Welcome to the Children's Services Procedures Manual

This online manual contains the policies, procedures and guidance for City of York Council Children and Families Service. For information on how to use this manual, please see 'Using this Manual' for details about the way this manual works.

It should be read alongside the City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures and Guidance which provide guidance for practitioners on a range of topics including Missing Children, Harmful Sexual Behaviour, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Fabricated and Induced Illness (FII), Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines.

For further details, please contact your Head of Service in the first instance.