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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Support for foster carers, including financial help, tax arrangements, how to make decisions for your foster child, claiming benefit while fostering, and other help.
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Advice and guidance to help parents and carers to keep children safe online.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903).
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Uruguay for healthcare practitioners.
How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries
Information about the SFPC programme to help safely reduce the number of children entering care.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to establish a safe environment for children to positively interact with each other.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Venezuela for healthcare practitioners.
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