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Regulations 24 and 35(a)

SCHEDULE 7MATTERS TO BE MONITORED AT A CARE HOME WHERE CHILDREN ARE ACCOMMODATED

1.  Compliance with any plan for the care of the child prepared by the placing authority and the placement plan of each child accommodated in the care home.

2.  The deposit and issue of money and other valuables handed in for safekeeping.

3.  Daily menus.

4.  All accidents and injuries sustained in the care home or by children accommodated there.

5.  Any illnesses of children accommodated in the care home.

6.  Complaints in relation to children accommodated in the care home and their outcomes.

7.  Any allegations or suspicions of abuse in respect of children accommodated in the care home and the outcome of any investigation.

8.  Staff recruitment records and conduct of required checks for new workers in the care home.

9.  Visitors to the care home and to children in the care home.

10.  Notifications of the events listed in Schedule 5 to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001.

11.  Any unauthorised absence from the care home of a child accommodated there.

12.  The use of disciplinary measures in respect of children accommodated in the care home.

13.  The use of physical restraint in respect of children accommodated in the care home.