Regulation 44 Independent Visitor

We are looking for an experienced organisation to provide Independent Regulation 44 Monitoring Visits to our residential Children's Homes across Cornwall. This is a joint contract between Cornwall Council and Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust (CPFT) .

The Independent Monitoring Visits take place once a month in each Residential Children's Homes, in line with Regulation 44 in The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015. The Regulation 44 visits help us to form a view on a home's ability to safeguard and promote children's and young people's welfare. In particular, as a placing authority we also use the visits to check that: • Where the children and young people live is safe • The home provides a healthy, happy environment for the children and young people to thrive in. • The children's and young people's wishes and feelings are being listened to and that there are meetings happening within the home to enable them to have their say. • Any previous recommendations on areas for improvement have been acted on.

Scope of Visits We have eight homes, currently, six operational with two still registered as children's homes, but without children residing there due to staff recruitment difficulties. The requirement is monthly visits to each home - six visits per month, comprising of 4 hours per home visit, which will include any telephone discussions and 2 hours to write up reports. Mileage is included in the set cost of the visits. The homes are spread across Cornwall and located in Camborne, Redruth, Truro, St Blazey and Liskeard. The two non-operational homes may require light touch visits from time to time.