Residential Child Care Worker
- Regulators
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- Social Care Wales
- Nations
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- Wales
- Sectors
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- Health and care
Regulatory or professional bodies
Primary regulator
- Regulatory authority
- Social Care Wales
- Address
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Registration Team, Southgate House
Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW - Email address
- info@socialcare.wales
- Website
- http://socialcare.wales
- Phone number
- +44 (0)3003 033 444
Regulation
Regulation summary
A residential children’s home (or children's home) is a place where children and young people live when they cannot be at home with their own families. Children's homes look after children from many different backgrounds and with often challenging life experiences.
As with all children, their individual needs and ambitions are encouraged by staff so that they can keep their sense of personal identity and, wherever possible, links with their communities.
The residential child care worker provides child-centred care and support for children and young people that helps them to achieve positive outcomes.
All residential child care workers have six months from the date they started practising to register in Wales.
Regulation type
Reserved activities
Residential Child Care Worker
- More about regulated activities and titles
- https://socialcare.wales/qualifications-funding/qualification-framework/job-roles/care-home-services-for-children/residential-child-care-worker
Qualifications and experience
New professionals
- Routes to qualification
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A full list of qualifications and routes to register can be found on our website (https://socialcare.wales/qualification-framework)
- More about qualification
- https://socialcare.wales/qualification-framework
Professionals from other UK nations
- Routes to recognition within the UK
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Please apply to Social Care Wales and if your qualification has been assessed as equivalent elsewhere in the UK this will be considered as part of our process.
Professionals from outside the UK
- Recognition for professionals outside the UK
- None - all professionals must re-qualify
- Summary of routes
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Please see the below for information on how to register, and any post-recognition requirements: https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply.
Social Care Wales are currently reviewing any existing free trade and recognition agreements. In the meantime if you hold a qualification that you think is equivalent and allows you to practise in Wales please share it with us.
- More about recognition for professionals outside the UK
- https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply
Registration
- Registration requirements
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Please see the below for information on how to register, and any post-recognition requirements: https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply.
The majority of applicants will need to complete a qualification post-registration.
- More about registration
- https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply
Legislation
- Title of relevant act or charter
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Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
- Website link to legislation
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/2/section/79/enacted