PART IGENERAL

Statement of purpose and children’s guide4

1

The registered person shall compile in relation to the children’s home a written statement (in these Regulations referred to as “the statement of purpose”) which shall consist of a statement as to the matters listed in Schedule 1.

2

The registered person shall provide a copy of the statement of purpose to the Commission14 and shall make a copy of it available upon request for inspection by—

a

any person who works at the children’s home;

b

any child accommodated in the children’s home;

c

the parent of any child accommodated in the children’s home;

d

the placing authority of any child accommodated in the home; and

e

in the case of a qualifying school, the Secretary of State, and Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools in England,

and in this paragraph references to a child who is accommodated in the children’s home include a child in respect of whom accommodation in the children’s home is being considered.

3

The registered person shall produce a guide to the children’s home (in these Regulations referred to as “the children’s guide”) which shall include—

a

a summary of the home’s statement of purpose;

b

a summary of the complaints procedure established under regulation 24; and

c

the address and telephone number of the Commission.

4

The children’s guide shall be produced in a form appropriate to the age, understanding and communication needs of the children to be accommodated in the home.

5

The registered person shall supply a copy of the children’s guide to the Commission and, on admission, to each child accommodated in the home.

6

Subject to paragraph (7), the registered person shall ensure that the children’s home is at all times conducted in a manner which is consistent with its statement of purpose.

7

Nothing in paragraph (6) or in regulation 31 shall require or authorise the registered person to contravene or not comply with—

a

any other provision of these Regulations; or

b

the conditions for the time being in force in relation to the registration of the registered person under Part II of the Act.