Independent Monitoring Visitor

Description:

Regulation 44 Independent Monitoring Visits consistent with the National Quality Standards for Children’s Homes. Regulation 25 Independent Monitoring Visits consistent with the National Quality Standards for Residential Family Centres & the ability to understand the complexity of the role whilst supporting the implementation of the standards is essential. The Independent person plays a vital role in the homes performance and development ensuring they are always Ofsted ready, so experience and expertise of working directly with Ofsted would be an advantage.

Writing detailed reports & action plans to Ofsted specification within a set timeframe & to a high standard. One important focus for these visits will be to scrutinise how the home is supporting children to enjoy and achieve. The person making the visits will wish to be satisfied that the home has an effective approach to behaviour management. Visits should routinely examine records of restraint and missing person's reports, to check that the home provides stable, safe and secure care. The visit wherever possible includes private interviews with children and young people living at the home (and if appropriate their parents, relatives or carers). Staff employed at the home must also be interviewed privately. A written report on the conduct of the home must be prepared after the visit and made available to HMCI, the registered manager, and anyone else with responsibility for the management of the home.