The Children’s Homes and Looked after Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013

Amendments to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001

3.  In regulation 2, insert where appropriate—

““care plan” has the meaning given to it in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010;”;

““care role” means working in a position which consists mainly or solely of providing care for children;”;

““independent person” means a person appointed by the registered provider in accordance with regulation 33;”;

““missing child policy” means a written policy setting out—

(a)

the steps taken in relation to the children’s home to prevent children accommodated there from being absent without permission; and

(b)

the procedures to be followed, and the roles and responsibilities of persons working at the children’s home, in relation to a child who is, or has been, so absent;”;

““required care role qualification” means—

(a)

the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce in the children’s social care pathway (“the Level 3 Diploma”); or

(b)

a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma;”;

““required manager’s qualification” means—

(a)

the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services in the children and young people’s residential management pathway (“the Level 5 Diploma”); or

(b)

a qualification which the registered provider considers to be equivalent to the Level 5 Diploma;”;

““social services functions” has the meaning given by section 1A of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970;””;

““special educational needs” has the meaning given by section 312 of the Education Act 1996;”; and

““statement of special educational needs” means a statement of special educational needs maintained in relation to the child under section 324 of the Education Act 1996”.