The Care Homes (Wales) Regulations 2002 (revoked)

1Citation, commencement and application

2Interpretation

3Excepted establishments

4Statement of purpose

5Service user’s guide

5AInformation about fees

6Review of statement of purpose and service user’s guide

PART IIREGISTERED PERSONS

7Fitness of registered provider

8Appointment of manager

9Fitness of registered manager

10Registered person — general requirements

11Notification of offences

PART IIICONDUCT OF CARE HOME

12Health and welfare of service users

13Further requirements as to health and welfare

14Assessment of service users

15Service user’s plan

16Facilities and services

19Fitness of workers

20Restrictions on acting for service user

21Staff views as to conduct of care home

22Staff disciplinary procedure

PART IVPREMISES

24Fitness of premises

PART VMANAGEMENT

25Review of quality of care

26Financial position

27Visits by registered provider

PART VICHILDREN

28Application of this Part

29Interpretation

30Statement of purpose

31Registered person

32Separate provision for children

33Welfare and protection of children

34Fitness of workers

35Staff disciplinary procedure

36Review of quality of care

PART VIIMISCELLANEOUS

38Notification of death, illness and other events

39Notice of absence

40Notice of changes

41Notice of termination of accommodation

42Appointment of liquidators etc

43Death of registered person

45Compliance with regulations

46Adult placements

47Modification of regulations in respect of adult placement carers

48Specification of appropriate offices

SCHEDULE 1INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

1The name and business address of every registered person.

2The relevant qualifications and experience of every registered person.

3The number, relevant qualifications and experience of the staff working...

4The organisational structure of the care home.

5The age-range and sex of the service users for whom...

6The range of needs that the care home is intended...

7Whether nursing is to be provided.

8Any criteria used for admission to the care home, including...

9The arrangements for service users to engage in social activities,...

10The arrangements made for consultation with services users about the...

11The fire precautions and associated emergency procedures in the care...

12The arrangements made for service users to attend religious services...

13The arrangements made for contact between services users and their...

14The arrangements for dealing with complaints.

15The arrangements for dealing with reviews of the service user’s...

16The number and size of rooms in the care home....

17Details of any specific therapeutic techniques used in the care...

18The arrangements for respecting the privacy and dignity of service...

19The arrangements made to discharge the obligation of the registered...

20Details of— (a) the care home’s policy on behaviour management...

SCHEDULE 2INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO BE AVAILABLE IN RESPECT OF PERSONS CARRYING ON, MANAGING, OR WORKING AT, CARE HOMES

1Proof of identity including a recent photograph.

2Either— (a) where the certificate is required for a purpose...

3Two written references, including a reference from the last employer,...

4Where a person has previously worked in a position whose...

5Documentary evidence of any relevant or required qualification.

5AWhere relevant, documentary evidence of registration with the Social Care...

6A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...

7. . . . . . . . . ....

8The requirement in paragraph 2 for a certificate to include...

SCHEDULE 3RECORDS TO BE KEPT IN A CARE HOME IN RESPECT OF EACH SERVICE USER

1The following documents in respect of each service user—

2A recent photograph of the service user.

3A record of the following matters in respect of each...

4Copies of the care home’s correspondence relating to each service...

SCHEDULE 4OTHER RECORDS TO BE KEPT IN A CARE HOME

1A copy of the statement of purpose.

2A copy of the service user’s guide.

3A record of all accounts kept in the care home....

4A copy of all inspection reports.

5A copy of any report made under regulation 27(4)(c).

6A record of all persons working at the care home,...

7A copy of the duty roster of persons working at...

8A record of the care home’s charges to service users,...

9A record of all money or other valuables deposited by...

10A record of furniture brought by a service user into...

11A record of all complaints made by service users or...

12A record of any of the following events that occur...

13Records of the food provided for service users in sufficient...

14A record of every fire practice, drill or test of...

15A statement of the procedure to be followed in the...

16A statement of the procedure to be followed in the...

17A record of all visitors to the care home, including...

SCHEDULE 5ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WHERE CHILDREN ARE ACCOMMODATED

1A statement of the facilities and services to be provided,...

2The following details— (a) the age-range, sex and numbers of...

3The criteria used for admission to the care home, including...

4If the care home provides or is intended to provide...

5A description of the care home’s ethos and philosophy, and...

6The arrangements made to protect and promote the health of...

7The arrangements for the promotion of the education of the...

8The arrangements to promote the participation of children in hobbies...

9The arrangements made for consultation with the children accommodated in...

10The arrangements for child protection and to counter bullying.

11The procedure for dealing with any unauthorised absence of a...

12The fire precautions and associated emergency procedures made for children...

13The arrangements made for the children’s religious instruction and observance....

14The arrangements made for contact between any child accommodated in...

15The arrangements for dealing with complaints.

16The arrangements for dealing with reviews of placement plans.

17The type of accommodation and sleeping arrangements provided (including details...

18Details of any specific therapeutic techniques used in the care...

19Details of the care home’s policy on anti-discriminatory practice in...

SCHEDULE 6MATTERS TO BE MONITORED AT A CARE HOME WHERE CHILDREN ARE ACCOMMODATED

1Compliance with any plan for the care of the child...

2The deposit and issue of money and other valuables handed...

4All accidents and injuries sustained in the care home or...

5Any illnesses of children accommodated in the care home.

6Complaints in relation to children accommodated in the care home...

7Any allegations or suspicions of abuse in respect of children...

8Staff recruitment records and conduct of required checks for new...

9Visitors to the care home and to children in the...

10Notifications of the events listed in Schedule 5 to the...

11Any unauthorised absence from the care home of a child...

12The use of any disciplinary measures in respect of children...

13The use of physical restraint in respect of children accommodated...

2002 No. 324 (W.37)

SOCIAL CARE, WALES

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES

The Care Homes (Wales) Regulations 2002 (revoked)F1

Made12th February 2002

Coming into force1st April 2002

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