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New guidance for schools and colleges on how to keep children safe, including advice on how to support young victims of sexual violence and harassment.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
An improvement notice about the government’s intervention in the council’s children’s social care services.
A revised statutory direction issued to Croydon Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.
Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi spoke at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting event hosted by the British Association of Social Workers.
Children's Minister met staff at Leeds City Council to hear about improvement work in children's social care
A letter from the Secretary of State delegating statutory responsibility for monitoring the Prevent duty in higher education to the Office for Students.
Statutory direction to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to improve performance in children’s social care services, with correspondence.
Direction issued to Torbay Council due to poor performance in children's social care services.
Direction issued to Birmingham City Council appointing Dave Hill as Children’s Social Care Commissioner.
The Regional Adoption Agencies will speed up matching to find loving, stable homes for children more quickly
Eleanor Schooling shares some of the common themes that have emerged as local authorities improve from inadequate.
Measures announced to raise the status of the social work profession to mark World Social Work Day.
Partnership of councils, police chiefs, charities and Government to urge public to report suspicions
The funding will support councils to improve children's social care services.
Damian Hinds joined Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler to hear about Hampshire's innovative children's social care projects.
Plans to strengthen information sharing as part of government's ambition to tackle child abuse and neglect.
A direction issued by DfE to Buckinghamshire County Council due to its inadequate performance in children's social care services.
A support service for mums-to-be in Kirklees which has involved user-led service design and development.
Minister for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi addresses social work professionals from across the country.
Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi announces three new projects to support for care leavers into education, employment or training.
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