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Information for employers on supporting kinship carers in the workplace and how to be a kinship-friendly employer.
Technical information for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early education and childcare entitlements expansions.
Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on children who lose their looked-after status when remanded or sentenced to custody.
How local authorities can deal with international child protection cases.
Information on the DfE early years COVID-19 recovery programme, which offers leadership support, coaching and mentoring.
A quick reference guide to the childhood flu vaccines for winter 2025 to 2026.
Statutory guidance on early childhood services and Sure Start children's centres.
Exercises and guidance documents for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of privately fostered children.
Guidance from the Chief Medical Officer for healthcare professionals on safe alcohol consumption for children and young people.
Explains how changes to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework will affect you, what you need to do and how to access support.
Information for health professionals on the epidemiology, transmission and prevention of Chlamydia abortus which can cause stillbirth or abortion in humans.
Information for support care providers on using the training, support and development (TSD) standards for foster carers.
Information, intelligence and tools with evidence-based approaches for how preconception care can be embedded.
Action areas for local authorities and their partners to help develop injury prevention strategies for children and young people.
Information and advice on measles and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2024 to 2025.
Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Guidance for child health information system (CHIS) providers on information requirements, and suppliers on specifications for collecting and reporting data.
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