Rewrite your allegations procedure to Wales Section 5
Section 5 of the Wales Safeguarding Procedures has been revised, so your policy on allegations against staff and people in positions of trust needs rewriting.
Your admin and catering staff now sit in the pathway
Ten new role categories take the Care Workforce Pathway to 18, covering nominated individuals, quality leads, admin, catering, domestic and maintenance staff.
New Level 5 and Level 3 claims open under the LDSS
New Level 5 and Level 3 diploma options are in scope and Oliver's Training funding continues into 2026/27, but reimbursement cannot be guaranteed.
DSPT version 9 is out: check your training assertion
Version 9 of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit is out, with mandatory audit areas published four days earlier and a changed staff training test.
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