The Care Homes Regulations 2001

Regulations 4 and 29

SCHEDULE 5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WHERE CHILDREN ARE ACCOMMODATED

1.  The following details about the children for whom it is intended that accommodation should be provided—

(a) their age-range;

(b) their sex;

(c) the number of children;

(d) whether they are disabled, have special needs or any other special characteristics; and

(e) the range of needs that the care home is intended to meet.

2.  Any criteria used for admission to the care home, including the care home’s policy and procedures for emergency admissions, if applicable.

3.  If the care home provides or is intended to provide accommodation for more than six children, a description of the positive outcomes intended for children in a care home of such a size, and of the care home’s strategy for counteracting any adverse effects arising from its size, on the children accommodated there.

4.  A description of the care home’s underlying ethos and philosophy, and where this is based on any theoretical or therapeutic model, a description of that model.

5.  The facilities and services to be provided or made available, within and outside the care home, for the children accommodated there.

6.  The arrangements made to protect and promote the health of the children accommodated there.

7.  The arrangements for the promotion of the education of the children accommodated there, including the facilities for private study.

8.  The arrangements to promote children’s participation in hobbies and recreational, sporting and cultural activities.

9.  The arrangements made for consultation with the children accommodated there about the operation of the care home.

10.  The policy on behaviour management and the use of restraint in the care home, including in particular the methods of control and discipline and the disciplinary measures which may be used, the circumstances in which any such measures will be used and who will be permitted to use and authorise them.

11.  The arrangements for child protection and to counter bullying.

12.  The fire precautions and associated emergency procedures in the care home.

13.  The arrangements made for the children’s religious instruction and observance.

14.  The arrangements made for contact between a child accommodated there and his parents, relatives and friends.

15.  The procedure for dealing with any unauthorised absence of a child from the care home.

16.  The arrangements for dealing with complaints.

17.  The arrangements for dealing with reviews of the placement plans of children accommodated there.

18.  The type of accommodation and sleeping arrangements provided, and, where applicable, how children are to be grouped, and in what circumstances they are to share bedrooms.

19.  Details of any specific therapeutic techniques used in the care home and arrangements for their supervision.

20.  A description of the care home’s policy on anti-discriminatory practice in relation to children and children’s rights.