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Children and Social Work Act 2017 overview

Children and Social Work Act 2017 — full text by section

Consolidated text as published on legislation.gov.uk, snapshot 2026-08-24. Read the Act on legislation.gov.uk

72 sections. Default extent: E+W+S+N.I..

  1. s.1Corporate parenting principles
  2. s.2Local offer for care leavers
  3. s.3Advice and support
  4. s.4Duty of local authority in relation to previously looked after children(E+W)
  5. s.5Maintained schools: staff member for previously looked after pupils(E+W)
  6. s.6Academies: staff member for looked after and previously looked after pupils(E+W)
  7. s.7Maintained schools: guidance for staff member for looked after pupils(E+W)
  8. s.8Care orders: permanence provisions
  9. s.9Adoption: duty to have regard to relationship with adopters
  10. s.10Placing children in secure accommodation elsewhere in Great Britain
  11. s.11Chapter 1: consequential amendments
  12. s.12Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
  13. s.13Functions of the Panel
  14. s.14Events to be notified to the Panel
  15. s.15Information
  16. s.16Local arrangements for safeguarding and promoting welfare of children
  17. s.17Local child safeguarding practice reviews
  18. s.18Further provision about arrangements
  19. s.19Information
  20. s.20Funding
  21. s.21Combining safeguarding partner areas and delegating functions
  22. s.22Guidance by Secretary of State
  23. s.23Interpretation
  24. s.24Child death reviews
  25. s.25Information
  26. s.26Funding
  27. s.27Combining child death review partner areas and delegating functions
  28. s.28Guidance and interpretation
  29. s.29Regulations under provisions inserted by sections 13, 16 and 17
  30. s.30Abolition of Local Safeguarding Children Boards
  31. s.31Chapter 2: consequential amendments
  32. s.32Pre-employment protection of whistle-blowers
  33. s.32AUse of agency workers for children’s social care work
  34. s.33Power to secure proper performance
  35. s.34Education relating to relationships and sex
  36. s.35Other personal, social, health and economic education
  37. s.36Social Work England
  38. s.37Over-arching objective
  39. s.38Advisers
  40. s.39Registration
  41. s.40Restrictions on practice and protected titles
  42. s.41Professional standards
  43. s.42Improvement standards
  44. s.43Education and training
  45. s.44Discipline and fitness to practise
  46. s.45Offences
  47. s.46Ensuring adequate provision of social work training
  48. s.47Exercise by Special Health Authority of functions under section 46(1)(b)
  49. s.48Approval of courses for approved mental health professionals
  50. s.49Approval of courses for best interests assessors
  51. s.50Fees(E+W)
  52. s.51Grants
  53. s.52Information and advice
  54. s.53Duty to co-operate
  55. s.54Information for Secretary of State
  56. s.55Default powers
  57. s.56Oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
  58. s.57Conferral of functions and sub-delegation
  59. s.58Consultation
  60. s.59Parliamentary procedure for regulations under Part 2
  61. s.60Transfer scheme
  62. s.61Repeal of existing powers to regulate social workers
  63. s.62Amendments to do with this Part
  64. s.63Interpretation of Part 2
  65. s.64Review by independent person
  66. s.65Power to make transitional provision
  67. s.66Power to make consequential provision
  68. s.67Regulations: general
  69. s.68Affirmative and negative resolution procedures
  70. s.69Extent
  71. s.70Commencement
  72. s.71Short title