updated
    April 29, 2025
14. 4.2.14Local Resources

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenApril 29, 2025
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsFebruary 13, 2025
3. 4.3.3Looked After ReviewsApril 29, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersFebruary 13, 2025
5. 4.3.5Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsFebruary 13, 2025
6. 4.3.6Notifications of Significant EventsAugust 19, 2024
7. 4.3.7Local Resources

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsFebruary 13, 2025
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)February 13, 2025
3. 4.4.3Local Resources

4.5Education, School Trips and Holidays

1. 4.5.1Supporting the Education and Promoting the Achievement of Children with a Social Worker, Looked After and Previously Looked After ChildrenJuly 25, 2023
2. 4.5.2Promoting the Education of Children with a Social Worker
   New
   February 12, 2025
3. 4.5.3Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKApril 17, 2024
4. 4.5.4Leisure ActivitiesMarch 23, 2022
5. 4.5.5Local Resources

4.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.6.1Health Care Assessments and PlansFebruary 13, 2025
2. 4.6.2Personal Care and RelationshipsFebruary 13, 2025
3. 4.6.3Positive Relationships and Behaviour ManagementFebruary 13, 2025
4. 4.6.4Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintFebruary 13, 2025
5. 4.6.5Local Resources

4.7Change of Name and Marriage/Civil Partnership

1. 4.7.1Change of Name of a Looked After ChildFebruary 7, 2024
2. 4.7.2Marriage/Civil Partnership of a Looked After ChildNovember 28, 2023
3. 4.7.3Local Resources

4.8Leaving Care and Transition

1. 4.8.1Leaving Care and Transition
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
2. 4.8.2Staying PutFebruary 13, 2025
3. 4.8.3Local Resources

4.9Youth Justice Service

1. 4.9.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesFebruary 13, 2025
2. 4.9.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyFebruary 13, 2025
3. 4.9.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National Guidance
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
4. 4.9.4Youth Justice Board National Standards
5. 4.9.5Case Management Guidelines
6. 4.9.6YJB and Probation Joint National Protocol for Transitions in England
7. 4.9.7Local Resources

5.Fostering and Adoption

5.1Fostering Services

1. 5.1.1Fostering PanelJuly 26, 2022
2. 5.1.2Persons Disqualified from FosteringJuly 26, 2022
3. 5.1.3Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
4. 5.1.4Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalSeptember 23, 2024
5. 5.1.5Supervision and Support of Foster CarersFebruary 13, 2025
6. 5.1.6Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJuly 26, 2022
7. 5.1.7Allegations Against Foster Carers
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
8. 5.1.8Training and Development of Foster CarersMarch 23, 2022
9. 5.1.9Local Resources

5.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 5.2.1Adoption Panel
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
2. 5.2.2Placement for Adoption
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
3. 5.2.3Disruption of Adoptive PlacementsNovember 28, 2023
4. 5.2.4Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
5. 5.2.5Life Story Books GuidanceMay 21, 2024
6. 5.2.6Later Life LettersMay 21, 2024
7. 5.2.7Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersApril 29, 2025
8. 5.2.8Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere
9. 5.2.9Local Resources

5.3Special Guardianship

1. 5.3.1Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersApril 29, 2025
2. 5.3.2Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceSeptember 23, 2024
3. 5.3.3Local Resources

6.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 6.0.1Local Contacts
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
2. 6.0.2List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated OfficersFebruary 12, 2025
3. 6.0.3Ofsted Inspection Framework
   Updated
   April 29, 2025
4. 6.0.4Working Together to Safeguard Children
5. 6.0.5Amendments
6. 6.0.6Local Resources