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Children's Services Monthly Checks

by Gemma Considine, from the Community

This monthly children's services checklist supports teams in social and residential care settings to stay on top of quality and safety requirements. It covers completion of quality standard audits, right to work documentation, and mandatory staff training. Operational safety checks include fire alarm tests and drills, fridge and freezer temperature logs, water temperature monitoring, and scheduled deep cleans. It also prompts updates to critical compliance records, monthly summaries for social workers, reviews of support plans, stakeholder feedback surveys, and bedroom cleanliness checks.

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