# The Residential Family Centres (Wales) Regulations 2003, Regulation 17: Employment of staff


(1) The registered person must —
(a) ensure that all permanent appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of a period of probation; and
(b) provide all employees with a job description outlining their responsibilities.
(2) The registered person must operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular —
(a) provides for the suspension of an employee where necessary in the interests of the safety or welfare of children in the residential family centre;
(b) provides that the failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse of a child in the residential family centre to an appropriate person is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), an appropriate person is —
(a) the registered person;
(b) an officer of the appropriate office of the National Assembly;
(c) a police officer;
(d) an officer of the local authority in whose area the residential family centre is situated; or
(e) an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
(4) In paragraph (2), “child” also includes a parent who is under the age of 18.
(5) The registered person must ensure that all persons employed by him or her —
(a) receive appropriate training, supervision and appraisal; and
(b) are enabled from time to time to obtain further qualifications appropriate to the work they perform.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/781/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-17
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