Into independence, not out of care: 16 plus care options – Government response to the Committee’s second report of session 2014-15 third special report of session 2014-14… Read More

This guidance is of use to all personal advisers and care leavers seeking learning resources to gain new skills and open up new opportunities for work… Read More

This document replaces statutory guidance on ‘Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children’ issued in 2009… Read More

This strategy looks at how to improve services, support and advice for care leavers. It makes recommendations for local and national government, and wider sectors of society… Read More

This guidance is for local authorities and their ‘relevant partners’ (as defined in section 10 of the Children Act 2004) and others who contribute to services provided to looked-after children and care leavers… Read More

Given the difficulty in sometimes gathering accurate information about foster care, it highlights the need to make clear and publicly available all foster care allowances set by fostering services… Read More

This information is for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use… Read More

It relates to the duty of governing bodies of all maintained schools to appoint a designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children on the school roll… Read More