To help you navigate this tricky landscape of long organisation names and TLAs (three letter acronyms) we have collected together a few of the terms you may have come across in relation to the children's workforce and listed what they stand for
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BASW |
British Association of Social Workers |
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BTEC |
Business and Technology Education Council |
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CACHE |
Council Awards in Children's Care and Education |
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CAF |
Common Assessment Framework |
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CAFCASS |
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
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CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
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CCLD |
Children's Care Learning and Development |
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CRE |
Commission for Racial Equality |
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CWDC |
Children's Workforce Development Council |
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CWN |
Children's Workforce Network |
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CYP |
Children and young people |
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DCS |
Director of Children's Services |
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EWO |
Education Welfare Officer |
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EWS |
Education Welfare Service |
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EY |
Early Years |
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EYFS |
Early Years Foundation Stage |
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GSCC |
General Social Care Council |
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LDSS |
Learning and Development Support Services |
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MAT |
Multi-agency Team |
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NASWE |
National Association of Social Workers in Education |
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NCFE |
National Council for Further Education |
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NMDS-SC |
National Minimum Data Set - Social Care |
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Ofsted |
Office for Standards in Education |
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PLA |
Pre-school Learning Association |
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PSA |
Parenting Support Adviser |
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SCIE |
Social Care Institute for Excellence |
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SfC |
Skills for Care |
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SfCD |
Skills for Care and Development |
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SfH |
Skills for Health |
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TAC |
Team around the Child |
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YP |
Young Person |
