Introduction:
“Children’s homes provide support and care for some of our most vulnerable children and young people. We want each child in care to be provided with the right placement at the right time, so that residential care is a positive and beneficial choice for the children and young people living in children’s homes.
This guide accompanies the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and provides further explanation and information for everyone delivering residential care. The 2015 regulations include Quality Standards which set out the aspirational positive outcomes that we expect homes to be achieving for each child in their care and the underpinning requirements that homes must meet in order to achieve those overarching outcomes.
Many children placed in residential care will have highly complex and challenging needs. Their developmental-stage and abilities will determine their starting point when they are admitted to the home and the home may need to support them through a complex and extended period of transition before they are able to positively engage and develop. This should not limit the home’s ambitions for each child. The requirements within the regulations and the information in this guide should be interpreted in the context of each individual child’s needs.”
