National Minimum Standards for Regulated Childcare for children up to the age of 12 years: statutory guidance - Audience and overview
Standard of care child minding and day care providers must meet to look after children under 12.
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Standard 21: Notifications of significant events
Child’s voice: If something important happens, the people at my setting tell my family and the people who check my setting. This way, everyone knows what is going on and helps to keep me safe.
Well-being outcome: Children are safeguarded as significant events or changes to the organisation are made known to the relevant authorities promptly.
The registered person is responsible for:
Incidents
21.1 Ensuring that CIW is informed of the following immediately in line with the Regulations (Regulation 31, Schedule 4) in relation to significant events:
- The outbreak at the relevant premises of any infectious disease which in the opinion of any registered medical practitioner attending a child or other person at the premises is sufficiently serious to be so notified, or of any serious injury to, serious illness of, or the death of, any child or other person on the premises.
- Any allegations of serious harm to a child committed by any person looking after relevant children at the premises, or by any person living, working or employed on the premises, or any abuse which is alleged to have taken place on the premises.
- Any other event likely to affect the suitability of the registered person to look after children or the suitability of any person living, working or employed on the premises to be in regular contact with children.
- Any other significant event which is likely to affect the welfare of any child on the premises.
Administrative events
21.2 Ensuring that CIW is informed of the following immediately in line with the Regulations (Regulation 31, Schedule 4):
In the case of child minding:
- The full name, date of birth, and former names or aliases and home address of a change in any person looking after children on the relevant premises or any person living or employed on those premises.
Any change in the type of care provided by a registered person or in the hours during which care is provided
In the case of day care:
- The full name, date of birth, and former names or aliases and home address of a change in any person in charge, anyone looking after children on the relevant premises, anyone living on those premises, or anyone else working on the premises, in the same part, or at the same time, as the children are looked after.
- Where the day care is provided by a committee or corporate or unincorporated body, the full name, date of birth, and former names or aliases and home address of a change in the chair, secretary, treasurer, or other person holding a comparable position in the organisation.
- Any change in the name or home address of the registered person or any of the persons described above.
- Any change in the name or address of the registered or principal office, where the registered person is an organisation.
- Any change in the facilities to be used on the relevant premises, including changes in the number of rooms, their functions, the numbers of lavatories and washbasins, any separate facilities for adult workers and access to the premises for cars.
In the case of child minding and day care:
21.3 If there are changes to the operational hours as provided to CIW or if the service is permanently closed.
To assist provided, the principal regulatory requirements underpinning this standard are outlines below, followed by relevant guidance, [provided should note that neither list is exhaustive, and that provided have regard to all standards relevant to their service and the circumstances concerned