Protocols, Guidance & Procedures

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.

National

• 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 
• NSPCC Core Info: Bruises on Children
• NSPCC Core Info: Neglect or emotional abuse in children aged 5-14
• NSPCC Core Info: Neglect or emotional abuse in teenagers aged 13-18
• NSPCC Core Info: Fractures in children
• NSPCC Core Info: Head and spinal injuries in children
• NSPCC Core Info: oral injuries and bites on children
• Statutory Guidance for schools, colleges and children’s services
• What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused – advice for practitioners
• Whistleblowing to Ofsted about children’s social care services
• Working Together 2018 online

Hounslow

• Children Missing from Care, Home & Education Protocol
• CSE: London CSE Operating Protocol
• CSE Work Flow
• CSE Screening Tool February 2019
• CSE Post 18 Work Flow
• Child Protection Medicals Practice Briefing
• Children Missing Education
• Child and Family Notification Form
• FGM Operating Procedure
• FGM Resource Pack
• Feltham YOI LADO Protocol
• GDPR Safeguarding Policy
• Hounslow LADO Protocol
• Hounslow Education Partnership Headteachers Handbook
• HSCP Escalation Policy – 2024
• HSCP Serious Incident Notification Form
• Independent Reviewing Officer Challenge Protocol
• LADO Service Practice Briefing
• LADO Referral Form
• London Child Protection Procedures
• Out of Hours Support 
• Prevent Guidance 
• Private Fostering

• • • Poster
    • Leaflet
    • Early Help
    • Practice Briefing
• Safeguarding Strategy HMP & YOI Feltham A
• Think Family: Adult Learning Disability Service 
• Think Family: 0-25 Disability Team
• Think Family: Hounslow Adults Safeguarding Board (HASB)
• Think Family: London Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
• Think Family: Part B of the London Child Protection Procedures
  • Safeguarding children affected by domestic abuse and violence
  • Parents who Misuse Substances
  • Parenting Capacity and Mental Illness
  • Parenting Capacity and Learning Disabilities

• Think Family: Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Support
• Threshold Document: Continuum of Help and Support (Hounslow has adopted the Pan London Threshold Document)