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UK Statutory Instrument
2015
England
Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
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Part 1 — General
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Citation, commencement and application
Interpretation
Excepted establishments
Part 2 — Quality standards and related matters
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Quality standards for children's homes
Engaging with the wider system to ensure children's needs are met
The quality and purpose of care standard
The children's views, wishes and feelings standard
The education standard
The enjoyment and achievement standard
The health and well-being standard
The positive relationships standard
The protection of children standard
The leadership and management standard
The care planning standard
Duty to have regard to statements of standards published under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000
Statement of purpose
Placement plan for looked after child
Placement plan for a child who is not looked after
Behaviour management and discipline
Restraint and deprivation of liberty
Privacy and access
Contact and access to communications
Medicines
Monitoring and surveillance
Fire precautions
Part 3 — Registered persons
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Fitness of registered provider
Appointment of manager
Fitness of manager
Continuing professional development: registered person and responsible individual
Compliance with regulations
Part 4 — Staffing
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Staffing of children's homes
Fitness of workers
Employment of staff
Part 5 — Policies, records, complaints and notifications
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Policies for the protection of children
Behaviour management policies and records
Children's case records
Other records
Storage of records etc.
Complaints and representations
Notification of a serious event
Notification with respect to children admitted into, or discharged from, a children's home
Notification of offences
Part 6 — Monitoring and reviewing children's homes
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Appointment of independent person
Independent person: visits and reports
Review of quality of care
Review of premises
Financial position
Part 7 — Miscellaneous
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Notice of absence
Notice of changes
Appointment of liquidators etc.
Death of registered person
Application of the Regulations to short breaks and secure children's homes with modifications
Amendments
In Schedule 1 to the Licensing and Management of Houses...
In regulation 4(1)(b) of the Refuges (Children's Homes and Foster...
Revocations
Review
Schedules
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Quality and purpose of care
Education
If the home is registered as a school, details of...
If the home is not registered as a school, the...
Enjoyment and achievement
Health
Positive relationships
Protection of children
Details of the home's approach to behavioural support, including information...
Leadership and management
Details of the experience and qualifications of staff, including any...
Details of the home's ethos, the outcomes that the home...
Details of the management and staffing structure of the home,...
If the staff are all of one sex, or mainly...
Care planning
A description of the accommodation offered by the home, including—...
A description of the location of the home.
The arrangements for supporting the cultural, linguistic and religious needs...
Details of who to contact if a person has a...
Details of how a person, body or organisation involved in...
Views, wishes and feelings
A description of the home's policy and approach in relation...
Proof of identity including a recent photograph.
Either— (a) where the position falls within regulation 5A of...
Two written references, including a reference from the person's most...
If a person has previously worked in a position involving...
Documentary evidence of any qualifications which the person considers relevant...
A full employment history, together with a satisfactory explanation of...
Personal details in relation to the child
The name, address, telephone number and the religion, if any,...
The name, address and telephone number of any social worker...
If the child attends a school or college—
The name, address and telephone number of any employer of...
Information relating to the care, protection or safety of the child
The date and circumstances of any measure of control, discipline...
Arrangements for, and any restrictions on, contact between the child,...
Plans or reports relating to the child
Every school report received in respect of the child while...
A copy of any plan for the care of the...
The child's date of birth and sex.
The date and result of any review of the placing...
Health matters in relation to the child
Details of any accident or serious illness involving the child...
Details of any immunisation, allergy, or medical examination of the...
Details of any health examination or developmental test conducted with...
Details of any medicines kept for the child in the...
Any special dietary or health needs of the child.
The child's religion, if any.
The child's ethnicity, and the child's cultural and linguistic background....
The child's address immediately before entering the home.
The address, and the type of establishment or accommodation, to...
The dates on which any money or valuables are deposited...
The statutory provision (if any) under which the child is...
Contact details of certain persons in relation to the child
Register of children
Staff, staff rosters, persons residing or working in the home, visitors
A copy of the staff duty roster of persons working...
A record of any persons who reside or work at...
A record of all visitors to the home, and to...
Fire drills
Accounts
Modifications for short breaks
Regulation 6(2)(b)(vi) (the quality and purpose of care standard) applies...
Modifications for secure children's homes
Regulation 21 (privacy and access) applies to a secure children's...
In the case of a youth justice child (whether that...
In the case of a youth justice child who is...
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- DoLS — forms and guidance (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- Ofsted — the children's social care regulator (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- CQC — register as a new provider (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Inspects and regulates services providing education, training, and childcare in England. Inspects schools, colleges, initial teacher training, and children's social care. Registers …
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