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Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Statutory guidance for local authority children’s services on representations and complaints procedures.
How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate children's social care establishments and agencies explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Statutory guidance on the provision of accommodation for 16 and 17 year old young people who may be homeless and/or require accommodation.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
What providers need to know about the process of connecting people to a supported accommodation service.
This guidance outlines 'staying put' arrangements that enable care leavers to remain with their former foster carers after they turn 18.
How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903).
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Guide for local authorities and providers on when Ofsted will prioritise applications to register children’s homes services.
Annex A form for children's homes and secure children's homes to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Ofsted's framework and guidance for inspecting local authority services for children (ILACS) in need of help and protection, children in care and care leavers.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
Contact details of the people in child death overview panels (CDOPs) who are responsible for receiving child death notifications.
What providers need to know before reporting changes to Ofsted.
The national minimum standards that apply to residential family centres.
Departmental advice for children’s homes providers and their partners following amendments to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001.
How virtual school heads should manage the school-age pupil premium and the early years pupil premium for looked-after children.
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