National Minimum Standards for Children's Homes
6. Staff and visitors.
Staff. There must always be a sufficient number of suitably qualified, competent and experienced staff working in a children's home.
All staff, including agency workers, must have been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau.
Any visitor to the home, who has not had a Criminal Records Bureau check should not be allowed unsupervised access to the home. A record of all visitors to the home must be kept.