
Now summer is here, many providers of residential holiday schemes for disabled children are swinging into action.
From this April, there have been some key changes in the way this type of provision is inspected including an increased emphasis on ensuring children are having fun.
The changes follow a public consultation launched in October 2021, which ran for 12 weeks up to 24 January this year.
It sought views on four changes to the Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF) relating to the inspection of holiday schemes.
The survey – which also covered changes to interim inspections of children’s homes – was completed by 120 people including those involved in running holiday schemes, social care practitioners, children’s home managers and local authority staff.
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