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Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
Download a checklist of documents you need to submit as part of a children's social care application.
Model form and letter to help providers of early years education identify which children are eligible for the early years pupil premium.
Form for local authority staff to ask the authorities in another country for information or assistance in a child protection case.
Deal with the Tax Credit office for someone else - authorisation, TC689 authorisation form, appointees, if your child has a baby
You must register with your local Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT) if you want to become a childminder or provide day care services in Northern Ireland
You must register on the Ofsted Childcare Register and/or the Early Years Register to set up a childminder agency in England, includes how long it takes, fees and how to apply
Use form CH105 to authorise someone (an 'intermediary') to help you with your Child Benefit.
Use this sample letter to get proof a partner promised in court not to harass or threaten you, if you're applying for legal aid.
Form A4: Application for revocation of an order freeing a child for adoption.
Application form to request information that we hold on individuals.
Form A64: Application to receive information from court records Section 60(4) Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Sample letter for social services staff to respond to requests for information about child abuse assessments or child protection plans.
Form for short break carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards for foster carers.
MMR diagnostic form (E8): PCR, genotyping and serology tests
Use this form to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards) in cases relating to the registration of a child care provider and children’s homes.
Form A107: Consent by the child's parent to adoption by their partner. The Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Form for health professionals to supply additional patient information after UKHSA has confirmed a case of measles, mumps or rubella.
Use these letters to get proof a partner has been convicted of child abuse, if you're applying for legal aid.
Form for applying to Ofsted for a decision to waive disqualification.
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