The Independent Children’s Homes Association (ICHA) is the voice of independent providers of child care services and resources for children and young people. We are a Not for Profit association representing professionals who have chosen to work in the independent sector.
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages.
Ofsted is a non-ministerial department.
ClearCare is a system for the management of childrens’ social care settings, designed to ease the process of creating and storing essential records. It enables staff to spend less time filling in paperwork and more time on care, while at the same time giving managers instant access to detailed reports, records and outcomes.
The original idea for RotaCloud was inspired by our own experiences working with staff rotas. Developed in the heart of Yorkshire, our aim was to craft a straightforward, user-friendly way for businesses to create sophisticated rotas and manage their employees – it is this ethos that continues to drive RotaCloud forward today.
Organise your employees by assigning roles and groups, and send email notifications to keep them up-to-date. Arrange time-off and find cover quickly and easily with our annual leave and unavailability tools.
CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) s a command of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), and is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders, including those involved in the production, distribution and viewing of child abuse material to the UK courts. The centre was formed in April 2006 as the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and was absorbed into the NCA on 7 October 2013 by the Crime and Courts Act 2013.
You are able to make a report directly HERE
Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.
Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night.
You can talk to us:
Whatever feels best for you.
UKCP is the leading body for the education, training and accreditation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors.
Psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling are talking therapies. They are used to treat emotional problems and mental health issues. As well as talking, the therapy could use a range of methods including art, music, drama and movement.
HCPC currently regulate the following professions: arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists / podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, hearing aid dispensers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists / orthotists, radiographers, social workers in England and speech and language therapists.
Each of the professions regulated has one or more ‘designated title’, which is protected by law. These include titles like ‘physiotherapist’ and ‘dietitian’.
The Children’s Home Training Hub is the UK’s largest hub of resources, created specifically for the Children’s Homes sector. We offer fun, engaging, and interactive face to face training, which is supported by exceptional CPD accredited and compliant online training – covering all standards and regulations. As part of The Big Initiative, you will instantly have access to free preventative young people courses once registered. There is also free specialist training for your adults that work with young people, in addition to free adult well-being training to help look after their mental health.
Here at Charles Hunter Associates, we are a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to placing qualified social work, care and nursing staff in contract and permanent roles across the UK.
Operating from our head office in central Reading, our friendly team provide a highly professional service along with the very best safeguarding standards to over 100 organisations within the public, private and third sectors.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) is a UK-based coalition of organisations and individuals working together to stop bullying and create safer environments for children and young people. Coordinated by the National Children’s Bureau, the ABA provides resources, training, and support for schools, parents, and professionals, with a strong focus on inclusion, prevention, and empowering young people to speak out.
Our team of support staff will ensure that each child receives the individualised care they need in order to develop their independence and achieve to the best of their ability.