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This guide by the UK's regulatory body, Ofsted, explains in detail what one must do in order to open a residential family centre. The document defines the meaning of a residential family centre. It provides registration details, instructions and deadlines. It provides inspection information, and describes how to handle complaints and compliance issues.
Volume 2 of the Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations provides guidance, primarily addressed to local authorities and their staff in England, about their functions under Part 3 of the Children Act 1989 which concerns the provision of local authority support for children and families. In particular it describes how local authorities should carry out their responsibilities in relation to care planning, placement and case review for looked after children. These responsibilities are designed to support the local authority in its primary duty set out in section 22(3) of the 1989 Act to…
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“Children’s homes provide support and care for some of our most vulnerable children and young people. We want each child in care to be provided with the right placement at the right time, so that residential care is a positive and beneficial choice for the children and young people living in children’s homes.
This guide accompanies the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and provides further explanation and information for everyone delivering residential care. The 2015 regulations include Quality Standards which set out the aspirational positive outcomes…
“This document sets out the framework and guidance for the inspection of children’s homes. It should be read alongside the evaluation schedule for the inspection of children’s homes.”
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This document sets out the framework for Ofsted’s inspections of children’s homes. It sets out: how Ofsted applies the principles and processes of all its inspections; the statutory basis for inspection; and a summary of the main features of the inspection process.
Ofsted’s general principles of inspection and regulation are to: support and promote improvement, be…
“This evaluation schedule set out the areas that inspectors will make judgements on when they inspect children’s homes. It should be read alongside the framework for the inspection of children’s homes.”
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This guidance sets out the judgements that inspectors will make and report on when inspecting children’s homes under section 148 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. It should be used to inspect children’s homes registered by Ofsted under the Care Standards Act 2000, including: refuges under section 51 of the Children Act 1989, short breaks services, and…
Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and child victims of human trafficking are some of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Because of the circumstances they have faced, unaccompanied and trafficked children often have complex needs in addition to those faced by looked after children more generally and it is the duty of the local authority providing for their care to protect and support these highly vulnerable children.
This guidance sets out the steps local authorities should take to plan for the provision of support for looked after children who are unaccompanied asylum seeking…
This guide provides professionals in the UK with information about registering as a children’s social care provider. It helps those considering registration to decide whether to apply and what processes their applications will go through before a decision is made as to their suitability to be registered. The registration process looks at an individual’s ability and personal suitability to provide social care services for children and young people. Once a provider is registered, his or her ability and suitability to provide children’s social care are assessed through regular inspections. The…
This document contains the UK National Minimum Standards (NMS) applicable to residential family centres. The NMS, together with the Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002, as amended, form the basis of the regulatory framework under the Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA) for the conduct of residential family centres. Minimum standards do not mean standardisation of provision, but rather, the standards are designed to be applicable to different types of residential family centres. It is understood that all providers must have regard to these standards, but many will aspire to exceed them and…
The Training, Support and Development (TSD) standards form part of a foster carer's induction into the role. They provide a national minimum benchmark that sets out what foster carers should know, understand and be able to do within the first 12-18 months after being approved. These standards were developed by the sector and were introduced in 2007 and apply to all approved foster carers in England. The TSD Standards form part of a national strategy, supported by the Department for Education, to raise the profile of foster carers as valued professionals and to improve and standardise service…
This Charter lists the promises that care leavers want the central and local governments to make. According to the Charter, promises and principles help in decision making but do not replace laws; rather, they give guidance to show how laws are designed to be interpreted. The key principles in this Charter remain constant through changes in Legislation, Regulation and Guidance. Care leavers urge local authorities to use these principles when they make decisions about young people’s lives. The Charter for Care Leavers is designed to raise expectations, aspirations and understanding of what…