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

7. Management and Administration	Size:
Monitoring of the Operation of the Home

	OUTCOME The care of children accommodated in the home is monitored and continually adapted in the light of information about how it is operating.
	STANDARD 33
33.1	There are systems in place to monitor the performance of the home against its Statement of Purpose, and for regular reviewing of the Statement, and the registered provider ensures that performance is monitored in accordance with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001. The registered person of the home monitors and signs the home’s records at least once a month, to identify any patterns or issues requiring action. S/he takes action to improve or adjust provisions where necessary.
33.2	Action is taken if necessary in relation to any concentration, trend or pattern in recorded issues or events to improve the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and the quality of care in the home.
33.3	The registered person considers the reasons for any high incidence of police involvement with children from the home, high proportion of children not at school or suspended or excluded from school, or high staff turnover. Any consequential action necessary is carried out.
33.4	The registered person can demonstrate that the home is operating in accordance with its Statement of Purpose, that the range of needs to be met under the Statement of Purpose is not excessive in the light of the home’s current functioning, and that the home only admits children whose assessed needs can be met within the purpose of the home.
33.5	The registered person has a written development plan, reviewed annually, for the future of the home, either identifying any planned changes in the operation or resources of the home, or confirming the continuation of the home’s current operation and resourcing.
33.6	Copies of inspection reports by the National Care Standards Commission are prominently displayed within the home and made available by the registered person to all members of staff, to children resident at the home, to parents, and on request to placing authorities of existing children or considering placing a child. [Regulation 34]