The Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013
PART 1
1Citation, commencement and application
2Interpretation
3Statement of purpose
4Review of the statement of purpose
PART 2
5Fitness of registered provider
6Appointment of manager
7Fitness of manager
8Registered person: training requirements
9Notification of offences
PART 3
CHAPTER 1
Welfare of Children
10Promotion of welfare
11Food provided for children
12Contact and access to communications
13Arrangements for the protection of children
14Behaviour management and discipline
15Restraint
16Policies and records
17Health needs of children
18Medicines
19Use of surveillance
20Complaints and representations
CHAPTER 2
Staffing
21Staffing of holiday schemes for disabled children
22Fitness of employees
23Employment of staff
CHAPTER 3
Records
24Children’s holiday scheme case records
25Other records
26Notifiable events
PART 4
27Fitness of premises used to provide care and accommodation by the scheme
28Fire precautions
PART 5
29Visits by registered provider
30Review of quality of care
31Regulations and guidance
PART 6
32Notice of changes
33Death of registered person
PART 7
34Compliance
35Application of Part 2 of the Act to persons carrying on or managing a scheme
36Amendment of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001
37Amendment of the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007
38Amendment of the Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration) (England) Regulations 2010
39Transitional Provisions
SCHEDULE 1Matters to be included in the statement of purpose
1A statement of the overall aims of the scheme, and...
2A statement of the facilities and services to be provided...
3The name and business address of the registered provider and,...
4The relevant experience and qualifications of the registered provider and,...
5The experience, number and relevant qualifications of employees and, if...
6The arrangements for the development, supervision and training of employees....
7The age range, numbers, range of needs and sex of...
8A description of the scheme’s underlying ethos and philosophy and,...
9The arrangements made to protect and promote the health and...
10The arrangements made for promoting appropriate behaviour, and for the...
11The arrangements made for child protection and to counter bullying....
12The arrangements made for dealing with an incident where a...
13A description of any electronic or mechanical means of surveillance...
14The fire precautions and associated emergency procedures in place in...
15The arrangements for contact between children accommodated by the scheme...
16The arrangements for dealing with complaints.
17The type of accommodation, including the sleeping accommodation, provided, and,...
18The address, telephone number and such other contact details as...
SCHEDULE 2Information required in respect of persons seeking to carry on, manage or be employed to work at a scheme
1Proof of identity, including a recent photograph.
2Either— (a) where the certificate is required for a purpose...
3Two written references, including a reference from the person’s most...
4Documentary evidence of any relevant qualifications.
SCHEDULE 3Information to be included in the case records of children accommodated by the scheme
1The child’s name and any name by which the child...
2The child’s date of birth and sex.
3A description of the child’s cultural and linguistic background and...
4The name, address and telephone number of the child’s placing...
5The circumstances and date of use of a measure of...
6Any special dietary or health need of the child.
7A copy of any plan for the care of the...
8The name, address and telephone number of the general medical...
9Details of any accident or serious illness involving the child...
10Details of any allergy, immunisation or medical examination of the...
11Details of any medicines kept for the child in premises...
12The dates on which any money or valuables are deposited...
SCHEDULE 4Other records to be kept by schemes
1A record showing in respect of each employee, the person’s—...
2A record of accidents occurring at premises or sites used...
3A record of the administration of any medicine to a...
4A record of every fire drill or fire alarm test...
5Records of all accounts kept by the scheme.
6A copy of the staff duty roster of employees and...
7A record of visitors to premises or sites used by...
8Written records of any allegation of abuse or neglect in...
SCHEDULE 5Events and Notifications
SCHEDULE 6Matters to be monitored by the registered person
1The deposit and issue of money and other valuables handed...
2Accidents involving, and injuries to, persons in premises or sites...
3Illnesses of children accommodated by the scheme.
4Complaints in relation to children accommodated by the scheme and...
5Allegations or suspicions of abuse in respect of children accommodated...
6Visitors to premises or sites used by the scheme to...
7Notifications of the events in Schedule 5.
8The use of measures of control, discipline and restraint in...
9Risk assessments for health and safety purposes and subsequent action...
10First aid, medical treatment or medicines administered to a child...
11Fire drills and tests of alarms and of fire equipment....
SCHEDULE 7Application of Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 to persons carrying on or managing a scheme
1Section 11 (requirement to register) applies as if—
2Section 12 (applications for registration) applies as if for “or...
3Section 13 (grant or refusal of registration) applies as if...
4Section 14 (cancellation of registration) applies as if in paragraphs...
5Section 17 (notice of proposals) applies as if for “or...
6Section 19 (notice of decisions) applies as if for “or...
7Section 20 (urgent procedure for cancellation etc.) applies as if...
8Section 21 (appeals to the tribunal) applies as if for...
9Section 22A (power of CIECSS to serve notice where person...
10Section 22B (notice restricting accommodation at certain establishments) applies as...
11Section 24 (failure to comply with conditions) applies as if...
12Section 24A (offences relating to suspension) applies as if for...
13Section 26 (false descriptions of establishments and agencies) applies as...
14Section 28 (failure to display certificate of registration) applies as...
15Section 30A(2)(a), (aa) and (b) (notification of matters relating to...
16Section 31 (inspections by persons authorised by registration authority) applies...
17Section 32 (inspections: supplementary) applies as if—
18Section 37 (service of documents) applies as if for “or...
SCHEDULE 8Amendment of the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007
1In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) after the definition of “existing...
2After regulation 7 (fostering agencies) insert— Holiday schemes for disabled...
3After regulation 17 (children’s homes etc) insert— Holiday schemes for...
4In regulation 19(1)(c) (frequency of inspections), after “period” insert—
SCHEDULE 9Amendment of the Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration) (England) Regulations 2010
1Except in the following provisions— (a) regulation 8(e);
2In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)— (a) in the definition of “the...
3Except in regulation 7(5), after “in respect of a children’s...
4After “premises to be used by an establishment”, in both...
5Except in regulation 13(4)(b) and (d)(iii), after “by the agency”,...
6In regulation 3 (information and documents to be provided by...
7In regulation 6 (information as to staff engaged after application...
8In regulation 7(1) (registers)— (a) omit— (i) “establishments and agencies”;...
9In regulation 8 (contents of certificate)— (a) in paragraph (e),...
10In regulation 10(3)(c)(i) (application for variation or removal of a...
11In regulation 13(4) (application for cancellation of registration)—
12In Schedule 1 (information to be supplied on an application...
13In paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 (information and documents to...
14In Schedule 4 (information to be supplied on an application...
15In paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 (particulars to be recorded...
SCHEDULE 10Transitional Provisions
1In this Schedule, “registered manager” and “registered provider”, in relation...
2This paragraph applies where, immediately before 1st July 2013, a...
3Where paragraph 2(a) applies, the person who was a registered...
4This paragraph applies where— (a) paragraph 2(b) applies; and
5Where paragraph 4 applies, the person who was a registered...
6HMCI may treat— (a) a notification provided in accordance with...
7This paragraph applies where— (a) paragraph 2 applies; and
8Where paragraph 7 applies— (a) section 11(1) of the Act...

2013 No. 1394

Social Care, England
Children And Young Persons, England

The Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(4A), 11(4), 12(2), 14(1)(d), 15(3) and (5), 16(1) and (3), 22(1), (2)(a) to (d) and (f) to (j), (5)(a) and (c), (7)(a) to (d) and (g) to (j), 31(7), 35, 42(1), 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 20001, and having consulted such persons as he considers appropriate2, makes the following Regulations.