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Download a checklist of documents you need to submit as part of a children's social care application.
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
Deal with the Tax Credit office for someone else - authorisation, TC689 authorisation form, appointees, if your child has a baby
Use form CH105 to authorise someone (an 'intermediary') to help you with your Child Benefit.
Form for childcare services that do not have to register with Ofsted because they only provide care for up to 14 days a year.
Form for local authority staff to ask the authorities in another country for information or assistance in a child protection case.
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
Form for family and friends foster carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards.
Form A4: Application for revocation of an order freeing a child for adoption.
Form A64: Application to receive information from court records Section 60(4) Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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.
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.
Use this sample letter to get evidence that your partner abused a child, if you're applying for legal aid.
Sample letters to get evidence of a restraining order or injunction against an abusive partner, if you're applying for legal aid.
MMR diagnostic form (E8): PCR, genotyping and serology tests
Use this sample letter to get a copy of the child abuse charge from the police, if you're applying for legal aid.
Application form to request information that we hold on individuals.
Form for short break carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards for foster carers.
Form A106: Withdrawal of consent. Sections 19 and 20 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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