Services by this team
Check an early years qualification
Helping early years managers to check that qualifications are full and relevant for working in early years staff to child ratios in England
Support for social workers
This service replaces the Develop your career in social work service. The service offer is now broader to cover career stages, development programmes and standards.
Connect families to support
We are building a directory of local family hub and voluntary and community support services for professionals and families to connect with in their area.
Help for early years providers
To help professionals who care for children aged 0 to 5 years old understand and implement the Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework.
Early years child development training
Digital training for child development for the early years workforce to increase skills, and offer tools to improve outcomes for every child in their care.
Develop your career in child and family social work
Helping child and family social workers access the right opportunities and manage their learning and development so they can provide quality services and advance their careers.
Education, health and care plan (EHCP) digital reform
Looking at how DfE can help local authorities create digital systems to manage EHCP processes, and create standards to integrate and improve digital systems.
Early career framework (ECF) digital service
Developing a new assessment framework to support newly qualified social workers.