{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-regulations-2002/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-regulations-2002/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3213",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Employment of staff",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall—\n(a) ensure that all permanent appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of a period of probation; and\n(b) provide all employees with a job description outlining their responsibilities.\n(2) The registered person must operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular—\n(a) provides for the suspension of an employee where necessary in the interests of the safety or welfare of children accommodated in the residential family centre;\n(b) provides that the failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse of a child accommodated in the residential family centre to an appropriate person is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), an appropriate person is—\n(a) the registered person;\n(b) an officer of the Chief Inspector;\n(c) a police officer;\n(d) an officer of the local authority in whose area the residential family centre is situated; or\n(e) an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.\n(4) In paragraph (2), “child” also includes a parent who is under the age of 18.\n(5) The registered person shall ensure that all persons employed by him—\n(a) receive appropriate training, supervision and appraisal; and\n(b) are enabled from time to time to obtain further qualifications appropriate to the work they perform.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 17(3) substituted (1.4.2007) by The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/603), regs. 1, 12(b)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3213/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:34:58.586263+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}