1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Providers of Social Work Services (England) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 12th November 2013.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to bodies corporate who have entered, or propose to enter, into arrangements with a local authority as providers of social work services under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008(1) (the “social work service”).
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;
“the applicant” means a person who applies for registration, or for variation or cancellation of their registration, in accordance with Part 3 or Part 5 of these Regulations and “application” is to be construed accordingly;
“the Criminal Records Regulations 2002” means the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002(2);
“the CYPA 2008” means the Children and Young Persons Act 2008;
“HMCI” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills(3);
“the PA 1997” means the Police Act 1997(4);
“the POFA 2012” means the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012(5);
“registered manager” means the person who is registered under Part 2 of the Act as the manager of the social work service;
“registered person” means a person who is the registered provider or registered manager in respect of the social work service;
“registered provider” means the body corporate who is registered under Part 2 of the Act as the person providing the social work service;
“responsible individual” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 3(1)(a);
“service users” means those children and other persons who are the subject of arrangements entered into by a social work service with a local authority; and
“the SVGA 2006” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(6).
(2) In these Regulations, references to employing a person mean the registered provider employing or allowing a person to work for the purposes of the service, whether or not for payment, and whether under a contract of service or a contract for services, and references to an employee or to a person being employed are to be construed accordingly.
(3) The Care Standards Act (Registration) (England) Regulations 2010(7) do not apply in relation to a registered provider under these Regulations.
2008 c 23. Section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 enables local authorities to enter into arrangements with a provider of social work services for the discharge by that body of some or all of the authority’s social services functions in relation to individual children who are looked after by the local authority and in relation to care leavers.
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills is appointed under section 113 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.