Search Legislation

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

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019. Help about Changes to Legislation

Close

Changes to Legislation

Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Title, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART 2 General requirements on service providers

    1. 2.Requirements in relation to the provision of the service

    2. 3.Requirements in relation to the statement of purpose

    3. 4.Requirements in relation to monitoring and improvement

    4. 5.Requirements in relation to the responsible individual

    5. 6.Requirements in relation to the responsible individual where the service provider is an individual

    6. 7.Requirements in relation to the financial sustainability of the service

    7. 8.Requirements to provide the service in accordance with policies and procedures

    8. 9.Duty of candour

  4. PART 3 Requirements on service providers as to the steps to be taken before agreeing to provide care and support

    1. 10.Suitability of the service

  5. PART 4 Requirements on service providers as to the steps to be taken on commencement of the provision of care and support

    1. 11.Carer agreement

    2. 12.Individual placement agreement

    3. 13.Personal plan

    4. 14.Review of personal plan

    5. 15.Records of personal plan

  6. PART 5 Requirements on service providers as to the information to be provided to individuals on commencement of the provision of care and support

    1. 16.Information about the service

  7. PART 6 Requirements on service providers as to the standard of care and support to be provided

    1. 17.Standards of care and support - overarching requirements

    2. 18.Information

    3. 19.Language and communication

    4. 20.Respect and sensitivity

  8. PART 7 Requirements on service providers -safeguarding

    1. 21.Safeguarding – overarching requirement

    2. 22.Safeguarding policies and procedures

    3. 23.Supporting individuals to manage their money

    4. 24.The appropriate use of control and restraint

    5. 25.Deprivation of liberty

    6. 26.Interpretation of Part 7

  9. PART 8 Requirements on service providers as to staffing

    1. 27.Staffing - overarching requirements

    2. 28.Fitness of staff

    3. 29.Supporting and developing staff

    4. 30.Compliance with employer's code of practice

    5. 31.Information for staff

    6. 32.Disciplinary procedure

  10. PART 9 Requirements on service providers as to adult placement carers

    1. 33.Recruitment and training of adult placement carers

    2. 34.Effective relationships

    3. 35.Support and information for adult placement carers

    4. 36.Fitness of adult placement carers

  11. PART 10 Requirements on service providers as to premises, facilities and equipment

    1. 37.Overarching requirement

    2. 38.Adequacy of premises

    3. 39.Premises, facilities and equipment - adult placement carers

  12. PART 11 Other requirements on service providers

    1. 40.Records

    2. 41.Notifications

    3. 42.Conflicts of interest

    4. 43.Complaints policy and procedures

    5. 44.Whistleblowing

  13. PART 12 Requirements on responsible individuals for ensuring effective management of the service

    1. 45.Supervision of management of the service

    2. 46.Duty to appoint a manager

    3. 47.Fitness requirements for appointment of manager

    4. 48.Restrictions on appointing manager for more than one service

    5. 49.Duty to report the appointment of manager to the service provider

    6. 50.Duty to report appointment of manager to the workforce and service regulators

    7. 51.Arrangements when manager is absent

    8. 52.Visits

  14. PART 13 Requirements on responsible individuals for ensuring effective oversight of the service

    1. 53.Oversight of adequacy of resources

    2. 54.Other reports to the service provider

    3. 55.Engagement with individuals and others

  15. PART 14 Requirements on responsible individuals for ensuring the compliance of the service

    1. 56.Duty to ensure there are systems in place to record incidents and complaints

    2. 57.Duty to ensure there are systems in place for keeping of records

    3. 58.Duty to ensure policies and procedures are up to date

  16. PART 15 Requirements on responsible individuals for monitoring, reviewing and improving the quality of the regulated service

    1. 59.Quality of care review

    2. 60.Statement of compliance with the requirements as to standards of care and support

  17. PART 16 Other requirements on responsible individuals

    1. 61.Support for staff raising concerns

    2. 62.Duty of candour

    3. 63.Notifications

  18. PART 17 Offences

    1. 64.Offences – service providers

    2. 65.Offences – responsible individuals

  19. PART 18 Service providers who are liquidated etc. or who have died

    1. 66.Appointment of liquidators etc.

    2. 67.Death of the service provider

  20. PART 19 Regulations under section 21(5) of the Act

    1. 68.Designation of responsible individual by Welsh Ministers

  21. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART 1 Information and documentation to be available in respect of adult placement carers and persons working at the service

        1. 1.Proof of identity including a recent photograph.

        2. 2.Where required for the purposes of an exempted question in...

        3. 3.Where required for the purposes of an exempted question asked...

        4. 4.Two written references, including a reference from the last employer,...

        5. 5.Where a person has previously worked in a position whose...

        6. 6.Documentary evidence of any relevant qualification.

        7. 7.Where relevant, documentary evidence of registration with SCW.

        8. 8.A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...

        9. 9.Evidence of satisfactory linguistic ability for the purposes of providing...

        10. 10.Details of registration with or membership of any professional body....

      2. PART 2 Interpretation of Part 1

        1. 11.For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Records to be kept in respect of services

      1. 1.Records to be kept

      2. 2.In respect of each individual, records of—

      3. 3.A record of any charges by the service provider to...

      4. 4.Where applicable, a record of all medicines kept by the...

      5. 5.A record of all money or other valuables deposited by...

      6. 6.A record of the following events that occur in the...

      7. 7.A record of all complaints made by individuals or their...

      8. 8.A record of all persons working at the service, which...

      9. 9.A copy of the duty roster of persons working at...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Notifications by the service provider

      1. 1.Any revision to the statement of purpose, 28 days prior...

      2. 2.Where the service provider (individual or organisation) changes their name....

      3. 3.Where, on or after 1 April 2020, the service provider...

      4. 3A.Where, on or after 1 April 2020, the service provider...

      5. 4.Where the service provider is an individual, the appointment of...

      6. 5.Where the service provider is a body corporate or partnership,...

      7. 6.Where the service provider is a partnership, death of one...

      8. 7.Where the service provider is a partnership, any change in...

      9. 8.Expected absence of the responsible individual for 28 days or...

      10. 9.The unexpected absence of the responsible individual, no later than...

      11. 10.Unexpected absence of the responsible individual for 28 days or...

      12. 11.Return from absence of the responsible individual.

      13. 12.The responsible individual ceases, or proposes to cease, being the...

      14. 13.Any abuse or allegation of abuse in relation to an...

      15. 14.Where the service provider, responsible individual or appointed manager convicted...

      16. 15.Any allegation of misconduct by a member of staff.

      17. 16.Serious accident or injury of an individual placed with an...

      18. 17.Any incident reported to the police.

      19. 18.Any events which prevent, or could prevent, the service provider...

      20. 19.The death of an individual placed with an adult placement...

      21. 20.Any request to a supervisory body in relation to the...

      22. 21.Any proposal to change the address of the principal office,...

      23. 22.Any change of telephone number or electronic mail address for...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Notifications by the responsible individual

      1. 1.The appointment of a manager (see regulation 46(1)).

      2. 2.The appointment of a manager (see regulation 46(1)).

      3. 3.The expected absence of the appointed manager for 28 days...

      4. 4.The unexpected absence of the appointed manager, no later than...

      5. 5.The unexpected absence of appointed manager for 28 days or...

      6. 6.Return from absence of appointed manager.

      7. 7.Interim arrangements where the manager is absent for longer than...

      8. 8.Someone other than the appointed manager is proposing to manage...

      9. 9.The appointed manager ceases, or proposes to cease, managing the...

  22. Explanatory Note

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Legislation is available in different versions:

Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. The revised version is currently only available in English.

Original (As Enacted or Made) - English: The original English language version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.

Original (As Enacted or Made) - Welsh:The original Welsh language version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.

Close

Opening Options

Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources
Close

Timeline of Changes

This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.

Close

More Resources

Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as made version that was used for the print copy
  • correction slips

Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:

  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • links to related legislation and further information resources