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Children's services

 

• Safeguarding childrenIncludes reporting a child at risk, domestic abuse and social care out-of-hours contact
• Adoption and fosteringIncludes applying to adopt, becoming a foster carer and private fostering information
• Somerset's Local OfferProviding wide ranging information for practitioners, parents and carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Early years for familiesIncludes information on finding and paying for childcare
• Early years for providersIncludes information on entitlements, the support available and the latest childcare news
• Starting a childcare businessIncludes information on starting a childcare business and registering as a childminder
• Care and chaperoningIncludes children in care, leaving care, and becoming a chaperone
• Children's centresProviding a single access point for children under 5 and their families to services and information
• Employing childrenIncludes child work permits and child performance licences
• Route1 AdvocacyRoute1 Advocacy provides advice and support to children and young people.
• Support Services for Education (SSE) Offering a wide variety of support services to all education providers in Somerset
• Customer hubsHow to access services through our new customer hubs
• Youth servicesIncludes teenage pregnancy and the Youth Offending Team