Stonehaven After School Club
Recorded Key Question grade range: 2–3 — Weak View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. To support improvement to the service and ensure good outcomes for children and families, the provider and manager should ensure: a) Children and families are meaningfully involved and influence change within the setting. b) Quality assurance systems, including self evaluation and the use of quality audit tools, are used to support reflection and inform improvement planning. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ' I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).
1. To promote a relaxed and sociable experience, the manager and staff should improve snack time experiences. This should include, but is not limited to, staff sitting with children to promote their social skills and consistently support children when eating. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I can enjoy unhurried snack and mealtimes in as relaxed an atmosphere as possible' (HSCS 1.35).
1. To promote the safety and wellbeing of children, the provider and manager should ensure identified responsibilities are carried out. This should include, but is not limited to: a) Being familiar with and implementing best practice guidance, such as 'A quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors: School aged childcare, 2025' within the service to support high quality care. b) Ensuring the Care Inspectorate are notified within required timescales of certain events or changes to the service in line with guidance. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I use a service and organisation that are well led and managed' (HSCS 4.23).
1. To enable all children to be cared for in an environment that meets their needs and supports them to reach their full potential, the provider, manager, and staff should ensure children experience an environment that is welcoming, well maintained, comfortable, and homely. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy, well maintained premises, furnishings, and equipment' (HSCS 5.24).
1. By 15 August 2025, the provider must ensure that children's health, care, and wellbeing needs are met through the implementation of effective personal planning. To do this the provider must, at a minimum, ensure: a) All children have a personal plan which sets out what their individual needs are and how these will be met. b) Personal plans are reviewed and updated in partnership with parents or carers, and children where appropriate, at least once every six months or sooner if required. c) Staff are familiar with the information recorded in personal plans and use this to effectively support children. This is to comply with Regulation 5(2)(a) and (b) (Personal plans) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulation 2011 (SSI 2011/2010). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (1. By 15 August 2025, the provider must ensure children's safety and wellbeing and that they experience high quality outcomes and experiences. To do this the provider must, at a minimum: a) Develop effective quality assurance processes that promote children's health, safety, and wellbeing. b) Undertake meaningful engagement with children and families to identify and action the improvements that are required. c) Undertake a cycle of self evaluation based on the quality framework and implement an improvement plan. d) Ensure management and staff are aware of their responsibilities, using best practice guidance and national frameworks and implement this in their practice. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) (Welfare of users) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). This is to e1. By 25 July 2025, to promote the safety and wellbeing of children, the provider must ensure there are clearly defined roles and responsibilities amongst the provider, management team, and staff. This must include, but is not limited to: a) The provider and manager have a clear understanding and implement best practice guidance and quality framework to support high quality care. b) Ensure that the Care Inspectorate are notified within required timescales of certain events or changes to the service in line with guidance. c) Ensure that recruitment and selection of staff meets the legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to safer recruitment. d) Ensure relevant individual proposals are submitted on the Care Inspectorate digital portal to allow suitable background checks to be carried out. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) (Welfare of users) of The Social Care and Soc1. By 25 July 2025, the provider must ensure children's safety, health, and wellbeing by complying with the conditions of registration. To do this the provider and manager must, at a minimum, ensure: a) Children are cared for in the areas and spaces which are on the registration certificate. b) Staff/visitors and children to have access to and use separate toilet facilities. c) Ensure that children have access to and use the toilets within the outdoor hall and community centre. This is in order to comply with section 64(1)(b) and (3)(a) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I have enough physical space to meet my needs and wishes' (HSCS 5.22).
2. By 15 August 2025, the provider and manager must ensure children experience a clean, safe, and well maintained environment. To do this the provider must, at a minimum, ensure: a) Staff implement effective infection prevention and control procedures and practice. b) Effective cleaning practice is carried out in all areas of the service. c) Equipment, furniture, resources, and decoration are clean and in a good state of repair. d) Effective handwashing routines are embedded in practice and during key points throughout the session. e) Implement an action plan for remedial works to be carried out to improve the environment, materials, and resources with timescales. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) (Welfare of users) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210).
1. To support children's learning and development, the provider and manager should ensure children experience high quality play and learning which supports them to have fun and promote curiosity and challenge, relevant to their age and stage of development. This should include, but is not limited to: a) Ensuring staff are knowledgeable in supporting children's learning. b) Ensuring the environment is well resourced and inviting for children. c) Ensuring staff plan for and evaluate activities and experiences to promote challenge and interest for the children. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I can direct my own play and activities in the way that I choose and freely access a wide range of experiences and resources suitable to my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learning, and creativity' (HSCS 2.27).