Children's social care: national framework
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children’s social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
Applies to England
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The national framework document is for those who work in local authority children’s social care.
Statutory guidance shows what you must do to comply with the law. You must follow it unless there’s a good reason not to.
It includes relevant information for all safeguarding partners and agencies who work with children’s social care.
We have published advice for local authorities and safeguarding partners on how to embed the guidance.
Practitioners can also share and use:
- the illustrated guide, for children and young people
- the easy read version
- a British Sign Language captioned and audio summary version, on YouTube
- our animated guide to the framework, on YouTube
Last updated 27 February 2024 + show all updates
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Added an easy read version of the framework, and a link to a summary version in British Sign Language. The British Sign Language version is on YouTube.
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Added a link to an animated guide to the framework. The animated guide is on YouTube.
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First published.