Crannoch Residential Child Care Resource

1. To support children's wellbeing, the provider should ensure that they follow 'Matching Looked After Children and Young People: Admissions Guidance for Residential Services', published by the care inspectorate'. The provider should include but not limit to: a) Ensuring they consider the potential impact on existing young people within the service. b) Ensuring they have all the necessary information prior to making a decision regarding the new young person being referred to the service. c) Ensuring they consider staffing levels, skills, mix and any current staff vacancies. d) Ensuring that they keep record of their assessment and decision making relating to this process. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I am in the right place to experience the care and support I need and want.' (HSCS 1.20)

2. To support the young people's wellbeing, and outcomes, the service should ensure that the child and adult protection practice is reviewed and developed. This review should be informed by effective analysis of safeguarding issues. This is to ensure the safety of children and young people. The service should include but not limit to: a) Ensuring that organisational child and adult protection procedures and policies are fully followed. b) Ensuring robust oversight and quality assurance of child or adult protection concerns which may arise to strengthen reflection within the staff team and support learning for future practice. c) Ensuring that child protection, adult protection and safeguarding concerns are reported to the appropriate agencies, including the social work department and any other relevant agencies within appropriate timeframes. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (