Children's home location risk assessment templates (free, Word): Safeguarding Context

What a location risk assessment covers

Ofsted sets no format, but a review that stands up to an inspector usually holds five things. Each line names the template or the part of the pack that holds it.

The area's public data. Recorded crime and its trend, deprivation, what children's services record about exploitation and going missing, the roads, and the schools, transport and green space nearby. The templates leave this to you; the evidence pack gathers it chapter by chapter.
Consultation with the police and the host authority. The consultation letters, each with a reminder, and the consultation tracker for who was asked, when and what came back, including no reply.
The risks and opportunities, with controls. The risk matrix: each hazard scored for severity and likelihood, its controls, and the risk that is left, with an owner and a date.
The children's or young people's views. The views prompt sheet, used on paper, and a table for what changed as a result.
The review record and sign-off. The review record: the calendar year covered, why the review was held, what it concluded and who signed it off, by role.

See a completed example

The Sample Home is a completed location risk assessment evidence pack, with the names changed and every figure real: read the Sample Home pack (PDF, 29 pages), or see its pages on the product page.

For a children's home (regulation 46)

Consultation letters (Word)
To the police force's public protection lead and the host authority's children's services, and optionally a placing authority, each with a reminder.
Consultation tracker (Word)
Who was asked, when, the reminder, and the outcome: a reply with or without concerns, no reply, or a difference in view.
Risk matrix (Word)
Each hazard the guidance names, with columns for what the data shows, severity, likelihood, controls, residual risk, owner and review date.
Children's views prompt sheet (Word)
Prompts for talking with the children about the area, used on paper, and a table for what changed as a result.
Review record and sign-off (Word)
The calendar year covered, why the review was held, the consultation, and sign-off by the registered manager and the responsible individual.
Consultation letters for a proposed home (Word)
For the location assessment Ofsted asks for at registration: letters to the police and the host authority's children's services, each with a reminder.

For supported accommodation (regulation 6)

Consultation letters (Word)
To the police force's public protection lead and the host authority's children's services, and optionally a placing authority, each with a reminder.
Consultation tracker (Word)
Who was asked about the premises, when, the reminder, and the outcome.
Risk matrix (Word)
The full risk assessment the guide asks for in each review, hazard by hazard, with controls, residual risk, owner and review date.
Young people's views prompt sheet (Word)
Prompts for talking with the young people about the area, used on paper, and a table for what changed as a result.
Review record and sign-off (Word)
The calendar year covered, why the review was held, the consultation, and sign-off by the registered service manager and for the registered provider.

Using them

Replace every part in square brackets. Keep the completed files confidential: they record where children live.
Record roles and bodies, never anything about any child or young person. What a child tells you belongs in their own records.
The templates hold the structure. The public data, the letters filled in for your area and the review record kept for the year come with the location assessment evidence pack, priced below.

Read what regulation 46 asks and what regulation 6 asks of supported accommodation.

When you want the public data done too

For a children's home

£195 per home, for 12 months

Opening a new home? The pre-registration pack for the registration application is £295.

Add your home and order

For supported accommodation

£95 per premises, for 12 months

Per premises, because each premises needs its own assessment every calendar year and a provider usually holds several; premises in one area share much of the evidence.

Add your premises and order

One price each, however many an order holds. Pay by card; no VAT is added. Nothing renews or charges automatically.

For a children's home: £195 per home, for 12 months For supported accommodation: £95 per premises, for 12 months

Evidence for the location assessment of your home or premises

The public evidence about the area around your children's home or supported accommodation, with the consultation letters, risk matrix and review record your location assessment needs for the calendar year. It describes the area around the home or premises. It never rates the home, its staff or the children and young people living there.

The location assessment evidence pack
Consultation letters and the tracker
Briefings to share
The year's records

Add your home or premises and order Read the Sample Home pack