The Children's Home Hub
Open, manage and improve children's homes.
Practical, source-led guidance, working tools and a connected dashboard for people opening, managing and improving children's homes.
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Responsible Individual Recruitment & Suitability Checklist
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Built differently
An independent platform with transparent standards
Open access
Core information and practical resources are free to use.
Source-led
Regulatory content points back to authoritative primary sources.
Practitioner input
Relevant tools and resources can be independently reviewed by experienced sector professionals.
Data-minimising tools
CHH does not need children's case records to help users track requirements and actions.
Transparent standards
Our directory listing policy and tool assurance approach are explained openly.
Four pillars
Everything CHH does, in one view
Resources
Understand requirements
In-depth, source-led guidance across the 55 regulations, Quality Standards and every stage of opening and running a home.
ExploreTools
Put requirements into practice
Free, practical compliance and management-support tools — designed to support your systems, not replace them.
ExploreResearch
Understand what's happening across the sector
Independent research based on responses and evidence collected directly from the sector, with methodology shown alongside findings.
ExploreFind Support
Find free guidance and specialist support
Start with practical resources. If you need one-to-one help, ask about an introduction to independent specialist support.
ExploreWho CHH is for
Useful whether you're opening your first home or improving an established service
CHH is not here to teach experienced professionals how to do the basics of their role. It is here to make practical information, tools and research easier to find and use — at whatever stage you are at.
Opening a home
Practical explanations, opening tools and routes through regulation and registration.
GoManaging a home
Quick access to resources, management-support tools and regulatory references.
GoImproving a service
Self-evaluation, research, assurance resources and sector insight.
GoFinding specialist support
Free guidance first, with a route to independent specialist support when you need it.
GoTools
Practical working tools
Ofsted readiness checks, Regulation 44 and 45 trackers, compliance calendar and workforce tools.
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My Hub
Your personal dashboard
Track compliance actions, training, supervisions and saved guidance in one private dashboard.
Open My HubFeatured guidance
Start with a guide
Complete Guide
How to Open a Children's Home in England
The full opening journey, from idea through to Ofsted registration.
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Developing Your Model of Care
Define the children you support and how you will care for them.
Read guideGuide
Costs and Financial Feasibility
Start-up costs, operating costs and financial viability.
Read guideResearch and insight
The latest from the Hub
Independent research, sector insight and workforce data to inform practice and policy across England's children's residential care sector.
Free guidance first
Practical help for opening and running a children's home
Start with the Hub's free, source-led guidance and tools. If you need one-to-one specialist support, tell us what you are working on and ask about a suitable independent consultant.
A clear route to specialist help
Our consultant network is being built. Profiles describe services supplied by independent providers. We only share enquiry details with your permission.
What Children's Home Hub is — and isn't
What CHH is
- an independent sector platform
- a practical resource library
- a collection of free supporting tools
- a publisher of sector research
- a directory to discover independent consultants and sector suppliers
- a platform intended to improve access to useful information
What CHH isn't
- Ofsted
- a regulator
- a trade association
- a substitute for professional advice
- a replacement for provider care-management systems
- a repository for children's case information
- a guarantee of consultant performance
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