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
General Introduction |
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Introduction |
This document contains the regulations and national minimum standards applicable
to children’s homes from April 2002.
Subject to certain exemptions, a children’s home is (Section 1 of the Care Standards Act) an establishment which provides care and accommodation wholly or mainly for children. The definition applies to private, voluntary and local council children’s homes, and both mainstream and special boarding schools accommodating or arranging accommodation for any child for over 295 days a year. Some children’s homes are specialist establishments for children requiring therapeutic support or for disabled children, others may be secure units. Hospitals of any description are excluded.