Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015
The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 are the regulations governing how children’s homes in England must be run, and they contain the quality standards Ofsted inspects against.
Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 in practice
They set out the duties of the registered person, the standards the home must meet, and specific requirements covering matters such as behaviour management, restraint, children going missing, and the independent visitor arrangements.
The quality standards within them are outcome-focused rather than prescriptive. Each sets out what the home must achieve for children, with underpinning requirements describing what the registered person must do to achieve it.
Policies bought off the shelf and never adapted are a recurring problem here, because the regulations require arrangements specific to this home, these children and this staff team.
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SC1 and SC2 applications
SC1 and SC2 are the Ofsted application forms for registering a children’s home or supported accommodation service: SC1 registers the provider and the service, and SC2 is completed by each person connected to it, including the manager, the responsible individual (nominated individual in supported accommodation) and directors involved in running it.
Read definitionResponsible Individual (Ofsted)
A Responsible Individual is the person an organisation nominates to Ofsted as accountable for supervising the management of a children’s home, and they are assessed by Ofsted for their suitability for that role.
Read definitionQuality Standards (Ofsted)
The quality standards are the outcome-focused standards in the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 that a children’s home must meet, covering areas such as protection, education, health, positive relationships and leadership.
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