PART 4CONDUCT OF AGENCIES
Staff disciplinary procedure24
1
The registered person must operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular —
a
provides for the suspension of an employee where necessary in the interests of the safety or welfare of persons to whom the agency provides adoption support services;
b
provides that the failure on the part of an employee to report, to an appropriate person, an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, of a child is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), an appropriate person is —
a
the registered person;
b
an officer of the registration authority;
c
a police officer;
d
an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; and
e
an officer of a local authority in whose area the agency is situated.