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Children’s Homes Quality Standards Partnership
Accountability for meeting the Regulations and Quality Standards
The Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 are drafted to make the “registered person” accountable.
This means either the registered provider (owner) or registered manager depending on how the
home is organised, run and managed. For small organisations the provider may be much more
involved in the day to day running and in larger organisations the Registered Providers
responsibilities are held by the Responsible Individual and the Registered Managers.
This tool sets out the specific responsibilities the legislation requires Registered Providers to fulfil.
How you can use it:
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Use it to clarify what the Registered Manager or the Registered Provider is responsible for
Use it to help staff understand what they are also accountable for
Use it as discussion points in supervision and team meetings
Use it as a quick reference to help you find your way around the Regulations
Regulation
Requirement
5.
Engage with the wider system to
ensure each child’s needs are
met
-Understand homes aims and
outcomes
-delivers high quality care
-ensures staff fufil A and B
- keeps GP informed
6.
7. 2
Ensures staff seek, consider
and take action on children’s
views
8
Ensures staff support children to
make measurable in education
Ensure each child has access to
activities and staff support
children to participate
Ensure staff support the health
and well being needs of children
Ensure each child is enabled to
maintain and build positive
relationships
Ensure children are protected
from harm
Ensure that the home is
effectively led and managed to
deliver the statement of purpose
9.
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12
13
Responsible
Individual
Registered
Manager
Other
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17.
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19
21
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22.4
22.5
23.
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25
31
32
33
33.2
33.4
34
34.3
34.5
35
36
Ensure the admission, care and
discharge of children is effective
Ensure regard is given to
Quality Standards
Develop and review the
Statement of Purpose
Ensure placement plans are in
place for children not looked
after
Ensure placement plans are in
place for children not looked
after
Prepare, implement and review
behaviour management policies
Ensure privacy and access
Ensure suitable facilities are
provided within the children’s
home for children to meet
privately with other and make
calls
Provide disabled children aids
and equipment to facilitate
communication with others
Restrict communication for
safeguarding purposes
Ensure safe administration and
recording of medication
Ensure surveillance equipment
only used for safeguarding
Ensure adequate fire
precautions are in place
Ensure home is appropriately
staffed
Ensure staff are safely recruited
and qualified
Ensure all staff are properly
inducted
Ensure disciplinary procedure
Ensure staff are properly
supervised and receive CPD
Prepare, implement and review
safeguarding policies
Prepare and implement
prevention of bullying policy
Prepare and implement the
missing child policy
Prepare, implement and review
the behaviour management
policy
Maintain appropriate children’s
records and comply with
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39. 3
39.4
39.5
40
41
44
45
44
47
48
49
51
19 and 20
27:
29.
35.b
35 (c)
42
43
50
51
recording expectations for
closing homes
Maintain all Schedule 4 records
Store records in an accessible
manner
Establish a complaints
procedure
Record and take action on
complaints
Ensure no reprisals for children
making complaints
If requested supply HMCI with a
list of all complaints for past 12
months
Notify of serious events
Notify of children admitted or
discharged from the home
Ensure Independent Person
Visit
Ensure the quality of care is
reviewed
Undertake location assessment
Ensure the homes accounts are
maintained and up to date
Ensure Ofsted are informed of
Manager absence
Ensure Ofsted is informed of
changes
Ensure Ofsted notified of death
or registered person
Behaviour Management, Restraint , Deprivation Everybody’s responsibility
of Liberty
Appointment of Manager
Registered Providers
Responsibility
Manage the home and undertake
Provider/ RI and RM both
CPD
responsible
Speaks to staff and confirms accuracy of
Registered Person or
control, discipline and restraint records
“authorised person”
Records confirmation that child was spoken to
Registered Person or
“authorised person”
Notification of offences
Provider/ RI and RM both
responsible
Appointment of Independent Person
Provider/RI responsible
Appointment of liquidators
Appointed person
Death of Registered Person
Other registered person /
personal representative
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