All the policies that a care home needs to stay compliant with the current regulations and with the CQC.
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Legionella Prevention and Water Safety Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to set out how {{org_field_name}} prevents, controls and manages the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria and other water safety risks within the care home environment. Legionella can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially fatal form of […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Pain Assessment and Management Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to ensure that all people supported by {{org_field_name}} receive timely, person-centred, and evidence-based assessment and management of pain. Uncontrolled or unrecognised pain can have a significant negative impact on a person’s quality of life, mental health, mobility, […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Workplace Relationships and Professional Conduct Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to promote and maintain a positive, respectful and professional working environment at {{org_field_name}}, where all staff uphold high standards of integrity, accountability, compassion, honesty and professional conduct. This policy sets out how {{org_field_name}} manages interpersonal conduct, […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Supporting New and Expectant Mothers in the Workplace Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to ensure that {{org_field_name}} provides a safe, inclusive, fair and supportive working environment for employees and workers who are pregnant, have recently given birth, are breastfeeding, have experienced a pregnancy-related loss, or are […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilisation Procedures Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to ensure that {{org_field_name}} maintains safe, clean and hygienic premises, equipment and care environments through effective cleaning, disinfection and, where required, sterilisation arrangements. The policy aims to reduce the risk of infection, prevent avoidable harm, and […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Gathering Feedback Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to set out how {{org_field_name}} actively, systematically and accessibly gathers, records, reviews, responds to and learns from feedback from people living at the service, relatives, friends, representatives, advocates, staff, visiting professionals, commissioners, regulators and other stakeholders. Feedback is essential […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Fixed-Term Employment Contracts Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to establish a fair, compliant, and consistent approach to the recruitment, management, and conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts at {{org_field_name}}. Fixed-term contracts provide flexibility to meet short-term staffing needs such as covering long-term absence, responding to temporary increases […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Using Temporary Staffing Agencies Policy 1. Purpose This policy outlines how {{org_field_name}} safely and effectively utilises temporary staffing agencies to ensure continuity of high-quality care and support during staff shortages or unexpected absences. The use of agency staff is carefully managed to meet the standards set out in the Health […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} Modern Slavery Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to set out {{org_field_name}}’s zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, human trafficking, slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and exploitation, and to explain the arrangements in place to prevent, identify, report and respond to concerns affecting people who use the […]
{{org_field_logo}} {{org_field_name}} Registration Number: {{org_field_registration_no}} New Service User Onboarding Policy 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the admission and onboarding of every new person to {{org_field_name}} is safe, person-centred, dignified, lawful and effective. The onboarding process must establish the person’s assessed needs, preferences, wishes, communication requirements, risks, consent and mental […]
