Which regulations What What Implications Timescales Key dates are in force? qualifications do qualifications do they say that care they say that workers should managers should hold or obtain? hold or obtain? The qualifications named in these regulations will no longer be The Level 5 Care workers have available for the homes children’s Diploma in two years from workforce. The equivalent The The Level 3 Leadership for commencing the role Children’s qualification should be taken by Homes and Looked Diploma for the Health and Social to complete the new staff: January After Children Children and Young Care and Children qualification. Level 3 Diploma for Residential 2015- (Miscellaneous Workforce and People’s Young People’s Childcare (for care workers) March 2015 Amendments) in the Services in the Managers have three children’s Level 5 Diploma in Leadership (England) social care pathway children and young years from and Management for Regulations 2013 or equivalent. residential commencing the role people’s Residential Childcare (for management or to complete the managers) equivalent. qualification. *See note above about equivalent qualifications Care workers have The Children’s two years from Homes (England) The Level 5 commencing the role Regulations 2015 The qualifications named in these The Level 3 Diploma in to complete the regulations are the new Diploma for Leadership and qualification. We are currently qualifications. April 2015 Residential Management for consulting on these Childcare or Residential Managers have three regulations and our *See note above about equivalent equivalent. Childcare or years from aim is for them to be qualifications equivalent. commencing the role in force from 1 April to complete the 2015. qualification.
Key dates Which regulations are in force? What qualifications do they say that care workers should hold or obtain? What qualifications do they say that managers should hold or obtain? Implications Timescales January 2015- March 2015 The Children’s Homes and Looked After Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013 The Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce in the children’s social care pathway or equivalent. The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services in the children and young people’s residential management or equivalent. The qualifications named in these regulations will no longer be available for the children’s homes workforce. The equivalent qualification should be taken by new staff: Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (for care workers) Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (for managers) *See note above about equivalent qualifications Care workers have two years from commencing the role to complete the qualification. Managers have three years from commencing the role to complete the qualification. April 2015 The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 We are currently consulting on these regulations and our aim is for them to be in force from 1 April 2015. The Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or equivalent. The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare or equivalent. The qualifications named in these regulations are the new qualifications. *See note above about equivalent qualifications Care workers have two years from commencing the role to complete the qualification. Managers have three years from commencing the role to complete the qualification.
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