By that, I mean getting the right balance between keeping children safe, while making sure that regulation reflects how provision is designed and delivered right now.
In his recent blog post, Jonathan Stanley raised his concerns about changes to our guidance around the circumstances where a manager is able to manage more than one children’s home. While we previously considered applications to manage more than one home under exceptional circumstances, we have changed the guidance to reflect how children’s homes are currently delivered.
But this isn’t a new development. Managers have been able to oversee more than one home for a number of years now. Indeed, we currently have over 280 managers managing more than one home – a fairly small, but not insignificant number considering there are over 2,600 children’s homes. And with the growth in the number of homes caring for one child, I believe this is the right approach.
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