This policy is ideal for domiciliary care managers, compliance officers, and care coordinators responsible for maintaining high security, privacy, and care standards within service users' homes.

This key holding policy provides clear guidelines and procedures for:

• Gaining permission for key holding

• Managing and securing physical keys and entry codes

• Addressing security breaches

• Conducting regular audits and training on responsible key management

• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation such as the Health and Social Care Act 2008, GDPR, and CQC standards.

Effective key management is critical in domiciliary care to protect service users’ safety, privacy, and trust. This policy helps providers:

• Mitigate security risks

• Demonstrate regulatory compliance to inspectors

• Ensure accountability and build confidence among service users and their families.

The features and benefits of this key holding policy are:

• Time-saving - Ready-to-use and fully customisable in Microsoft Word, saving hours of administrative work.

• Always current - Regular updates to align with the latest legal and best practice standards.

• Professional quality - Authored by health and social care compliance experts for accuracy and reliability.

• Customisable for your needs - Easily adapt it to reflect your organisation’s specific requirements based on your own risk assessment.

• Audit-ready - Simplifies preparation for inspections and regulatory reviews.

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