Residential special schools managers lead the provision of education and accommodation to children with Additional Learning Needs (ALN), Autism and co-occurring conditions, learning and physical disabilities. Residential special schools broadly provide a 24-hour curriculum to support and promote independent living through the development of appropriate social, independent, self-help and life skills. Children stay at the school between one and four school nights a week, during term time only.
Registration with Social Care Wales is now open
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Service regulations require that “the service provider must ensure that at all times a sufficient number of suitably qualified, trained, skilled, competent and experienced staff are deployed to work at the service”.
The suitable qualifications are included on this framework.
Qualifications gained outside of Wales
The Qualification Framework sets out the required qualifications needed to register as a social care manager, where you do not hold one of these but hold an alternative UK qualification which meets agreed essential criteria, completion of the Induction Framework can be used as a ‘top up’ if you wish to register with Social Care Wales either:
- for the first time or;
- to move to a different part of the register.
If you wish to use this route to Register, you will need to submit an application to the registration team. If the application is successful, you should complete the Induction Framework within the first 12 months of your registration and must provide evidence of this as part of your renewal of registration.
If you are already registered with us and wish to change to another part of the register, you do not need to submit a new application. You will need to send an email to registrants@socialcare.wales, requesting a change to your registration.
Induction requirements
The All Wales induction framework for social care managers covers the breadth of responsibilities for the leadership and management of social care services and provides a structure for a common induction across Wales.
All employers have a responsibility to make sure their new managers receive a suitable induction using this induction framework. Managers may be new to the role, organisation or sector.
It is also expected that all new managers will receive The Social Care Manager – practice guidance for social care managers registered with Social Care Wales as part of their induction, along with the Code of Practice for Social Care Employers.
Continuing professional development CPD (previously known as PRTL)
All registered persons are required to complete a total of 90 hours’ or 15 days’ CPD for each three-year period of registration.