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Regulation & Inspection of Social Care: have your say on consultations closing soon

Two consultations on draft regulations and statutory guidance under phase 2 of implementing the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 are due to close soon.

• The service consultation closes on Tuesday 25 July (see below)

• The workforce consultation closes on Monday 7 August (see below)

Service Consultation - Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

(The service consultation closes on Tuesday 25 July)

This invites your views on:

• draft regulations that place requirements on service providers and Responsible Individuals of the Regulated Services within phase 2:
• adults’ and children’s residential care
• secure accommodation for children
• adults’ and children’s domiciliary support
• Residential Family Centres
• draft statutory guidance that relates to Parts 3 – 19 of these regulations
• draft regulations that provide for a scheme of penalty notices in respect of non-compliance with the requirements

FIND OUT MORE:

• The consultation document and details of how to respond to the consultation can be found on the Welsh Government website.
• On 2 May the Minister for Social Services and Public Health also issued a written statement in connection with this consultation.

These draft provisions aim to improve the regulation of social care, creating a new, stronger regulation and inspection regime which will improve oversight of the whole service an organisation provides.

Workforce Consultation – Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

The workforce consultation closes on Monday 7 August

 This invites your views on:

• a draft regulation that requires service providers of domiciliary support services to demarcate travel time and care time when arranging services
• a draft regulation that requires service providers of domiciliary support services to offer workers on non-guaranteed hours contracts the choice of alternative contractual arrangements
• the extension of the Social Care Wales register of social care workers to include domiciliary support staff from 2018 (with mandatory registration from 2020)
• challenges facing the supply of social care managers, across the sector
   

FIND OUT MORE:

• These proposals are contained within the consultation document which can be found, together with details of how to respond to the consultation on the Welsh Government website HERE.
• You can also read the related Ministerial statement HERE.

These measures seek to support recruitment, retention and working practices in the domiciliary care sector, in order to help it deliver the best possible quality of care.