# The Residential Family Centres (Wales) Regulations 2003, Regulation 16: Fitness of workers


(1) The registered person must not —
(a) employ a person to work for the purposes of the residential family centre unless that person is fit to work for a residential family centre; or
(b) allow a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, to work for the purposes of the residential family centre unless that person is fit to work for a residential family centre.
(2) This paragraph applies to any person who is employed by a person other than the registered person in a position in which he may in the course of his duties have regular contact with residents.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is not fit to work for a residential family centre unless —
(a) he or she has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary for the work he or she is to perform;
(b) he or she is physically and mentally fit for the purposes of the work he or she is to perform; and
(c) full and satisfactory information in relation to each of the matters listed in Schedule 2 has been obtained in relation to him or her.
(4) The registered person must take reasonable steps to ensure that any person working for a residential family centre who is not employed by the registered person and to whom paragraph (2) does not apply is appropriately supervised while carrying out his or her duties.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/781/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-16
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