Social Work

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 — general duties

Enforced by: HSE

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

General duty to protect employees and others affected by the business — care workers, service users in their own homes, and people attending day settings.

insurance Great_Britain Annual

Employers' Liability Insurance

Enforced by: HSE

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

Required for any business employing at least one person.

registration Uk Annual

UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018

Enforced by: ICO

Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)

Social care and child day-care providers process extensive special-category personal data (health, care assessments, safeguarding records, children's records). ICO registration unless exempt.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Equality Act 2010 — protected characteristics

Enforced by: EHRC

Equality Act 2010

No discrimination in employment or in the provision of care and support services. The public sector equality duty also applies to providers exercising public functions on behalf of a local authority.

compliance England_Wales Ongoing

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Enforced by: LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Applies to the provider's own premises — offices, day centres, child day-care settings (it does not apply to a service user's private home where care is delivered). The 'responsible person' must carry out and maintain a fire risk assessment. Devolved: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006.

compliance Scotland Ongoing

Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 — fire safety duties

Enforced by: LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY

Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

Scottish equivalent of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, covering the provider's own premises — offices, day centres, child day-care settings (not a service user's private home). The duty holder must carry out a fire risk assessment and maintain fire precautions, enforced by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

compliance Ni Ongoing

Fire risk assessment and precautions (Northern Ireland)

Enforced by: LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY

Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010; Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Northern Ireland equivalent of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, made under the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, require the appropriate person to carry out a fire risk assessment and maintain fire precautions, enforced by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

compliance England_Wales Ongoing

DBS checks and safe recruitment (regulated activity)

Enforced by: DBS

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

Staff providing social work, personal care or child day-care are engaged in 'regulated activity' with children or vulnerable adults, so enhanced DBS checks with barred-list checks are required, and it is an offence to employ a barred person in regulated activity. Scotland: PVG scheme run by Disclosure Scotland (Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007). NI: AccessNI (Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (NI) Order 2007). No regulator codes exist for Disclosure Scotland or AccessNI.

certification Scotland On_Change

PVG Scheme membership and safeguarding (regulated work)

Enforced by: DISCLOSURE_SCOTLAND

Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007

Scotland's equivalent of the DBS regime: where staff or volunteers carry out 'regulated work' with children or protected adults — social work, personal care or child day-care overwhelmingly meets this test — the provider must ensure they are a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, run by Disclosure Scotland, before they start, and must refer anyone who harms or poses a risk. Disclosure Scotland is referenced as a string code as it is not a canonical regulator in the local graph.

compliance Ni Ongoing

AccessNI enhanced disclosure and barred-list checks

Enforced by: ACCESS_NI

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

Northern Ireland's equivalent of the DBS regime: staff providing social work, personal care or child day-care are engaged in 'regulated activity', so an enhanced AccessNI disclosure with barred-list checks is required, and it is an offence to employ a barred person in regulated activity. AccessNI is referenced as a string code as it is not a canonical regulator in the local graph.