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Children's homes - access to communication Duty
- Description
- The registered person must ensure that children are provided at all reasonable times with access to the following facilities which they may use without reference to persons working in the home—
(a) a telephone on which to make and receive telephone calls in private; and
(b) facilities to send and receive post and, if the necessary facilities are provided for the use of children, electronic mail, in private.
The registered person must ensure that a disabled child accommodated in the home is provided with access to such aids and equipment as the child may require as a result of the child's disability in order to facilitate the child's communication with other persons.
If the registered person considers it to be necessary for the purpose of safeguarding or promoting the welfare of a child, the registered person may impose conditions, prohibitions or restrictions upon a child's—
(a) contact with parents, friends or relatives; or
(b) access to communications
No measure may be imposed by the registered person under unless—
(a) the child's placing authority consents to the imposition of the measure; or
(b) the measure is imposed in an emergency, and full details are given to the placing authority within 24 hours of its imposition.
- Modified
- 08 Oct 2020
- Status
- Live
- is found in the following lists
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- requires
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