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The letter of notice, pre-inspection form and case list form for adoption support agencies inspections.
Performance information that will help local authorities improve their safeguarding services.
Guidance for local authorities on improving case management systems for children's social care services.
Advice for social care providers about how they may arrange for Ofsted inspectors to review records held on electronic systems.
Wellbeing is linked with an individual’s physical health, health behaviours and resilience (the ability to cope with adverse circumstances).
This implementation guidance supports local authorities to include the voices of families as they design, deliver and improve their Start for Life offer.
The framework for Ofsted inspections of Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).
The framework and evaluation schedule for inspection of secure training centres, for use from 1 April 2025.
Good practice advice to support local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of care leavers.
Knowledge and skills development for social workers supporting vulnerable children and families.
Advice on symptoms, diagnosis, complications and treatment of measles.
A planning tool to examine factors that influence stillbirth and infant death at the population level, rather than in individual clinical care.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure 16 to 19 academies.
A guide for social care professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
This publication (Documents of the NRPB volume 12 number 3) contains the recommendations of the Second UK Working Group on stable iodine prophylaxis.
Local authorities’ funding for the children’s social care strengthening families, protecting children (SFPC) programme.
Guidance and methodology for Ofsted's thematic inspections of a sample of regional adoption agencies (RAAs).
This treaty was presented to Parliament in October 2018.
Support for local authorities applying to become a wave 2 area on the families first for children (FFC) pathfinder programme.
We have introduced a business rates holiday for nurseries.
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