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How and when welfare checks must be made to assess if a sponsor is an appropriate host. Includes note taking and follow up visits.
Reasons for a support visit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Visiting Team, what to expect and how to check if the visitor is genuine
Principles to support decision making for those involved in safely planning and protecting visiting during outbreaks of infectious illness in adult social care.
Leyhill is an open prison for men near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Coldingley is a prison for adult men in Woking, Surrey.
Advice and support for those who are experiencing or feel at risk of sexual violence and abuse.
Kirklevington Grange is an open prison in Stockton-on-Tees for men resettling in the north-east of England.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published guidance for the next series of thematic visits looking at how well children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are being supported.
Send is a women’s prison in Woking, Surrey.
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