English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I move the motions. The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Bill was passed unanimously three years ago. Through phased implementation of the Act, we're establishing a new system of regulation and inspection of social care providers that is robust, streamlined and citizen-focused. The new system better enables Care Inspectorate Wales to take an overview of the whole service, makes registration with the inspectorate easier, and supports citizens to access key information when choosing their care and support. Furthermore, it seeks to ensure that regulated services provided in Wales will be registered and inspected in Wales. Ensuring consistency in the requirements on regulated services under the Act has been one of our main policy objectives. Therefore, where possible, the requirements on providers and responsible individuals of adult placement, advocacy and fostering services through these regulations before us today equate with those approved by this Assembly and brought into force at phase 2. But we have been mindful that each service has its own distinct attributes and should be regulated accordingly. Therefore, we have worked extensively with stakeholders to tailor certain requirements to ensure best fit with how each service is delivered in practice without compromising the overall standards expected. Each of these regulations include core requirements in relation to the governance of the service, the way it is carried out, its staffing, and how it safeguards and supports people. They also secure a focus on outcomes and the well-being of individuals and include matters underpinning quality, safety and improvement. Where providers or responsible individuals fall short, the regulations clearly specify which breaches will or may be treated as an offence. The regulations are supported by statutory guidance, which sets out in greater detail how providers and responsible individuals may comply with the requirements. The 2016 Act sees the regulation and inspection of advocacy services for the first time. Following consultation at phase 1 and with the support of the sector, we are currently focusing on advocacy arranged by local authorities under their duties to assist children, including looked-after children, and certain care leavers who wish to make representations in relation to their need for care and support. I do believe this is a proportionate first step, presenting an opportunity to learn before considering extension to the wider sector. Officials have engaged with key stakeholders from an early stage in the development of these regulations. This has helped identify crucial adjustments to the phase 2 blueprint to make it work in particular services' context. With post-consultation changes and further clarification within the guidance, I believe we have achieved this. An example of this includes changes to the wording of the adult placement regulations to reflect the importance of matching individuals with compatible families, rather than simply arranging a placement. These regulations also now build in the need for providers to require adult placement carers to notify them within 24 hours of any exercise of control and restraint methods. The service provider is then required to make a record of the incident immediately, minimising risk of delay. A similar amendment has been made in respect of fostering services. Responding to feedback, the exemption from regulation for a person who provides advocacy to four or fewer persons in a year has been amended so that sibling groups can be considered as a single instance. This now applies whether the provider is an individual or an organisation. The consultation also promoted a change to the duty of candour, removing the requirement to act in an open and transparent way with service commissioners, which consultees felt could be at odds with the primary purpose of advocacy, which is to consider and help represent the views of individuals while ensuring their right to confidentiality. There have been a number of key alterations prompted by stakeholders to enhance requirements on providers of regulated fostering services, and these include: expanding requirement to notify relevant parties of any incident of child sexual exploitation to cover criminal exploitation too; requiring providers to include information from their policies and procedures that is relevant to children's needs within the young people's written guide to the service; expanding requirements regarding health and development of children to encompass their physical, mental and emotional health and development; and including express reference to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's article 31, a right to play, and to pathway plans for young people over 16. A requirement has also been added for a provider's policy and procedures to ensure adequate oversight of savings that are made on behalf of children, including passing on records at the end of their placement, and this addresses issues that were raised by a recent ombudsman case in Bridgend. Finally, transitional provision has been included within the regulations in respect of service managers registration with social care Wales. For adult placements and fostering, this requirement has been deferred until April 2022 and advocacy until September 2022 in order to provide time for new and existing managers to gain the qualifications to register where these have not already been attained. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, ac rwy'n cynnig y cynigion. Cafodd Bil Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) ei basio'n unfrydol dair blynedd yn ôl. Drwy weithredu'r Ddeddf fesul cam, rydym yn sefydlu system newydd o reoleiddio ac arolygu darparwyr gofal cymdeithasol sy'n gadarn, sydd wedi'i symleiddio ac sy'n canolbwyntio ar y dinesydd. Mae'r system newydd yn galluogi Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru i gymryd golwg cyffredinol o'r gwasanaeth cyfan yn well, mae'n gwneud cofrestru gyda'r arolygiaeth yn haws, ac mae'n helpu dinasyddion i gael gafael ar wybodaeth allweddol wrth ddewis eu gofal a'u cymorth. Hefyd, mae'n ceisio sicrhau y bydd y gwasanaethau a ddarperir yng Nghymru yn cael eu cofrestru a'u harolygu yng Nghymru. Mae sicrhau cysondeb yn y gofynion ar wasanaethau a reoleiddir o dan y Ddeddf wedi bod yn un o'n prif amcanion polisi. Felly, pan fo'n bosibl, mae'r gofynion ar ddarparwyr ac unigolion cyfrifol gwasanaethau lleoli oedolion, eirioli a maethu drwy'r rheoliadau hyn sydd ger ein bron ni heddiw yn cyfateb i'r rhai hynny a gymeradwywyd gan y Cynulliad hwn ac y daethpwyd â hwy i rym yng nghyfnod 2. Ond mae'n rhaid inni gofio bod gan bob gwasanaeth ei nodweddion unigryw ei hun ac y dylid ei reoleiddio yn unol â hynny. Felly, rydym wedi gweithio'n helaeth gyda rhanddeiliaid i deilwra gofynion penodol i sicrhau bod hyn yn cyd-fynd orau â'r ffordd y darperir pob gwasanaeth yn ymarferol heb beryglu'r safonau cyffredinol a ddisgwylir. Mae pob un o'r rheoliadau hyn yn cynnwys gofynion craidd o ran llywodraethu'r gwasanaeth, y ffordd y mae'n cael ei gynnal, ei staffio, a sut y mae'n diogelu ac yn cefnogi pobl. Maen nhw hefyd yn sicrhau pwyslais ar ganlyniadau a lles unigolion ac yn cynnwys materion sy'n sail i ansawdd, diogelwch a gwelliant. Pan nad yw darparwyr neu unigolion cyfrifol yn cyrraedd y safon, mae'r rheoliadau yn pennu'n glir pa dor-rheoliadau a gaiff eu trin fel troseddau, neu y gallent gael eu trin fel troseddau. Cefnogir y rheoliadau gan ganllawiau statudol, sy'n nodi mewn mwy o fanylder sut y gall darparwyr ac unigolion cyfrifol gydymffurfio â gofynion. Mae Deddf 2016 yn gweld rheoleiddio ac arolygu gwasanaethau eirioli am y tro cyntaf. Yn dilyn ymgynghoriad yng nghyfnod 1 a gyda chymorth y sector, rydym ar hyn o bryd yn canolbwyntio ar eiriolaeth a drefnir gan awdurdodau lleol o dan eu dyletswyddau i gynorthwyo plant, gan gynnwys plant sy'n derbyn gofal, a rhai pobl ifanc sy'n gadael gofal sy'n dymuno gwneud sylwadau ynghylch eu hangen am ofal a chymorth. Rwy'n credu bod hwn yn gam cyntaf cymesur, sy'n rhoi cyfle i ddysgu cyn ystyried estyniad i'r sector ehangach. Mae swyddogion wedi ymgysylltu â rhanddeiliaid allweddol o gam cynnar wrth ddatblygu'r rheoliadau hyn. Mae hyn wedi helpu i nodi addasiadau hollbwysig i lasbrint cyfnod 2 i'w wneud i weithio yng nghyd-destun gwasanaethau penodol. Gan fod newidiadau ar ôl ymgynghori ac eglurhad pellach yn y canllawiau, rwy'n credu ein bod wedi cyflawni hyn. Mae un enghraifft o hyn yn cynnwys newidiadau i eiriad y rheoliadau lleoli oedolion i adlewyrchu pwysigrwydd paru unigolion â theuluoedd sy'n gydnaws, yn hytrach na dim ond trefnu lleoliad. Mae'r rheoliadau hyn hefyd erbyn hyn yn cynnwys yr angen i ddarparwyr fynnu bod gofalwyr lleoliadau oedolion yn eu hysbysu o fewn 24 awr ar ôl defnyddio unrhyw ddulliau rheoli ac atal. Mae'n ofynnol i'r darparwr gwasanaeth wedyn wneud cofnod o'r digwyddiad ar unwaith, gan leihau'r risg o oedi cymaint â phosibl. Mae gwelliant tebyg wedi ei wneud ar gyfer gwasanaethau maethu. Gan ymateb i adborth, mae'r eithrio rhag cael ei reoleiddio ar gyfer unigolyn sy'n eirioli ar ran pedwar neu lai o bobl mewn blwyddyn wedi ei ddiwygio fel y gellir ystyried grwpiau o frodyr a chwiorydd fel un digwyddiad. Mae hyn bellach yn berthnasol pa un a yw darparwr yn unigolyn neu yn sefydliad. Fe wnaeth yr ymgynghoriad hefyd hybu newid i'r dyletswydd o onestrwydd, gan waredu'r gofyniad i weithredu mewn modd agored a thryloyw â chomisiynwyr gwasanaeth, gan fod ymgyngoreion yn teimlo y gallai hyn fod yn groes i brif bwrpas eiriolaeth, sef i ystyried a helpu i gynrychioli barn unigolion wrth sicrhau eu hawl i gyfrinachedd. Bu nifer o newidiadau allweddol a ysgogwyd gan randdeiliaid i wella gofynion ar ddarparwyr gwasanaethau maethu rheoledig, ac mae'r rhain yn cynnwys: ehangu'r gofyniad i hysbysu partïon perthnasol am unrhyw ddigwyddiad o gamfanteisio ar blant yn rhywiol i gynnwys camfanteisio troseddol hefyd; ei gwneud yn ofynnol i ddarparwyr gynnwys gwybodaeth am eu polisïau a'u gweithdrefnau sy'n berthnasol i anghenion plant yn y canllawiau ysgrifenedig i'r gwasanaeth ar gyfer pobl ifanc; ehangu gofynion ynghylch iechyd a datblygiad plant i gynnwys eu hiechyd a'u datblygiad corfforol, meddyliol ac emosiynol; a chynnwys cyfeiriad pendant at Gonfensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau'r Plentyn, erthygl 31, yr hawl i chwarae, ac i gynlluniau llwybr ar gyfer pobl ifanc dros 16 oed. Mae gofyniad wedi'i ychwanegu hefyd i bolisïau a gweithdrefnau darparwr sicrhau bod goruchwyliaeth ddigonol o gynilion a wneir ar ran plant, gan gynnwys trosglwyddo cofnodion ar ddiwedd eu lleoliad, ac mae hyn yn ymdrin â materion a godwyd gan achos ombwdsmon yn ddiweddar ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Yn olaf, mae darpariaeth drosiannol wedi'i chynnwys yn y rheoliadau ar gyfer cofrestru rheolwyr gwasanaeth â gofal cymdeithasol Cymru. Ar gyfer lleoliadau oedolion a maethu, mae'r gofyniad hwn wedi'i ohirio tan fis Ebrill 2022 ac eiriolaeth tan fis Medi 2022 er mwyn rhoi amser i reolwyr newydd a phresennol i ennill y cymwysterau i gofrestru os nad yw'r rhain eisoes wedi'u cwblhau. Diolch yn fawr iawn.