Contents

1.All Children

1.1Early Help and Thresholds for Children's Social Care Services

1. 1.1.1Threshold Framework: Luton Safeguarding Children BoardApril 4, 2024
2. 1.1.2Luton Supervision Framework - Children, Families & Education DirectorateApril 16, 2024
3. 1.1.3Capacity and ConsentJune 17, 2025
4. 1.1.4Effective Support for Children and Young People in LutonApril 4, 2024
5. 1.1.5Luton Family Network Meetings GuidanceApril 16, 2024
6. 1.1.6CSC Induction Programme BookletApril 16, 2024
7. 1.1.7Equality and DiversityJuly 25, 2022
8. 1.1.8Children's Consultation and ParticipationDecember 16, 2024
9. 1.1.9Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

1.2Children's Social Care - Assessment and Planning

1. 1.2.1Contacts and ReferralsJune 17, 2025
2. 1.2.2MASH Timescales and RAG Rating PolicyApril 16, 2024
3. 1.2.3AssessmentsJune 17, 2025
4. 1.2.4Luton Protocol for Single Assessments in Children's Social CareJune 17, 2025
5. 1.2.5Child Protection Enquiries (Section 47)June 17, 2025
6. 1.2.6Child Protection - Information Sharing SystemApril 16, 2024
7. 1.2.7Protocol for the Channel Panel in Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire BoroughApril 16, 2024
8. 1.2.8Risk Assessment and PlanningDecember 16, 2025
9. 1.2.9Providing Personalised CareMarch 23, 2022
10. 1.2.10Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton Safeguarding Children Partnerships Procedures - link to SCP

1.3Child in Need

1. 1.3.1Child in Need Plans and ReviewsJune 17, 2025

1.4Legal Proceedings

1. 1.4.1Applications for Emergency Protection OrdersFebruary 7, 2024
2. 1.4.2Care and Supervision Proceedings and the Public Law OutlineDecember 16, 2024
3. 1.4.3Legal Gateway/Planning MeetingsApril 16, 2024
4. 1.4.4Public Law Outline Procedures and GuidanceApril 16, 2024
5. 1.4.5East of England Region Joint Protocol on Supervision OrdersApril 16, 2024
6. 1.4.6Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol
7. 1.4.7Child Protection Cases: The 1996 Hague Convention
8. 1.4.8Family 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.

1.5Complaints and Whistleblowing

1. 1.5.1Children's Social Care Complaints ProcedureApril 4, 2024
2. 1.5.2WhistleblowingApril 16, 2024

1.6Notifications

1. 1.6.1Death or Serious Harm to a Child Looked After, Child in Need or Care Leaver Up to and Including the Age of 24December 16, 2025

2.Case Management and Recording

1. 2.0.1Recording Policy and GuidelinesSeptember 19, 2023
2. 2.0.2Case Records and RetentionMay 17, 2023
3. 2.0.3Access to Records/Subject Access RequestsJune 17, 2025
4. 2.0.4Confidentiality PolicyDecember 16, 2024
5. 2.0.5ChronologyApril 16, 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 DevicesDecember 16, 2025
8. 2.0.8Electronic Recording of Meetings and ConversationsApril 16, 2024

3.Children in Particular Circumstances

3.1Children with Disabilities

1. 3.1.1Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesDecember 16, 2024
2. 3.1.2Personal Budgets and Direct PaymentsDecember 16, 2024
3. 3.1.3Short BreaksDecember 16, 2024
4. 3.1.4Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential SettingsDecember 16, 2025
5. 3.1.5Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National FrameworkDecember 16, 2024

3.2Children from Abroad

1. 3.2.1Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern SlaveryJune 17, 2025
2. 3.2.2Families with No Recourse to Public FundsDecember 16, 2025

3.3Homelessness

1. 3.3.1HomelessnessApril 5, 2024

3.4Safeguarding and Child Protection

1. 3.4.1Safeguarding Children who Run Away or Go MissingJune 17, 2025
2. 3.4.2Children Missing from EducationJune 17, 2025
3. 3.4.3Safeguarding Children from Child Sexual ExploitationJune 17, 2025
4. 3.4.4Multi-Agency Gang Panel (MAGPan)April 16, 2024
5. 3.4.5Business Process for Looked After Children's Reviews and Care Plan MonitoringApril 16, 2024
6. 3.4.6Protocol for Forced MarriageApril 16, 2024
7. 3.4.7Supporting Vulnerable Children and Families during COVID-19 Practice GuidanceApril 16, 2024

3.5Family and Friends

1. 3.5.1Kinship CareJune 17, 2025
2. 3.5.2Private FosteringJune 17, 2025
3. 3.5.3Family Networks and Family Group Decision MakingDecember 16, 2024

3.6Young Carers

1. 3.6.1Young CarersDecember 16, 2025

3.7Relinquished Children

1. 3.7.1Relinquished ChildrenDecember 16, 2024

3.8Mental Health

1. 3.8.1Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983December 16, 2024

3.9Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity

1. 3.9.1Deprivation of Liberty
2. 3.9.2Mental Capacity

4.Looked After Children

4.1Decision to Look After and Care Planning

1. 4.1.1Local Authority's Sufficiency Duty - Accommodation for Looked After ChildrenDecember 16, 2025
2. 4.1.2Decision to Look AfterDecember 16, 2024
3. 4.1.3Care PlanningApril 15, 2024
4. 4.1.4Ceasing to Look After a ChildDecember 16, 2024
5. 4.1.5Permanence Planning GuidanceApril 16, 2024
6. 4.1.6Placement Planning, Stability and Placement Disruption MeetingsApril 15, 2024
7. 4.1.7Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After ChildrenDecember 16, 2025
8. 4.1.8NICE Guideline: Looked After Children and Young People

4.2Placements

1. 4.2.1Placements with ParentsApril 16, 2024
2. 4.2.2Placements with Connected PersonsDecember 16, 2024
3. 4.2.3Placements in Foster CareDecember 16, 2024
4. 4.2.4Placements in Residential CareDecember 16, 2024
5. 4.2.5Pace FosteringApril 16, 2024
6. 4.2.6Placements in Secure Accommodation on Welfare GroundsDecember 16, 2024
7. 4.2.7Out of Area PlacementsApril 16, 2024
8. 4.2.8Placements Outside England and WalesMarch 6, 2024
9. 4.2.9Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention AccommodationDecember 16, 2025
10. 4.2.10Notifications from Other Local Authorities/Placement ProvidersApril 16, 2024
11. 4.2.11Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential WorkersApril 16, 2024
12. 4.2.12Placements in Other ArrangementsSeptember 19, 2023
13. 4.2.13PACE BEDS - Guidance for Luton YOS, Bedfordshire Police, Luton Borough Council & EDT WorkersApril 16, 2024
14. 4.2.14Health and SafetyJune 17, 2025

4.3Monitoring and Reviews

1. 4.3.1Social Worker Visits to Looked After ChildrenJuly 26, 2022
2. 4.3.2Advocacy and Independent VisitorsApril 16, 2024
3. 4.3.3Looked After ReviewsJune 17, 2025
4. 4.3.4Appointment and Role of Independent Reviewing OfficersApril 16, 2024
5. 4.3.5Escalation of Concerns For Looked after Children and Safeguarding (including Dispute Resolution) ProcedureJune 17, 2025
6. 4.3.6Secure Accommodation (Criteria) ReviewsFebruary 7, 2022
7. 4.3.7Notifications of Significant EventsDecember 16, 2025

4.4Contact and Overnight Stays

1. 4.4.1Contact with Parents/Adults and SiblingsJune 17, 2025
2. 4.4.2Social Visits (Including Overnight Stays)April 16, 2024

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 ChildrenDecember 16, 2024
2. 4.5.2Holidays and School Trips In and Outside the UKDecember 16, 2025
3. 4.5.3Leisure ActivitiesDecember 16, 2025
4. 4.5.4Elective Home Education (EHE) PolicyApril 16, 2024
5. 4.5.5Unregistered Schools StrategyApril 16, 2024
6. 4.5.6Ofsted Complaints Protocol: Complaints About Schools from Ofsted Received By the LAApril 16, 2024

4.6Health and Wellbeing

1. 4.6.1Personal Care and RelationshipsJuly 26, 2022
2. 4.6.2Positive Relationships and Behaviour SupportDecember 16, 2025
3. 4.6.3Restrictive Physical InterventionDecember 16, 2025
4. 4.6.4Health Care Assessments and PlansDecember 16, 2024

4.7Change of Name and Marriage

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

4.8Leaving Care and Transition

1. 4.8.1Leaving Care and TransitionJune 17, 2025
2. 4.8.2Staying PutApril 16, 2024

4.9Children Involved in the Youth Justice System

1. 4.9.1Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice ServicesDecember 16, 2025
2. 4.9.2Responsibilities of the Local Authority to Former Looked After Children and Young People in CustodyApril 16, 2024
3. 4.9.3Children Involved in the Youth Justice System: Additional National GuidanceDecember 16, 2025

5.Fostering and Adoption

5.1Fostering Services

1. 5.1.1Luton Borough Council Fostering Statement of PurposeApril 16, 2024
2. 5.1.2Fostering PanelJuly 26, 2022
3. 5.1.3Persons Disqualified from FosteringJuly 26, 2022
4. 5.1.4Assessment and Approvals of Foster CarersJune 17, 2025
5. 5.1.5Pace FosteringApril 16, 2024
6. 5.1.6Exemptions and Extensions/Variations to Foster Carer ApprovalApril 16, 2024
7. 5.1.7Supervision and Support of Foster CarersMarch 24, 2022
8. 5.1.8Review and Termination of Approval of Foster CarersJuly 26, 2022
9. 5.1.9Allegations Against Foster CarersJune 17, 2025
10. 5.1.10Fostering Service Smoking PolicyJune 17, 2025
11. 5.1.11Training and Development of Foster CarersMarch 23, 2022

5.2Adoption and Permanence Services

1. 5.2.1Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective AdoptersJune 17, 2025
2. 5.2.2Adoption PanelMarch 17, 2023
3. 5.2.3Placement for AdoptionJune 17, 2025
4. 5.2.4Adoption SupportDecember 16, 2025
5. 5.2.5Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive PlacementsOctober 31, 2023
6. 5.2.6Adoption ReviewsJuly 26, 2022
7. 5.2.7Disruption of Adoptive PlacementsNovember 28, 2023
8. 5.2.8Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already AdoptedJune 17, 2025
9. 5.2.9Inter Country AdoptionDecember 16, 2024
10. 5.2.10Non Agency AdoptionDecember 16, 2024
11. 5.2.11Adoption Case RecordsFebruary 8, 2022
12. 5.2.12Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case RecordsJuly 26, 2022
13. 5.2.13Intermediary ServicesJuly 26, 2022
14. 5.2.14Life Story Books GuidanceDecember 16, 2024
15. 5.2.15Later Life LettersDecember 16, 2024
16. 5.2.16Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective AdoptersAugust 25, 2023
17. 5.2.17Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere

5.3Special Guardianship

1. 5.3.1Applications for Special Guardianship OrdersDecember 16, 2025
2. 5.3.2Court Reports in Placement Order Applications and Adoption/Special Guardianship GuidanceApril 16, 2024

6.Contacts, List of Agency Decision Makers and Appendices

1. 6.0.1Agency Decision Making ProcessApril 16, 2024
2. 6.0.2Ofsted Inspection FrameworkDecember 16, 2024
3. 6.0.3Working Together to Safeguard Children
4. 6.0.4Amendments