The London Safeguarding Children Procedures and Practice Guidance are updated on a six-monthly basis with the relevant changes to legislation, statutory guidance, and local guidance.
Resources
See resources from LSCP.
London Safeguarding Children Procedures and Practice Guidance
The London Multi-Agency Safeguarding Data Sharing Agreement
The Data Sharing Agreement [DSA] was published in January 2021 which documents how the parties to this agreement will share personal data about children and families for safeguarding purposes.
London Multi-Agency Safeguarding Data Sharing Agreement
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London Protocol for the provision of local authority accommodation for children held in police custody
This Protocol aims to facilitate an improvement in outcomes for children held in police custody – a group of children who often end up in custody because of their vulnerability and who, whilst in custody, will be at a point of crisis.
It seeks to facilitate this by supporting professionals involved in the transfer of children in custody to local authority accommodation to understand both their own roles and responsibilities and those of their colleagues and thereby to facilitate joint working. It also sets out how local areas should monitor the implementation of this Protocol and ensure that feedback develops and enhances local practice.
The purpose of this protocol is to supplement the Home Office Concordat on Children in Custody. The Concordat forms the basis for this document and the London specific sections are highlighted.