4Residential care workers

4 Residential care workers

4 Residential care workers

(1) For the Act, definition of residential care worker, paragraph (b) the following persons are prescribed—

(a) a person who provides security services in a residential setting for a residential care provider,

(b) a person who spends 60% or more of the time the person works for a residential care provider in a residential setting doing the following—

(i) developing or implementing case management plans for children in statutory out-of-home care or supported out-of-home care,

(ii) providing administrative support.

(2) The provisions of this regulation relating to the residential care workers register do not apply to a person who—

(a) is authorised or provisionally authorised as an authorised carer under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Regulation 2022, section 18 or 19, and

(b) only provides statutory out-of-home care or supported out-of-home care in a private capacity.

s 4: Am 2022 (379), Sch 1[1]; 2024 (486), Sch 1[1].