Children's Home Policies & Procedures —
Ofsted-Ready, Fully Editable
500+ professionally written policies and procedures for children's residential homes. Mapped to Ofsted Quality Standards and the Children's Homes Regulations 2015. From £139/month.
Children's Home Regulations Are Complex — Your Policies
Shouldn't Be a Struggle Too
Running a children's home means navigating some of the most detailed and demanding regulations in the care sector. The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015, Ofsted Quality Standards, safeguarding requirements, Regulation 44 and 45 visits — the compliance burden is enormous.
Writing and maintaining your own policies from scratch takes hundreds of hours. Getting them wrong isn't just a compliance risk — it can affect the safety of the young people in your care and put your Ofsted registration at risk.
Time-consuming rewrites
Every regulatory change means hours reviewing, editing, and redistributing documents manually.
Inspection anxiety
Not knowing whether your policies are current, complete, and cover what inspectors expect to see.
Generic templates
Off-the-shelf documents not written for your service type — missing the specific requirements you need.
Policies and Procedures Built for
Children's Residential Homes
A complete, Ofsted-ready policy library — specific to children's residential care, always current.
500+ policy templates
Covering every area of children's residential care — safeguarding, behaviour management, missing children protocols, education, health, and more.
Fully editable & branded
Add your home's name, logo, and bespoke procedures. Your policies, branded to your organisation — in both Word and PDF.
Mapped to Ofsted Quality Standards
Every policy linked to the relevant regulation and quality standard, so you know exactly what's covered going into an inspection.
Children's Homes Regulations 2015
Aligned to the full regulations — including Regulation 44/45 monitoring requirements and the supporting guidance.
Automatically updated
When Ofsted guidance or regulations change, your policies update. No more scrambling before an inspection.
Registration-ready
New to children's homes? Our policy set can form the foundation of your Ofsted registration application from day one.
What's in Your Children's Home
Policy Pack
Every category written by children's services compliance specialists.
| Category | Policies Included |
|---|---|
| Safeguarding | Child Protection Policy, Safer Recruitment Policy, Whistleblowing Policy, Prevent Duty Policy, FGM Policy |
| Behaviour Management | Behaviour Support Policy, Physical Intervention & Restraint Policy, Bullying Policy, Restorative Practice Policy |
| Missing Children | Missing Children Protocol, Return Home Interview Policy, Risk Assessment for Missing Episodes |
| Education & Development | Education Policy, Promoting Achievement Policy, Transition Planning Policy |
| Health & Wellbeing | Health & Medication Policy, Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Policy, Substance Misuse Policy |
| Rights & Advocacy | Children's Rights Policy, Complaints (Young People) Policy, Advocacy Policy, Privacy & Dignity Policy |
| Staff Management | Safer Recruitment Policy, DBS & Barring Policy, Supervision Policy, Training & CPD Policy |
| Governance | Regulation 44 Visit Policy, Regulation 45 Report Policy, Quality Assurance Policy, Data Protection (GDPR) Policy |
Plus hundreds more — all written by care sector compliance specialists.
Why 1,200+ Care Providers
Trust Care Daily
Genuinely built for children's homes — not generic adult care templates with a different cover page.
All-in-one platform
Policies, care plans, staff management, audits, and a family app — all in one place. Purpose-built for children's services.
Built for children's homes
Our policies address safeguarding, Ofsted Quality Standards, and the 2015 Regulations from the ground up — not repurposed adult care documents.
Inspection-ready
Policies mapped to Ofsted's evaluation criteria so you can identify and close gaps before inspectors arrive.
Multi-regulator
Ofsted (England), CIW (Wales), Care Inspectorate (Scotland), and RQIA (Northern Ireland) — all covered under one subscription.
Automatically updated
When Ofsted updates its guidance, your policies update too. Stay current without the manual effort.
From £139/month
A fraction of the cost of commissioning bespoke policies from a children's services consultant.
Get Ofsted-Ready in
Three Steps
From demo to fully compliant faster than you'd write a single policy from scratch.
Book a free demo
We'll walk you through the platform and show you exactly how the policies work for children's residential homes.
Customise your policies
Add your home's name, tailor procedures to your setting, and share with your team — all within the platform.
Stay compliant automatically
When Ofsted guidance or regulations change, your policies update. No more scrambling before an inspection.
Trusted by Children's Home Providers
Across the UK
"Setting up our new children's home, we needed a full policy set fast. Care Daily gave us everything we needed — properly written, Ofsted-ready, and easy to customise."
"The safeguarding and missing children policies alone saved us weeks of work. They're thorough and clearly written for children's residential settings."
Policies written for the real work of residential care
Care Daily's children's home policy set was developed with registered managers, safeguarding leads, and children's services compliance specialists — people who understand what life in a children's home actually looks like.
Every policy reflects the specific demands of residential child care: safeguarding complexity, Regulation 44/45 requirements, behaviour management, and the rights of young people in your care.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Get Your Children's Home
Policies Sorted?
Book a free demo today. We'll show you exactly how Care Daily keeps your children's home compliant — so you can focus on the young people in your care.