Templates
The paperwork, free to take away. Recording, rotas, safeguarding and training forms — the records a children's home is expected to keep. Free to print and use in your service.
9 templates, grouped by the job they belong to. Each one explains what the record is for and what it has to survive when somebody asks to see it.
Care planning & the child
- Placement plan templateA printable placement plan — how this home will meet this child's needs day to day, written with the child rather than about them.
- Daily log and key work recordA printable daily log and key work session record — what happened, what the child said and did, and what it means, written so a child could read it.
- Wishes and feelings recordA printable record of what a child has said they want — asked properly, recorded in their words, and followed up so they can see what happened.
Safeguarding & incidents
- Safeguarding concern recordA printable record of a safeguarding concern — what was seen or said, what was done about it immediately, and who was told.
- Incident recordA printable incident record — what led up to it, what happened, what the child said afterwards, and what the home is going to do differently.
- Missing from care recordA printable record for a child missing or away from the home without agreement — what was done, who was told, and what the child said when they came back.
Staff & the home
- Staff supervision recordA printable supervision record — the children, the practice, the person doing the job, and what was actually agreed rather than discussed.
- Staff induction checklistA printable induction checklist for somebody starting in a children's home — the children, the policies that matter on the first night, and what they must not do until they are trained.
- Regulation 44 visit recordA printable structure for an independent visitor's report — what they looked at, who they spoke to, what the children said, and whether the home is meeting the standards.