Regulation 22 ComplaintsI1
Northern Ireland
The registered person shall establish a procedure (“the complaints procedure”) for considering complaints made to the registered person by an adult placement carer, a service user or his representative.
The complaints procedure shall be appropriate to the needs of service users.
The registered person shall ensure that any complaint made under the complaints procedure is fully investigated.
The registered person shall, within 28 days after the date on which the complaint was made, or such shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances, inform the person who made the complaint of the investigative process, outcome and action (if any) that is to be taken.
The registered person shall supply a written copy of the complaints procedure to every service user whom it has placed and to any person acting on behalf of a service user.
Where a written copy of the complaints procedure is to be supplied in accordance with paragraph (5) to a person who is blind or whose vision is impaired, the registered person shall so far as it practicable to do so supply, in addition to the written copy, a copy of the complaints procedure in a form which is suitable for that person.
The copy of the complaints procedure to be supplied in accordance with paragraph (5) shall include—
the name, address and telephone number of the Regulation and Improvement Authority; and
the procedure (if any) that has been notified by the Regulation and Improvement Authority to the registered person for the making of complaints to the Regulation and Improvement Authority in relation to the agency.
The registered person shall supply to the Regulation and Improvement Authority at its request a statement containing a summary of the complaints made during the preceding twelve months and of the action that was taken in response to each complaint.