It is Camden’s policy that wherever possible, CLA are not criminalised unnecessarily, and that restorative justice approaches are used to deal with incidents occurring in placement where this is more appropriate.

The Reducing the criminalisation of LAC protocol has been developed for use by all staff, foster carers, residential workers and key workers in pathways accommodation to help them decide on the best approach to take in response to incidents with a view to avoiding criminalising young people.