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Statutory guidance for local authorities and their partners to stop children going missing and to protect those who do.
How local authorities should notify incidents to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Statutory guidance on the provision of accommodation for 16 and 17 year old young people who may be homeless and/or require accommodation.
A parent and carer’s guide on the safeguarding arrangements you should expect from activity clubs, tutors and coaches.
Guidance for special schools providing residential accommodation for any child.
How local authorities should collect and submit data to complete the children’s social work workforce census.
This document provides an overview of safeguarding to dental teams and reinforces its importance.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
Departmental advice for those working with children in certain types of performance or activity in England.
Ofsted’s safeguarding policy and guidance for inspectors on handling safeguarding disclosures.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to children and their families who need help in a local authority area in England.
Case studies for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Contact details of the people in child death overview panels (CDOPs) who are responsible for receiving child death notifications.
Information for those who work with children on a plan to help prevent child abuse arising from religion or superstition.
Guidance to support education settings who want to use external expertise to enhance their online safety education.
What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.
Guidance for those working with children who may have been recruited or transported for the purposes of exploitation.
Examples of rapid reviews for serious child safeguarding incidents.
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