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Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, support and protect children.
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home.
If you have a non-social-work-related degree and want to become a child and family social worker, you can train through this programme.
You might need to create a new Government Gateway account if you have forgotten both your user ID and password.
You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
Guidance for those providing residential children’s homes for vulnerable children.
Find out what information you will need to create and use a Government Gateway account so that you can use Ofsted's services.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
Apply to register a children’s home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
Guidance for safeguarding partners on implementing family help, multi-agency child protection and family group decision-making reforms.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.
Information for social care providers and managers on how to register with Ofsted and about the registration process.
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children’s social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
Safeguarding guidance, e-learning and resources for providers of after-school clubs, activities and tuition, and other out-of-school settings.
Find out how misconduct in the teaching profession is regulated, investigated and managed.
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