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You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
How to get a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
Find out what information you will need to create and use a Government Gateway account so that you can use Ofsted's services.
Apply to register a children’s home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
Ofsted guidance on inspecting registered early years and childcare providers under the education inspection framework.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
If you are a childminder, you must tell Ofsted within 14 days about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home where you look after children. This includes children who turn 16. If you are a childminder without …
Eligible new childminders can apply for a start-up grant to recover the cost of registering as a childminder.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) progress check at age 2.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children’s social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.
Use this guide to help you think about the items you would like to include in your child maintenance arrangement.
Find out about the 2 maternity benefits available under the social security scheme: Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a daycare organisation for children.
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