Registration of providers of social work services
Consultation on fitness to manage a social work service and registration regulations applicable to organisations discharging social care functions on behalf of LAs.
In January and February of this year, the department consulted on proposals to commence part 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (CYPA).
This would allow all local authorities (LAs) in England to delegate care functions to external providers. At the same time, the department also consulted on a second proposal to remove the CYPA’s requirement for these providers to register with Ofsted.
The department is now withdrawing its second proposal and is setting up arrangements to require external providers of social care services to register with Ofsted, where they are having functions delegated to them by LAs.
It is therefore consulting on regulations for registration and fitness to manage a social work service that will underpin this.