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Writing Your Children's Home Statement of Purpose
A Statement of Purpose should answer three fundamental questions: Who is this home for? What are we trying to achieve? H
Recruiting Staff for a Children's Home: Safer Recruitment, DBS, References & Schedule 2
Regulation 32 requires children's home staff to be recruited using procedures designed to ensure children's safety.
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The Children's Guide: What It Must Include and How to Make It Accessible
The Children's Guide helps children understand the home they may be living in and what they can do if something is wrong.
Children's Home Policies and Procedures: The Complete Guide
Which policies does a children's home in England actually need? This complete guide separates policies explicitly required by the Children's Homes Reg…
Staffing a Children's Home: Ratios, Rotas, Qualifications & Workforce Planning
There is no universal Ofsted staff-to-child ratio. Regulation 13 requires sufficient staffing based on children's actual needs.
Medication Management and Regulation 23 in Children's Homes
A practical deep dive into medication management in children's homes in England, covering Regulation 23, Regulation 23 vs Regulation 10, medication po…
Children's Records and Regulation 36: Case Records, Daily Notes, Chronologies and Retention
Regulation 36 requires children's homes to maintain case records for every child, containing the information and documents in Schedule 3, kept up to d…
Fire Safety, Emergency Planning & Regulation 25 in Children's Homes: Fire Risk Assessments, Evacuation, Drills, Fire Doors, Alarms, Individual Needs & Ofsted Expectations
A practical guide to fire safety and emergency planning in children's homes in England, covering Regulation 25, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Or…
Regulation 27: Appointment of Manager
Regulation 27 requires the registered provider to appoint a person to manage the children's home where there is no registered manager and the provider…