PART 8Requirements on service providers as to staffing Staffing - overarching requirements
Disciplinary proceduresI128
1
The service provider must put in place and operate a disciplinary procedure.
2
The disciplinary procedure must include—
a
provision for the suspension, and the taking of action short of suspension, of an employee, in the interests of the safety or well-being of individuals;
b
provision that a failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, to an appropriate person, is grounds on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
3
For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), an appropriate person is—
a
the service provider,
b
the responsible individual,
c
an officer of the service regulator,
d
an officer of the local authority for the area in which the service is provided,
e
in the case of an incident of abuse or suspected abuse of a child, an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or
f
a police officer.