Government sets out vision for children’s social care

Outlines for the government’s reform programme for children’s social care services in England over the next five years has been published (January 2016). Children’s social care reform: a vision for change outlines the overarching reform vision around three areas: people and leadership; practices and systems; and governance and accountability.

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Changes to safeguarding children statutory guidelines in response to coronavirus

The government has made a series of temporary changes to statutory guidance in relation to safeguarding children, in light of …

National Child Mortality Database arrangements published

Arrangements for reporting child deaths to the new National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) have been published. From 1 April 2019, …

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel – practice guidance published

The new Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has published practice guidance, which provides information on what the panel does, how …