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Departmental advice for children’s homes providers and their partners following amendments to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001.
The role of local authorities and the application of the corporate parenting principles.
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Statutory guidance about providing short breaks for disabled children to improve their welfare and quality of life.
A framework of modifiable factors to guide promotion of good mental health in babies, children and young people.
Guidance for local authorities, health commissioners, parents and young people on the trial to extend powers of the SEND tribunal.
Information about the SFPC programme to help safely reduce the number of children entering care.
This factsheet explains how the ASQ-3 tool will be used to collect data to monitor child development across England.
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Training and tools to help practitioners and their managers discuss parental conflict.
What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.
Information for health professionals on the rotavirus vaccination programme.
The framework and evaluation schedule for inspection of secure training centres, for use from 1 April 2026.
A framework to help social care and criminal justice agencies keep looked-after children out of the criminal justice system.
Case studies for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Statutory guidance for local authorities with responsibility for education and children’s social services functions.
Evaluation and summary reports for the Children's social care innovation programme (CSCIP) grouped by theme.
Guidance for local providers of infectious diseases in pregnancy screening.
Guidance on infant and follow-on formula, the application form for infant and follow-on formula made from protein hydrolysates, and forms to notify the authority.
Volume 4: statutory guidance on fostering services for looked-after children.
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