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Safeguarding Adults & Children Policy
Sets out your service's approach to recognising, reporting and responding to abuse or neglect.
Templates for care homes
Documents your service can use the same day.
Editable policies, audits, checklists and records — built to the standard CQC expects to see, so you're adapting a template rather than starting from a blank page.
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STEP 1
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STEP 2
Download & edit
Every template opens in Word or Excel, ready to adapt with your service's name, logo and specifics.
STEP 3
Put it to work
Use it as-is, or as a starting point your registered manager signs off before rollout.
Policies & procedures
6 templatesThe core policy documents CQC expects every registered service to hold and keep current.
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Medication Management Policy
Administration, storage, disposal and error-reporting procedures for medicines on site.
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Complaints Policy & Procedure
A clear, CQC-aligned process for receiving, investigating and resolving complaints.
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Infection Prevention & Control Policy
Standard precautions, outbreak procedure, and PPE guidance for your setting.
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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy
Your commitment to fair treatment for staff and the people you support.
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Whistleblowing Policy
How staff can raise concerns safely, and what happens after they do.
Audits & compliance
5 templatesReady-made checklists to run your own internal audits between inspections.
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Medication Audit Checklist
Spot-check MAR sheets, storage and stock control against best practice.
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Care Plan Audit Tracker
Check care plans are current, person-centred, and signed off on schedule.
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Health & Safety Walk-Round Checklist
A room-by-room checklist for routine premises and equipment safety checks.
Excel
Mock Inspection Self-Assessment
Score your service against the CQC quality statements before the real thing.
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Training Compliance Tracker
See at a glance who's up to date on mandatory training, and who's overdue.
HR & recruitment
5 templatesDocuments to support safer recruitment and day-to-day people management.
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Care Worker Job Description
A ready-to-adapt job description covering core duties and person specification.
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Interview Question Bank
Values-based questions mapped to safer recruitment guidance for care roles.
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New Starter Induction Checklist
Track a new care worker's first-week induction against the Care Certificate.
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Staff Rota Template
A simple weekly rota with shift-pattern and cover tracking built in.
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Supervision & Appraisal Record
A structured template for one-to-ones and annual appraisal conversations.
Care planning
4 templatesPerson-centred documents for day-to-day care delivery and record-keeping.
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Person-Centred Care Plan
A full care plan template covering needs, preferences, risks and goals.
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Daily Handover Sheet
A one-page shift handover that fits on a single sheet, front and back.
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Risk Assessment Template
A general-purpose risk assessment format for individual and environmental risks.
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Body Map & Skin Integrity Chart
Recording template for pressure damage, bruising or skin changes.
Health & safety
4 templatesTemplates that support your legal duties under health and safety law.
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Incident & Accident Report Form
A structured form covering what happened, action taken, and follow-up.
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RIDDOR Reportability Checklist
A quick decision guide for whether an incident needs reporting to HSE.
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COSHH Risk Assessment
Assess and record safe storage, use and disposal of hazardous substances.
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Fire Risk Assessment Template
A walk-through format covering evacuation routes, equipment and drills.
Business continuity
3 templatesPlans that keep care running when something goes wrong.
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Business Continuity Plan
A template covering staff shortages, IT outages, and loss of premises.
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Winter & Adverse Weather Plan
Contingencies for travel disruption, power loss and heating failure.
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Outbreak Management Plan
Steps for managing an infectious outbreak while keeping care going.
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