The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
PART 1
General
1
Citation, commencement and application
2
Interpretation
3
Excepted establishments
PART 2
Quality standards and related matters
CHAPTER 1
Quality standards
4
Quality standards for children's homes
5
Engaging with the wider system to ensure children's needs are met
6
The quality and purpose of care standard
7
The children's views, wishes and feelings standard
8
The education standard
9
The enjoyment and achievement standard
10
The health and well-being standard
11
The positive relationships standard
12
The protection of children standard
13
The leadership and management standard
14
The care planning standard
15
Duty to have regard to statements of standards published under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000
CHAPTER 2
Matters related to the quality standards
16
Statement of purpose
17
Placement plan for looked after child
18
Placement plan for a child who is not looked after
19
Behaviour management and discipline
20
Restraint and deprivation of liberty
21
Privacy and access
22
Contact and access to communications
23
Medicines
24
Monitoring and surveillance
25
Fire precautions
PART 3
Registered persons
26
Fitness of registered provider
27
Appointment of manager
28
Fitness of manager
29
Continuing professional development: registered person and responsible individual
30
Compliance with regulations
PART 4
Staffing
31
Staffing of children's homes
32
Fitness of workers
33
Employment of staff
PART 5
Policies, records, complaints and notifications
34
Policies for the protection of children
35
Behaviour management policies and records
36
Children's case records
37
Other records
38
Storage of records etc.
39
Complaints and representations
40
Notification of a serious event
41
Notification with respect to children admitted into, or discharged from, a children's home
42
Notification of offences
PART 6
Monitoring and reviewing children's homes
43
Appointment of independent person
44
Independent person: visits and reports
45
Review of quality of care
46
Review of premises
47
Financial position
PART 7
Miscellaneous
48
Notice of absence
49
Notice of changes
50
Appointment of liquidators etc.
51
Death of registered person
52
Application of the Regulations to short breaks and secure children's homes with modifications
53
Amendments
54
In Schedule 1 to the Licensing and Management of Houses...
55
In regulation 4(1)(b) of the Refuges (Children's Homes and Foster...
56
Revocations
57
Review
SCHEDULE 1
Matters to be included in the Statement of Purpose
1
Quality and purpose of care
2
Details of the home's ethos, the outcomes that the home...
3
A description of the accommodation offered by the home, including—...
4
A description of the location of the home.
5
The arrangements for supporting the cultural, linguistic and religious needs...
6
Details of who to contact if a person has a...
7
Details of how a person, body or organisation involved in...
8
Views, wishes and feelings
9
A description of the home's policy and approach in relation...
10
Education
11
If the home is registered as a school, details of...
12
If the home is not registered as a school, the...
13
Enjoyment and achievement
14
Health
15
Positive relationships
16
Protection of children
17
Details of the home's approach to behavioural support, including information...
18
Leadership and management
19
Details of the experience and qualifications of staff, including any...
20
Details of the management and staffing structure of the home,...
21
If the staff are all of one sex, or mainly...
22
Care planning
SCHEDULE 2
Information required in respect of persons seeking to carry on, manage or work at a children's home
1
Proof of identity including a recent photograph.
2
Either— (a) where the position falls within regulation 5A of...
3
Two written references, including a reference from the person's most...
4
If a person has previously worked in a position involving...
5
Documentary evidence of any qualifications which the person considers relevant...
6
A full employment history, together with a satisfactory explanation of...
SCHEDULE 3
Information to be included in each child's case records
1
Personal details in relation to the child
2
The child's date of birth and sex.
3
The child's religion, if any.
4
The child's ethnicity, and the child's cultural and linguistic background....
5
The child's address immediately before entering the home.
6
The address, and the type of establishment or accommodation, to...
7
The dates on which any money or valuables are deposited...
8
The statutory provision (if any) under which the child is...
9
Contact details of certain persons in relation to the child
10
The name, address, telephone number and the religion, if any,...
11
The name, address and telephone number of any social worker...
12
If the child attends a school or college—
13
The name, address and telephone number of any employer of...
14
Information relating to the care, protection or safety of the child
15
The date and circumstances of any measure of control, discipline...
16
Arrangements for, and any restrictions on, contact between the child,...
17
Plans or reports relating to the child
18
Every school report received in respect of the child while...
19
A copy of any plan for the care of the...
20
The date and result of any review of the placing...
21
Health matters in relation to the child
22
Details of any accident or serious illness involving the child...
23
Details of any immunisation, allergy, or medical examination of the...
24
Details of any health examination or developmental test conducted with...
25
Details of any medicines kept for the child in the...
26
Any special dietary or health needs of the child.
SCHEDULE 4
Other records with respect to children's homes
1
Register of children
2
Staff, staff rosters, persons residing or working in the home, visitors
3
A copy of the staff duty roster of persons working...
4
A record of any persons who reside or work at...
5
A record of all visitors to the home, and to...
6
Fire drills
7
Accounts
SCHEDULE 5
Modification of the Regulations for short breaks and secure children's homes
1
Modifications for short breaks
2
Regulation 6(2)(b)(vi) (the quality and purpose of care standard) applies...
3
Modifications for secure children's homes
4
Regulation 21 (privacy and access) applies to a secure children's...
5
In the case of a youth justice child (whether that...
6
In the case of a youth justice child who is...
2015 No. 541

Social Care, England

Children And Young Persons, England

The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
Made
4th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
6th March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Secretary of State, having consulted such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate , makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978 and sections 1(4A), 22(1), (1A), (2)(a) to (d), (f) to (j), (5), (7)(a) to (h), (j), 34(1), 35(1) and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 .
See section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14) for the requirement to consult.
1978 c.30. Section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978 was inserted by section 59 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24).
The powers are conferred upon the “appropriate Minister” who is defined in section 121(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000, in relation to England, as the Secretary of State. See section 121(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 1(4A) of the Care Standards Act 2000 was inserted by section 95 of, and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14). Section 22(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 was amended by section 103(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6, “the C&FA 2014”). Section 22(1A) of the Care Standards Act 2000 was inserted by section 103(2) of the C&FA 2014.