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What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
Guidance about types of children's social care provider and Ofsted's registration process.
Sets out the roles and responsibilities of a principal social worker (PSW) in adult services.
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Sets out what a principal social worker (PSW) in adult services should know and be able to do.
Guidance on child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country.
Transcript of Minister Whately's speech at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services spring seminar
Information and guidance on Social Outcomes Partnerships (also known as Social Impact Bonds) and the Life Chances Fund.
This National Data Guardian guidance will improve public benefit evaluations by defining and standardising the concept of public benefit to enable clearer interpretation and understanding.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Paper by the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviour (SPI-B).
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