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2026 Signed Accounts
Family Returns – Consultation Response
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Newsletter and Promising Practice – 2026 – 2027- Issue One
Guide
Offer of Support for Corporate Parents – 2026 – 2027
Guide
The Future of Secure Care – Consultation response
Consultation response
Advocacy Counts – 2024 Independent Advocacy Report
Briefing
Corporate Parenting Best Practice for Elected Members
Better Practice Guide
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Guide
Pre Training Pack for Corporate Parents – 2026
Guide
Post Training Pack for Corporate Parents – 2026
Guide
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill – Stage 3 Briefing
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Telephone no for young person (if 12 or over), or person with parental rights - include name - if 11 or under
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Who is phone number for?
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Placement
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West Lothian
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Is this referral related to a Child Protection Process?
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If the young person received advocacy in the past, let us know who their advocacy worker was
Briefly, tell us why you think the young person needs advocacy
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What's your relationship to the young person
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Is there an upcoming meeting/hearing for which advocacy is needed
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Date of upcoming meeting/hearing
Is Young person address is a non-disclosure address
Please explain why you are sharing a non-disclosure address and advise whether it is safe for us to visit the child/young person there. If it is not appropriate to share the non-disclosure address, please put c/o referrer in the address box in Section 2
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