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Specification on the scope and business rationale of the children’s social work workforce census for 2023 to 2024.
Help your children to understand what the risks associated with using social media are.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Support for local authorities applying to become a wave 2 area on the families first for children (FFC) pathfinder programme.
Guide for planning training courses on recognising and responding to child neglect.
Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns.
Framework and guidance for joint targeted area inspections of local area services.
Specifications of children’s social work workforce reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns for 2024 and 2025.
How non-governmental organisations can apply for funding under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services on children's mental health.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a residential holiday scheme.
What you need to do if you need to leave your children in the care of your sponsor, or if you can't travel with your children to the UK.
These codes provide guidance for companies to help them understand how to mitigate the risks from online terrorist content and activity and child sexual exploitation and abuse.
How child death overview panels (CDOPs) should submit information for the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB1) data collection.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a voluntary adoption agency.
Information for those working with teenagers or working together on behalf of teenagers.
Directions on arrangements for visits by children to high security psychiatric hospitals.
Handouts for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Guidance to help Ofsted staff in their work. It complements the protocol with the Women’s Aid Federation.
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