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How local authorities should report incidents to the Department for Education, Ofsted and Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Statutory guidance for local authority children’s services on representations and complaints procedures.
Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
Volume 3: statutory guidance for local authorities on helping care leavers aged 16 and 17 prepare for adulthood.
Guidance for local areas to embed working together to safeguard children and the children’s social care national framework in practice.
How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903).
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
This explains how to get a Disclosure and Barring Service check if you are aged 16 or over and you live or work in a childcare setting.
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2025 to 2026 returns.
Data dashboard designed to support local authorities and partners with the implementation of the children’s social care national framework.
Statutory guidance for local authorities and their partners to stop children going missing and to protect those who do.
Operational guidance for local authorities on the data collection and price caps rules on the use of agency child and family social workers.
Statutory guidance on Junior ISAs for children and young people who have been in local authority care for 12 months or more.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
Guidance for local authorities and schools dealing with adults who have legal rights and responsibilities for a child.
A parent and carer’s guide on the safeguarding arrangements you should expect from activity clubs, tutors and coaches.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on the use of agency child and family social workers.
How local authorities should extend the virtual school head role to promote the education of children with a social worker and children in kinship care.
Statutory guidance relating to care planning and reviewing arrangements for looked-after children.
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