Registration of Care Home Staff
The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Interim Report, dated April 2018) that the UK government introduces arrangements for the registration of staff working in care roles in children's homes, including secure children's homes. Registration should be with an independent body charged with setting and maintaining standards of training, conduct and continuing professional development, and with the power to enforce these through fitness to practise procedures.
Response
Accepted
Response
AcceptedWe accept that rigorous registration of staff working in care roles in children’s homes is essential and we are looking at how best to implement this as part of the Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy.
The Government will improve qualifications, standards and access to training, and continue work to determine whether registration of care staff is the right approach. This will include by 2028/29: working with the sector to agree standards; reviewing mandatory qualifications in residential childcare; understanding barriers to ongoing training; and assessing the risks and benefits of introducing a registration model. The pace and sequencing of this work will depend on future funding decisions.
Progress Timeline
Scoping registration models for care staff in children's homes; improving qualifications and training standards. Complete assessment of registration feasibility expected by 2028/29.