The Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019

PART 3 Requirements on service providers as to the steps to be taken before agreeing to provide care and support

Suitability of the service

10.—(1) The service provider must not agree to place an individual unless it has determined that there is a suitable adult placement which can meet the individual’s care and support needs and support the individual to achieve their personal outcomes.

(2) The service provider must have in place a policy and procedures on the suitability of the service.

(3) The service provider must when making a determination under paragraph (1) take into account—

(a) the individual’s care and support plan,

(b) if there is no care and support plan, the service provider’s assessment under paragraph (4),

(c) any health or other relevant assessments,

(d) the individual’s views, wishes and feelings,

(e) any risks to the individual’s well-being,

(f) any risks to the well-being of other individuals to whom care and support is provided,

(g) any risks to the well-being of the adult placement carer and members of their household,

(h) any reasonable adjustments which the service provider could make to enable the individual’s care and support needs to be met, and

(i) the service provider’s policy and procedures on matching for compatibility and commencement of the service.

(4) In a case where the individual does not have a care and support plan, the service provider must—

(a) assess the individual’s care and support needs, and

(b) identify their personal outcomes.

(5) The assessment required by paragraph (4) must be carried out by a person who—

(a) has the skills, knowledge and competence to carry out the assessment, and

(b) has received training in the carrying out of assessments.

(6) In making the determination in paragraph (1), the service provider must involve the individual and any representative. But the service provider is not required to involve a representative if—

(a) the individual does not wish the representative to be involved, or

(b) involving the representative would not be consistent with the individual’s well-being.