The Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Individual placement agreement

12.—(1) The service provider must not make a placement of an individual with an adult placement carer unless the service provider has entered into an individual placement agreement with the adult placement carer.

(2) There must be an individual placement agreement for each individual to be placed with the adult placement carer.

(3) Whenever practicable the individual must be a party to the agreement, and be given a signed copy of the agreement relating to the care and support to be provided to the individual to achieve their personal outcomes.

(4) The service provider must include in an individual placement agreement information that enables each party involved in the agreement to understand their roles and responsibilities.

(5) The individual placement agreement must also include the following information—

(a) whenever practicable, the name of an individual other than a member of staff of the service provider, the responsible individual or the adult placement carer, who with the individual’s express or implied consent takes an interest in the individual’s health and welfare;

(b) the room to be occupied by the individual in the adult placement carer’s home;

(c) the fees payable in respect of the placement and by whom they are payable.

(6) The service provider must put arrangements in place to ensure that individuals receive such support as is necessary to enable them to understand the information contained in any such agreement.

(7) The service provider must review the individual placement agreement—

(a) at least once within the first year of the placement;

(b) whenever a significant alteration is made to the personal plan;

(c) at the reasonable request of the individual, any representative or the adult placement carer;

(d) in any event, within a year of the last review.

(8) The service provider must terminate an individual placement agreement in any case in which the adult placement carer ceases to be fit to be an adult placement carer in accordance with regulation 36.

(9) Without prejudice to paragraph (8), the service provider must terminate a carer agreement in any case in which it appears to the service provider that the adult placement carer is not meeting or will not meet their obligations under the individual placement agreement.

(10) The service provider must not terminate a individual placement agreement without first consulting the individual, unless it is not reasonably practicable to consult them.