PLEASE NOTE: New Standards Published

April 2011: The Standards no longer apply, Tri.x have published a web enabled version of the new Children’s Homes and Fostering Standards, please follow this link:

www.minimumstandards.org

1. Planning for Care	Size:
Contact

	OUTCOME Children are able to maintain constructive contact with their families, friends and other people who play a significant role in their lives.
	STANDARD 4
4.1	Children are provided with practical support for constructive contact with parents, family and other significant people, and are encouraged to maintain contact.
4.2	Contact arrangements are discussed at the time of the child’s admission and subsequently and detailed in the placement plan. Any restrictions on contact for the protection of the child are clear. Contact by visits, telephone, e-mail if available and letters are all facilitated where there are no such restrictions.
4.3	Written guidance is provided for staff which clarifies:
	the rights of children, parents and others to maintain contact where it is necessary, to supervise visits in order to safeguard the child or other children in the home when and how to encourage parents, relatives and friends to take part in activities in the home. [Regulation 15]