Run a Home

Run a children's home

Resources for compliance, leadership, operations and continuous improvement, for Responsible Individuals, Registered Managers, Deputy Managers and teams running established homes.

Explore resources The Responsible Individual guide

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Lead the home

Leadership, governance and clear lines of responsibility.

The Responsible Individual

Governance, oversight and quality assurance duties.

The Registered Manager

Leading the care, compliance and culture of the home.

Leadership and Management (Reg 13)

Meeting the leadership and management standard.

Staff supervision

Practice-related supervision and appraisal.

Keep children safe

Safeguarding, risk and responding to harm.

Safeguarding (Reg 12)

The Protection of Children standard.

Missing from Care

Responding to and preventing missing episodes.

Allegations against staff

LADO referrals and whistleblowing.

Restraint and restrictive practice

Regulation 20 and de-escalation.

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Deliver good care

The experience of children living in the home.

Views, wishes and feelings (Reg 7)

Listening to children and acting on what they say.

Health and wellbeing (Reg 10)

Physical and emotional health support.

Positive relationships (Reg 11)

Helping children build and maintain relationships.

Behaviour management (Reg 19)

Supporting behaviour without institutional practice.

Stay compliant

Notifications, records, policies and quality assurance.

Regulation 40 notifications

Serious incident notifications to Ofsted.

Regulation 44

Independent person visits and reports.

Regulation 45

Six-monthly quality of care reviews.

Children's records (Reg 36)

Keeping the right records, the right way.

Specialist support

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