Social care

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Services

1. Childcare and children's social care health declaration form

   Health declaration form for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.

2. Tell Ofsted about an incident: children's social care notification form

   Online form for adoption or fostering agencies, children's homes and residential family centres. Downloadable form for residential holiday schemes for disabled children.

3. Become a children's social care provider: SC2 declaration and consent form

   SC2 declaration and consent form for registered children’s social care providers.

4. Registration of residential care homes (England)

   You need to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to run a residential care home for adults in England

5. Register as a children's social care provider: 'fit person' assessment questionnaires

   Forms for assessing your fitness to be a children's social care provider. There are separate forms for children's homes.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Actions for adult social care providers to prepare for Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 30 August 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care
2. Disclosure and Barring Service: guidance for children's social care providers and managers
   • Detailed guide
   • 29 August 2019
   • Ofsted
3. The code of practice for victims of crime and supporting public information materials
   • Statutory guidance
   • 8 October 2018
   • Ministry of Justice
4. Ofsted safeguarding policy
   • Guidance
   • 8 March 2018
   • Ofsted
5. Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections
   • Guidance
   • 24 July 2015
   • Department of Health and Social Care

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News and communications

11 September 2019 — News story

Interim Joint Chief Social Worker for Adults announced

Department of Health and Social Care

1. London seminar: Reducing and preventing childhood vulnerabilities and adverse childhood experiences
   • 28 August 2019
   • Academy for Social Justice
   • News story
2. Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s – statement to Parliament
   • 23 July 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Written statement
3. Direction issued to Tower Hamlets council
   • 22 July 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Decision
4. New approach to engaging rough sleeping and homeless community
   • 19 July 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Case study

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Research and statistics

1. Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI): management in care homes
   • 6 September 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Research
2. Child Protection Statistics for Northern Ireland (quarter ending 31 June 2019)
   • 15 August 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
3. Palliative and end of life care: hospital deaths 2006 to 2017
   • 12 August 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Research
4. Homecare Experience Survey 2018
   • 8 August 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics
5. Chief Medical Officer annual report 2019: partnering for progress
   • 22 July 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s
   • 22 July 2019
   • Cabinet Office and Department of Health and Social Care
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 15 October 2019
2. Restraint and restrictive intervention: draft guidance
   • 27 June 2019
   • Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 25 January 2018
3. Personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets: extending legal rights
   • 3 May 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 09 June 2018
4. Better Care Fund: how it will work in 2019 to 2020
   • 29 July 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
5. Children’s Social Care Innovation programme
   • 16 July 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Carers action plan 2018 to 2020: 1-year progress review
   • 23 July 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Corporate report
2. Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE: secure children's homes
   • 3 April 2019
   • Ofsted
   • Corporate report
3. National Data Guardian Panel meeting minutes, 2018
   • 2 April 2019
   • National Data Guardian
   • Corporate report
4. The Planning Inspectorate Framework Document
   • 24 October 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Corporate report
5. National Data Guardian Panel meeting minutes, 2017
   • 11 February 2018
   • National Data Guardian
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department of Health & Social Care
2. Department for Education
3. Public Health England
4. Department for Work & Pensions
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Cabinet Office
4. HM Treasury
5. Ministry of Defence
6. Ministry of Justice
7. National Data Guardian
8. Home Office
9. National Information Board
10. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
11. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
12. Accelerated Access Review
13. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
14. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
15. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
16. Government Equalities Office
17. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
18. Northern Ireland Office
19. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
20. Department for International Development
21. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
22. Central Arbitration Committee
23. Government Actuary's Department
24. HM Revenue & Customs
25. Office of the Public Guardian
26. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
27. Tribunal Procedure Committee
28. Academy for Social Justice
29. Attorney General's Office
30. Certification Officer
31. Department for International Trade
32. Department for Transport
33. Disclosure & Barring Service
34. Government Digital Service
35. Government Office for Science
36. Marine Management Organisation
37. Office for Civil Society
38. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
39. Planning Inspectorate
40. UK Visas and Immigration

1. Ofsted
2. Innovate UK
3. The Charity Commission
4. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
5. Healthcare UK
6. Office for Life Sciences
7. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
8. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
9. Sellafield Ltd
10. Social Security Advisory Committee
11. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
12. Forestry Commission
13. HM Prison Service
14. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
15. Natural England
16. Single Source Regulations Office
17. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
18. Veterans UK

Explore sub-topics

1. Carers' health
2. End of life care
3. Health and social care integration