PART 15Other requirements on service providers
Notification with respect to children admitted into, or discharged from, a place at which accommodation is provided to children61
1
This regulation applies where the service provider is registered to provide—
a
a care home service which provides accommodation to children (referred to in this regulation as “a children's care home service”), or
b
a secure accommodation service.
2
In this regulation, references to “the accommodation” are references to the place at which a children's care home service or a secure accommodation service is provided.
3
The service provider must notify, without delay, the local authority for the area in which the accommodation is located of every admission of a child into the accommodation and every discharge of a child from the accommodation.
4
The service provider is not required to notify the local authority in paragraph (3) if that local authority is also the placing authority for the child in question.
5
A notification under this regulation must be in writing and must state—
a
the child's name and date of birth;
b
whether the child is provided with accommodation under section 76 or 77 of the 2014 Act or, in the case a child placed by a local authority in England, whether the child is provided with accommodation under section 20 or 21 of the Children Act 1989;
c
whether the child is subject to a care or supervision order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989;
d
the contact details for—
i
the child's placing authority; and
ii
the independent reviewing officer appointed for the child's case; and
e
whether the child has a statement of special educational needs or an EHC plan and, if so, details of the local authority with responsibility for maintaining the statement of special educational needs or for the EHC plan.
6
In this regulation, “EHC plan” has the meaning given in section 37(2) (education, health and care plans) of the Children and Families Act 2014 F1.