Government plans to address challenges in the adoption system

Adoption: a vision for change by the Department for Education sets out the government’s plans for the adoption system over the next four years, and includes progress since 2010, current challenges and the vision for 2020. It sets out the detail of what will be done to radically redesign the whole adoption system, including structures, systems and workforce.

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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 …