Employment of staffE+W
27.—(1) The registered person shall—
(a)ensure that all permanent appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of a period of probation; and
(b)provide all employees with a job description outlining their responsibilities.
(2) The registered person shall operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular—
(a)provides for suspension, and the taking of other action short of suspension, in relation to an employee where appropriate in the interests of the safety or welfare of children accommodated in the home; and
(b)provides that a failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse of a child accommodated in the home to an appropriate person is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), an appropriate person is the registered person, an officer of either the National Assembly responsible for exercising any of its function under Part II of the Act, the local authority for the area in which the home is situated, or the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or a constable.
(4) The registered person shall ensure that all persons employed by him or her—
(a)receive appropriate training, supervision and appraisal; and
(b)are enabled from time to time to obtain further qualifications appropriate to the work they perform.