Children's homes
Children's Home Annual Appraisal & Supervision
Annual appraisal and supervision for residential childcare workers, centred on relationships, safeguarding and reflective practice.
15 questions ~15 min to complete Self + manager
Downloadable template
Editable Word + printable PDF
Coming soon
Not available to buy yet. Use the interactive template today.
Designed to support the supervision, CPD and annual appraisal arrangements relevant to regulation 33 of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
Written for England
Not a substitute for your organisation's regulatory obligations or legal advice. Buying or completing this template does not by itself demonstrate compliance.
What's included
- Performance and suitability for the role reviewed together
- Safeguarding, recording and multi-agency work covered
- Qualification and CPD progress tracked each year
Areas rated
- Relationships
- Child's voice
- Safeguarding
- Positive behaviour support
- Outcomes
- Recording
- Working with others
- Teamwork
- Reflective practice
- Intended for
- Children's homes · Self and manager appraisal
- Written for
- England
- Version
- Version 1
- Content reviewed
- 18 October 2026
Includes future updates to this pack. Updates are added as a new template version; your past reviews never change.
What respondents see
Required
How well are trusting, consistent relationships built with the children in the home?
All 15 questions
Every question in version 1, in order. Rating questions use a 1–5 scale; written questions leave room for the employee and manager to respond.
Relationships
- 1How well are trusting, consistent relationships built with the children in the home?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Child's voice
- 2How well are children's wishes and feelings sought and acted on?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Safeguarding
- 3How confidently are safeguarding concerns, including exploitation and going missing, recognised and escalated?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Positive behaviour support
- 4How well are de-escalation and positive behaviour support used, with restraint only as a last resort?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Outcomes
- 5How actively are children supported with their education, health and wellbeing?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Recording
- 6How accurate, timely and child-centred are daily logs, incident reports and records?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Working with others
- 7How well does work with social workers, schools, families and other professionals go?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Teamwork
- 8How consistently are handovers, the home's policies and the agreed team approach followed?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Reflective practice
- 9How openly are supervision and feedback used to reflect on and improve practice?Rating: Rarely to Consistently
Reflection and next steps
- 10Describe a piece of work with a child you are proud of, and what made it work.Use initials or a role, not a child's name.Written
- 11What has been most challenging since the last review, and what helped?Written
- 12Qualification progress, including the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare where it applies.Written
- 13Training and professional development planned for the next year.Written
- 14Manager: overall view of performance and suitability for the role, with evidence.Base this on supervision records, observed practice and feedback. Follow your own policy for any concerns.Written
- 15Agreed actions, support and the date of the next supervision.Written
Word and printable PDF versions
We're preparing a downloadable version of this pack: an editable Word template and a printable PDF form with the same 15 questions and rating scales, space for employee and manager responses, agreed actions, a development plan and sign-off. It isn't available to buy yet.
Today, the pack is available as an interactive template in Appraisal Software, where responses, ratings and results are collected for you.