PART 7Staffing
Disciplinary procedures32
1
The local authority provider must put in place and operate a disciplinary procedure.
2
The disciplinary procedure must include—
a
provision for the suspension, and the taking of action short of suspension, of employees in the interests of the safety or well-being of children receiving care and support from the service, and
b
provision that a failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, to an appropriate person, is grounds on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
3
For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), an appropriate person is—
a
an officer of the Welsh Ministers,
b
the local authority provider,
c
an officer of the local authority,
d
in the case of an incident of abuse or suspected abuse of a child, an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or
e
a police officer,
as the case may be.