The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/541 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.only to children's homes in England;is accommodated in a children's home; andis not employed in, or in relation to, the home.(1) In these Regulations—
- “behaviour management policy” has the meaning given in regulation 35(1) ;
- “care plan” has the meaning given in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 ;
- “care role” means a role in which the work consists, or consisted, mainly or solely of providing care for children or adults;
- “case records” means the records maintained under regulation 36 about a child;
- “child protection enquiry” means any enquiry carried out by a local authority in the exercise of any of their functions conferred by or under the Children Act 1989 relating to the protection of children;
- “child protection policies” means the children's home's policies for safeguarding children (see regulation 34(1) ) and preventing bullying (see regulation 34(3) ) and the missing child policy (see regulation 34(4) ) ;
- “childcare” has the meaning given in section 18 of the Childcare Act 2006 ;
- “children's guide” means a document produced by the registered person that explains, in a form appropriate to the age, needs and understanding of children—
- (a) what each child can expect of and from the home's care;
- (b) the support to which each child is entitled;
- (c) how to make a complaint about the home or someone in it; and
- (d) how to access advocacy support;
- “EHC plan” has the meaning given in section 37(2) (education, health and care plans) of the Children and Families Act 2014;
- “general medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council under section 34C of the Medical Act 1983 ;
- “HMCI” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills;
- “health”, in relation to a child, includes that child's emotional, mental and physical health;
- “independent person” has the meaning given in regulation 43(1) ;
- “independent reviewing officer” means a person appointed under section 25A of the Children Act 1989 F47or section 99 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
- “organisation” means a body corporate or an unincorporated association other than a partnership (but see paragraph (2) (d) ) ;
- “placement plan” means—
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(a) in relation to a child who is looked after by a local authority—
- (i) the plan prepared under regulation 9 of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010; or
- (ii) the child's detention placement plan prepared under regulation 47C(2) of those Regulations ;
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(b) in relation to a child who is not looked after by a local authority—
- (i) the plan prepared under regulations 4 and 5 of the Arrangements for Placement of Children by Voluntary Organisations and Others (England) Regulations 2011 ; or
- (ii) the plan prepared by the registered person under regulation 18(4) ;
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(a) in relation to a child who is looked after by a local authority—
- “placing authority”—
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(a) if the child is looked after by a local authority—
- (i) and the child is not a youth justice child, means the local authority that looks after the child;
- (ii) and the child is a youth justice child, means the local authority that looks after that youth justice child and the youth offending team with responsibility for that youth justice child;
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(b) if the child is not looked after by a local authority—
- (i) and the child is being provided with accommodation by a voluntary organisation, means that voluntary organisation;
- (ii) and the child is accommodated in a qualifying school under arrangements made by a local authority, means that local authority;
- (iii) and the child is a youth justice child, means the youth offending team with responsibility for that youth justice child;
- (iv) in cases not falling within sub-paragraphs (i) , (ii) or (iii) , means the child's parent;
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(c) does not include a parent of a child who is not looked after by a local authority in the following provisions—
- (i) regulation 5(c) ;
- (ii) regulation 16(2) (d) ;
- (iii) regulation 18(9) (a) ;
- (iv) regulation 34(2) (b) and (c) ;
- (v) regulation 36(5) (b) (ii) ;
- (vi) regulation 44(7) (c) ;
- (vii) regulation 45(5) ;
- (viii) paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 3;
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(a) if the child is looked after by a local authority—
- “qualifying school” means a school which is a children's home within the meaning of section 1(6) of the Care Standards Act 2000;
- “registered dental practitioner” means a person registered in the dentists register under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ;
- “registered manager” means a person who is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 as the manager of the home;
- “registered person” means the registered provider or the registered manager of the home;
- “registered provider” means the person who is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 as the person carrying on the home;
- “relevant person” means any person, body or organisation that the registered person considers to be relevant in relation to the care, protection or safeguarding of a particular child in all the circumstances;
- “relevant plans”, in relation to a child, means—
- (a) any placement plan for the child;
- (b) any care plan for the child;
- (c) any EHC...
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