Reading List

The sources below underpin the course material and support supervision, audit and policy review. Staff should follow the home's recording procedures and local safeguarding arrangements when applying these documents.

• Children's homes regulations, including quality standards: guide
  England children's homes document referenced for recording practice, secure storage and maintaining clear, objective notes.
• SCCIF: children's homes
  Current inspection framework that sets expectations for records, safeguarding, oversight and capturing children's lived experience.
• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
  England safeguarding guidance used for information sharing, recording and escalation procedures.
• Children's social care national framework
  Statutory England framework cited for child-centred practice and decision-making context.
• NICE QS179: Child abuse and neglect
  Guidance emphasising accurate representation of children's words in records.