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

2. Quality of Care	Size:
Provision and Preparation of Meals

	OUTCOME Children’s privacy is respected and information is confidentially handled.
	STANDARD 10
10.1	Children are provided with adequate quantities of suitably prepared food and drink having regard to their needs and wishes, and have the opportunity to shop for and prepare their own meals.
10.2	Meals are set up to be well-managed, orderly, social occasions.
10.3	Children are provided with food in adequate quantities, properly prepared, wholesome and nutritious, with regard to their cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds and dietary needs and choices (including the choice of vegetarian meals for children who wish it).
10.4	The record of menus (as served) demonstrates provision of a suitable and varied diet.
10.5	Medical advice is sought if children consistently refuse to eat and for those who over eat or have other eating disorders.
10.6	Children are not routinely excluded from communal meals.
10.7	Dining rooms and their furnishings are suitable for the numbers and needs of children and staff dining in them.
10.8	Children are able, with assistance where necessary, to prepare snacks and drinks for themselves at reasonable times.
10.9	Staff and children involved in preparing food for others have received appropriate training and/or are appropriately supervised in safe food handling and hygiene.
10.10	Meals (with drinks) are provided at reasonable set mealtimes, and food is either provided or readily available to children when they miss a set mealtime. [Regulation13: ]