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Residential Family Centre Worker

Regulators
  • Social Care Wales
Nations
  • Wales
Sectors
  • Health and care

Regulatory or professional bodies

Primary regulator

Regulatory authority
Social Care Wales
Address

Registration Team, Southgate House
Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW

Email address
info@socialcare.wales
Phone number
+44 (0)3003 033 444

Regulation

Regulation summary

Service regulations describe residential family centre services as the provision of accommodation for children and their parents (or any person who is looking after the child) at a place in Wales where:

the parents’ capacity to respond to the child’s needs and to safeguard their well-being is monitored or assessed, and
the parents are given such care and support as is thought to be necessary.

The residential family centre support worker provides person-centred care and support for families.

All residential family centre workers in Wales have six months from the date they start in the sector to register with Social Care Wales.

Regulation type

Certification

Reserved activities

Residential Family Centre Worker


Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

A full list of qualifications and routes to register can be found on our website (https://socialcare.wales/qualification-framework)

Professionals from other UK nations

Routes to recognition within the UK

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

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

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.


Legislation

Title of relevant act or charter

Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

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