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The Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Prescribed services

    4. 4.Excepted undertakings

    5. 5.Statement of purpose

    6. 6.Service user’s guide

    7. 7.Review of statement of purpose and service user’s guide

  3. PART II REGISTERED PERSONS

    1. 8.Fitness of registered provider

    2. 9.Appointment of manager

    3. 10.Fitness of registered manager

    4. 11.Registered person — general requirements and training

    5. 12.Notification of offences

  4. PART III CONDUCT OF DOMICILIARY CARE AGENCIES

    1. CHAPTER I QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVISION

      1. 13.Fitness of domiciliary care workers supplied by an agency

      2. 14.Conduct of agency

      3. 15.Arrangements for the provision of prescribed services

      4. 16.Staffing

      5. 17.Staff handbook

      6. 18.Provision of information to service users

      7. 19.Disclosure of Information

      8. 20.Identification of workers

      9. 21.Records

      10. 22.Complaints

      11. 23.Assessment of quality of services

      12. 24.Improvement plan

    2. CHAPTER 2 PREMISES

      1. 25.Fitness of premises

    3. CHAPTER 3 FINANCIAL MATTERS

      1. 26.Financial position

    4. CHAPTER 4 NOTICES TO BE GIVEN TO THE REGULATION AND IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

      1. 27.Notice of absence

      2. 28.Notice of changes

      3. 29.Appointment of liquidators etc.

      4. 30.Death of registered person

  5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 31.Compliance with regulations

    2. 32.Offences

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

      1. 1.A statement of the aims and objectives of the agency....

      2. 2.The nature and range of the services which the agency...

      3. 3.The name and address of the registered provider and of...

      4. 4.The relevant qualifications and experience of the registered provider and...

      5. 5.The range of qualifications of the domiciliary care workers supplied...

      6. 6.The complaints procedure established in accordance with regulation 22.

      7. 7.Status, constitution and organisational structure, which identify the lines of...

      8. 8.A description of the agency’s underlying ethos and philosophy of...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF REGISTERED PROVIDERS AND MANAGERS OF AN AGENCY

      1. 1.Proof of identity, including a recent photograph.

      2. 2.When Part V of the Police Act 1997 is commenced...

      3. 3.Two written references relating to the person, including a reference...

      4. 4.Where the person has previously worked in a position which...

      5. 5.Details and documentary evidence of any relevant qualifications or accredited...

      6. 6.A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...

      7. 7.Details of health record.

      8. 8.Details of registration with, or membership of, any professional regulatory...

      9. 9.Details of any professional indemnity insurance.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF DOMICILIARY CARE WORKERS

      1. 1.Name, address, date of birth and telephone number.

      2. 2.Name, address and telephone number of next of kin

      3. 3.Proof of identity, including a recent photograph.

      4. 4.Two written references, relating to the person, including a reference...

      5. 5.Where the person has previously worked in a position which...

      6. 6.Evidence of a satisfactory knowledge of the English language, where...

      7. 7.Details and documentary evidence of any relevant qualifications or accredited...

      8. 8.A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...

      9. 9.Details of physical and mental health record, including immunisation status....

      10. 10.A statement by the registered provider, or the registered manager,...

      11. 11.Details of any professional indemnity insurance.

      12. 12.When Part V of the Police Act 1997 is commenced...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED FOR INSPECTION

      1. 1.Records relating to domiciliary care workers and service users

      2. 2.Copies of any statement given to a service user setting...

      3. 3.An alphabetical index of service users, including the full name,...

      4. 4.An alphabetical index of domiciliary care workers supplied or available...

      5. 5.Details of each supply of a domiciliary care worker to...

      6. 6.Records relating to training and development of staff

      7. 7.Annual staff appraisals.

      8. 8.Other records

      9. 9.Details of every allegation of abuse, neglect or other harm...

      10. 10.Details of any physical restraint used on a service user...

      11. 11.The service user plan devised for each service user in...

  8. Explanatory Note

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