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Register as a children's social care provider: 'fit/suitable person' assessment questionnaires

Forms for assessing your fitness or suitability to be a children's social care provider. There are separate forms for children's homes.

Applies to England

Documents

Children’s homes: fit person questionnaire for someone applying to be a registered manager

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If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Children’s homes: suitable person questionnaire for someone applying to be a registered provider or responsible individual

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If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Fit person questionnaire for a registered manager [not for children's homes]

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If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Suitable person questionnaire for a registered provider or responsible individual [not for children's homes]

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

If you are applying to register with Ofsted because you are connected with a children’s social care establishment or agency, you will need to complete a ‘fit person’ or ‘suitable person’ questionnaire.

There are separate questionnaires depending on:

  • whether you are joining a children’s home or another type of establishment or agency
  • whether you are applying to be a registered manager or the responsible individual/registered provider

Children’s homes

  • Children’s homes: fit person questionnaire for someone applying to be a registered manager
  • Children’s homes: suitable person questionnaire for someone applying to be a registered provider or responsible individual

Other children’s social care providers

The registered manager questionnaire helps Ofsted assess your fitness to be registered as a manager of:

  • an adoption support agency
  • an independent fostering agency
  • a residential family centre
  • a holiday scheme for disabled children

The registered provider or responsible individual questionnaire helps Ofsted assess your suitability to be registered as a provider of:

  • a voluntary adoption agency
  • an adoption support agency
  • an independent fostering agency
  • a residential family centre
  • a holiday scheme for disabled children

Updates to this page

Published 13 November 2013
Last updated 2 November 2018 + show all updates
  1. Updated to highlight that applicants must use their own words to complete the forms.

  2. Updated to reflect the social care common inspection framework.

  3. Separate forms for children's homes published

  4. First published.

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