Regulation 10 Health and welfare of residents
The registered person shall F1use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the residential family centre is conducted so as to—
promote and make proper provision for the health F2(including physical, mental and emotional health) and welfare of residents;
make such provision for the care, treatment, education and supervision of residents as is appropriate to their age and needs.
The registered person shall, so far as is practicable, ascertain and take into account the wishes and feelings of residents when making decisions concerning their health and welfare, or the manner in which they are treated.
The registered person shall make suitable arrangements to ensure that the residential family centre is conducted—
in a manner which respects the privacy and dignity of residents; and
with due regard to the sex, religious persuasion, racial origin, and cultural and linguistic background and any disability of residents.
In complying with this regulation, the registered person shall, wherever there is a conflict between the interests of the members of a family, treat the welfare of the child in that family as paramount.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 10(1) inserted (temp.) (24.4.2020) by virtue of The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/445), regs. 1(2), 3(2) (with Pts. 12, 13)
- F2
Words in reg. 10(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Residential Family Centres (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/499), regs. 1, 6
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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2000 c. 14. These powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1) of the 2000 Act, in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the Secretary of State, and in relation to Wales, as the National Assembly for Wales. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of that Act.
- F2
See section 22(9) of the 2000 Act for the requirement to consult.