Staff suitability and fitness
Failure to ensure that employed staff possess good character, necessary qualifications, skills, experience, and physical and mental fitness for their roles.
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FR-7 - 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...
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24 - Registration of children's home care staff
The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department for Education introduces arrangements for the registration of staff working in care roles in 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. The Chair...
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27 - Professional registration for custodial care staff
As the Inquiry set out in its Interim Report, professional registration of the workforce in settings responsible for the care of vulnerable children complements regulation of institutions by a separate, independent regulator. The Government has agreed in principle that professional regulation of staff in children's homes in England could provide an effective additional means of protecting children. It...
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94 - Standby vessel crew age and fitness
The proposals in the amended code as to age limit, medical examination and certification of fitness of members of the crew of standby vessels; and as to their periods of duty are endorsed (paras 20.51-52).
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R9 - GP certification of fitness for NHS employment
We recommend that consideration be given to how General Practitioners might, with the candidate's consent, be asked to certify that there is nothing in the medical history of a candidate for employment in the National Health Service which would make them unsuitable for their chosen occupation (para 5.5.19).
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24 - GWT records of maintenance staff competencies
GWT should maintain full records of competencies for all maintenance staff as required by job descriptions and safety responsibility statements (paras 6.8, 15.6).
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WATE-(24) - Mandate stringent, independent vetting for all foster parent applications, especially staff
Similar vigilance should be mandatory in relation to all applications for approval as foster parents. In particular, any application to foster by a member of a local authority's child care staff should be stringently vetted by a social worker who is not known to the applicant.
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WATE-(23) - Periodically audit Social Services staff recruitment and management vigilance
Social Services Departments should be reminded periodically that they must exercise vigilance in the recruitment and management of their staff in strict accordance with the detailed recommendations of the Warner committee917; and compliance with them by individual local authorities should be audited from time to time.
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FR-8 - Registration in Young Offender Institutions
The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Sexual Abuse of Children in Custodial Institutions: 2009-2017 Investigation Report, dated February 2019) that the UK government introduces arrangements for the professional registration of staff in roles responsible for the care of children in young offender institutions and secure training centres.
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7 - Adopt hours of work rules as guidelines for Class V vessels
The statutory requirements in the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 should be adopted by owners of Class V passenger vessels as guidelines. They should also note the requirements of STCW95, Section A-VIII/1 regarding fitness for duty.
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63 - Extend TRA jurisdiction to teaching assistants
The Department for Education should amend the Teachers' Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012 to bring all teaching assistants, learning support staff and cover supervisors within the misconduct jurisdiction of the Teaching Regulation Agency. The Department for Education and the Welsh Government should amend Keeping Children Safe in Education and Keeping Learners Safe to: provide more detailed guidance as to...
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F191 - Recruitment for values and commitment
Healthcare employers recruiting nursing staff, whether qualified or unqualified, should assess candidates' values, attitudes and behaviours towards the well-being of patients and their basic care needs, and care providers should be required to do so by commissioning and regulatory requirements.
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BAHA-73 - Retaining Detention Expertise
In reducing the number of firm base unit custody facilities, the MoD should be careful not to erode the unit level operational detention expertise which is provided to a Battlegroup by the attendance of unit provost staff on the AAUCSC, unless the equivalent expertise can be provided to each Battlegroup by the MPS.
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25 - Amendment of Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
The Chair and Panel recommend that the Home Office ensures that the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is amended so that, where a fitness to practise hearing has been conducted by the keeper of a relevant register and has resulted in removal of a practitioner from that register for reasons relating to harm or risk of harm to...
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38 - Suitable calibre and training of managers
Hospital managers shall be of a suitable background and calibre for the role expected of them, provided with all necessary training (including continued education) and themselves regularly appraised for the quality of their performance.
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24 - Statutory qualifications for managers and surveyors
The statutory qualifications for managers and surveyors should be amended (Paragraph 295).
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16 - Soil mechanics for managers and surveyors
Managers and surveyors should as soon as possible be made aware of the rudiments of soil mechanics and ground-water conditions. The statutory qualifications for managers and surveyors should be amended to include awareness of the rudiments of soil mechanics and hydrogeology, in addition to the geology already comprised in the syllabus (Paragraph 295).
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35 - Clinical experience for managers
No clinician shall be appointed to a position of managerial authority in a hospital without having relevant clinical experience for the position.
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41 - Control Room manning and qualification
The Control Room should at all times be in the charge of a person trained and qualified to undertake the work of Control Room operator. The Control Room should be manned at all times (para 18.35).
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6 - Monitor crew hours for fatigue
Owners and operators should monitor and review the hours of work of their employees in order to ensure that they are not affected by fatigue.
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FP78 - Recommendation 78
The system of registration on the National Register of Fingerprint Experts should be reviewed. If it continues in use it should be revised to ensure that the criteria for registration and the records are kept up to date and that the records indicate competence. Should SPSA for any reason decide that an examiner is no longer competent to...
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FP77 - Recommendation 77
A system should be devised whereby any authorisation of fingerprint examiners under section 280 would be confined to the authorisation of individuals who are employed by an institution which has achieved appropriate accreditation. It would be for the Scottish Government to satisfy itself in the course of the review referred to in recommendation 76 as to what constitutes...
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13 - Accountability and regulation of managers
i. DHSC and NHS England must develop and put in place a barring system for all managers (clinical and non-clinical) by September 2027. It should be reviewed in 2030 with a view to moving to a full statutory regulation system by September 2032. ii. NHS England must require any Trust seeking approval for the movement of a senior...
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31 - DBS and training compliance for Church officers
Individuals engaged in regulated activity who have failed to undergo a DBS check or complete compulsory training should not be permitted to hold voluntary offices within the Church. Failure by ordained clergy to comply with either requirement should result in disciplinary proceedings.
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R6 - Sickness records available to occupational health
We recommend that the possibility be reviewed of making available to Occupational Health departments any records of absence through sickness from any institution which an applicant for a nursing post has attended or been employed by (para 5.5.14).
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R4 - No nursing employment where major personality disorder
We recommend that no candidate for nursing in whom there is evidence of major personality disorder should be employed in the profession (para 5.4.11)
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COVID-M2.1 - NI CMO Independence
The Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should reconstitute the role of the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland as an independent advisory role. The Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland should not have managerial responsibilities within the Department of Health (Northern Ireland).
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172 - Three-year qualification course
A three-year qualification course for social workers should be introduced as soon as possible (19.8).
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22 - Service after retirement age
The extension of service after retirement age should be most carefully considered in each individual case and regularly reviewed.
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25 - Joint disciplinary procedure
There shall be a joint procedure for disciplinary action against an individual perceived to be failing. It shall contain provision for immediate suspension from patient care as a minimum, irrespective of academic requirements and positions.
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24 - Joint job description for clinical academics
A single job description for clinical academics shall be drawn up jointly to represent a fair and realistic expectation of the work envisaged by both parties.
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22 - Fair representation in clinical academic posts
The appointment of clinical academics shall be approached with fair representation on each side reflecting the proposed split between clinical and academic sessions.
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173 - Child care expertise not for all social workers
It should be recognised that the area of child abuse in general and child sexual abuse in particular is an area of expertise into which not all members of the profession should necessarily enter (19.9).
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98 - Selection criteria for OIMs
The operator’s criteria for selection of OIMs, and in particular their command ability, should form part of its SMS (para 20.59).
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4 - Carry out random testing
Owners and operators should in fact carry out random testing because of its deterrent effect.
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3 - Random testing in contracts
Such contracts should permit random testing for alcohol and drugs, with appropriate penalties if levels of alcohol or drugs in excess of those permitted by the contract (if any) are found or in the case of a refusal to supply a relevant specimen.
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2 - Operator alcohol and drugs policies
Owners and operators of all vessels should have an active alcohol and drugs policy and include provisions in their contracts of employment relating to permitted levels of alcohol and drugs, if any.
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FP79 - Recommendation 79
Absence of authorisation under the Act should not be taken as disqualifying a witness from being treated as an expert in relation to fingerprint evidence. The witness should be prepared to demonstrate his or her expert status on ordinary common law principles.
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FP76 - Recommendation 76
The system for authorisation under section 280 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, so far as relating to fingerprint examiners, requires review.
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42 - Church in Wales provincial safeguarding officers
The Church in Wales should make clear that the operational advice of provincial safeguarding officers must be followed by all members of the clergy and other Church officers. It should be enshrined in policy that those who are volunteers and who do not follow the directions of provincial safeguarding officers should be removed from working with children.
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R7 - Criteria for management referrals to occupational health
We recommend that procedures for management referrals to Occupational Health should make clear the criteria which should trigger such referrals (para 5.5.14).
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R5 - Health screening for newly qualified nurses
We recommend that nurses should undergo formal health screening when they obtain their first posts after qualifying (para 5.5.13).
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R1 - Sickness-absence record for entrants to nursing
We recommend that for all those seeking entry to the nursing profession, in addition to routine references the most recent employer or place of study should be asked to provide at least a record of time taken off on grounds of sickness (para 2.4.4)
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36 - Training before taking management control
No clinician should take effective control of a management position until trained in all necessary management techniques and in any relevant legal requirements.
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26 - Formal joint annual appraisal
There shall be formal annual appraisal of an individual by both parties. They shall share their information in line with the duty of utmost good faith in order to draw up a joint statement of aims in the following 12 months against which the next appraisal is to be judged.
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169 - Self-governing social work profession
ADSW should consider the taking of appropriate initiatives to develop a centralised self-governing profession of social worker in Scotland (19.4).
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15 - Training for those managing tips
Men engaged in the daily management and control of tips should be trained for their responsibilities (Paragraph 295).
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21 - Controllers' posts designated safety-critical
Controllers’ posts in Railtrack and TOCs should be designated as “safety-critical” as defined in the Railways (Safety Critical Works) Regulations 1994 (para 9.15).
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121 - Limit interviews per interviewer per day
No more than two investigative interviews per interviewer per day should be undertaken and their workloads should be regularly monitored (17.61).
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R8 - Apply ANHSOP Chairman's suggestion in practice
We recommend that further consideration be given to how the suggestion of the Chairman of the Association of NHS Occupational Physicians (see para 5.5.16) could be applied in practice (para 5.5.17).
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