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

Amendments to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001

16.  For Schedule 6, substitute—

Regulation 34(1)

“SCHEDULE 6 Matters to be monitored and reported on by the registered person

Caring for children

1.   Any safeguarding concerns or incidents in respect of a child accommodated at the children’s home and the measures taken by the persons working at the children’s home to respond effectively to these to ensure the safeguarding and welfare of the child.

2.   The arrangements for children coming to and leaving the children’s home.

3.   The arrangements for monitoring the quality of care provided by the children’s home’s, including the actions taken in response to recommendations made by the independent person or, as the case may be, the reasons why the registered person did not consider it appropriate or necessary to take any such actions.

4.   In respect of each child accommodated in the children’s home, compliance with the placing authority’s care plans and placement plans.

5.   The arrangements for—

(a) consulting children about the quality of the children’s home’s care and for acting on the results of such consultation;

(b) involving children in decisions about—

(i) their own care; and

(ii) the day to day running of the children’s home.

6.   Complaints in relation to the children’s home or children accommodated in it, including any actions taken in response to such complaints and how complaints were resolved.

7.   Notifications of the events listed in Schedule 5.

Education

8.   Where the children’s home is dually registered as a school, the effectiveness of the children’s home’s arrangements for education, including the educational outcomes of children accommodated at the children’s home.

9.   Where the children’s home is not dually registered as a school, the effectiveness of the children’s home in promoting the educational attainment of children in its care and the quality of relationships between the children’s home and local schools.

Encouraging positive behaviour

10.   The arrangements for promoting and supporting the positive behaviour of children accommodated in the children’s home.

11.   The effectiveness of the children’s home’s approach to behavioural support, including arrangements for commissioning training for staff in behaviour management and restraint.

12.   The number of times that children accommodated at the children’s home are restrained and the steps taken by the children’s home to minimise the use of restraint.

13.   Whether there have been any occasions when children accommodated in the children’s home have been charged with a criminal offence.

Health

14.   The arrangements, if any, for commissioning therapeutic services appropriate to the needs of children accommodated by the children’s home and the effectiveness of any such arrangements in achieving health outcomes for the children accommodated by the children’s home.

15.   The arrangements for children to be provided with general medical practitioner and other primary health care services, including access to preventive and screening services in the local community.

16.   Details of children requiring accident and emergency treatment and other hospital services.

17.   Illnesses of children accommodated in the children’s home.

Health and safety

18.   Risk assessments for health and safety purposes and subsequent action taken.

19.   Fire drills and tests of alarms and of fire equipment.

Missing children

20.   The number of reports of children accommodated at the children’s home being absent without permission.

21.   The measures taken by staff—

(a) to prevent children from being absent from the children’s home without permission; and

(b) in response to a child being absent without permission from the children’s home.

22.   The effectiveness of arrangements agreed between the children’s home, local police and the local authority for responding to missing person incidents in relation to children accommodated at the children’s home.

Staffing matters

23.   The arrangements for the management and supervision of staff working at the children’s home, including duty rosters and staff deployment in relation to incidents at the children’s home.

24.   The arrangements for continuing professional development, recruitment and training of staff working at the children’s home.

25.   Details of—

(a) disciplinary action concerning persons working at the children’s home;

(b) staff grievances.

26.   The reasons for staff ceasing employment at the children’s home.

Working with local services

27.   The arrangements for consultation with placing authorities, the local authority in whose area the children’s home is located and other community services used by children accommodated at the children’s home.

28.   The effectiveness of the children’s home’s guidance and procedures concerning police involvement in the children’s home.”.