Are you struggling with planning permission
Are you struggling to locate a property
Are you struggling with Ofsted process
Expert Guidance for Children’s Residential Services
To Help You Deliver Safe, High-Quality Care For Children.
We support providers across the UK to launch, scale, and grow children’s care homes and semi-independent services.
Whether you’re starting your first home or expanding an existing service, we guide you through planning, compliance, business development, and Ofsted readiness, with one purpose.
Who are we?
Khalsa Children's Care Are A Team Of Expert Practitioners.
We are sector specialists with extensive experience across both public and private care sectors.
We understand your business, your challenges, and what success looks like to you.
We don’t just advise, we actively support and deliver solutions alongside you.
We help you make informed decisions, reduce costs, strengthen your organisation, and shape effective strategies.
We begin by understanding your operations, culture, people, and competitive environment.
By seeing your world through your perspective, we align with your goals and apply targeted solutions to real challenges.
Our Vision
To elevate the standard of care in every children’s home by empowering providers with expert guidance, ethical practice, and unwavering compliance, ensuring every child’s right to a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment
Why the need for Khalsa Care?
The Focus Of Everything We Do Is To Add Lasting Value And Achieve Dramatic Improvements In Our Client’s Performance By Delivering Sustainable Improvements To The Way They Do Business.
Planning Permission Support
- Expert Guidance – We help you navigate local authority requirements with precision and care.
- Application Support – From paperwork to policies, we ensure your submission meets every standard.
- Tailored Advice – Every location is different — we provide location-specific strategies to increase approval success.
Property Sourcing Support
- Specialist Property Matching – We find properties suited for children’s care homes based on regulation, size, and environment.
- Due Diligence Done for You – We assess the area, zoning, and suitability to ensure long-term success.
- Connections That Count – With access to industry-specific estate agents and property networks, we bring the right options to you quickly.
Ofsted Registration Support
- Start-to-Finish Support – From pre-registration to inspections, we guide you every step of the way.
- Policy & Paperwork Prepared – We help you develop compliant documentation tailored to your service.
- Mock Inspections & Training – We prepare your team and premises to meet Ofsted standards confidently.
How we work
“Our primary goal is to create lasting impact and significantly enhance our clients’ performance by driving long-term improvements in how they operate.”
We Listen and Learn
Every great partnership starts with listening. We take the time to understand your business, its culture, people, and unique challenges. By engaging directly with your key team members, we uncover valuable insights and identify opportunities that truly matter to your success.
We Take You on a Journey of Growth
Working with us is a journey, one that moves through stages of learning, strategy, and implementation. From shaping fresh ideas to building practical solutions, we empower you and your team with the tools and knowledge to grow with confidence.
We Deliver Tailored Solutions
Your goals are unique, and so are our solutions. Our consultants work closely with you to address challenges, improve systems, and drive meaningful transformation across your organisation, both inside and out.
We’re Committed to Value and Impact
We believe growth should be sustainable and affordable. Our approach helps you build strong foundations, create better experiences for those you serve, and develop long-term relationships that fuel lasting success.
How we work
“Our primary goal is to create lasting impact and significantly enhance our clients’ performance by driving long-term improvements in how they operate.”
We Listen and Learn
Every great partnership starts with listening. We take the time to understand your business, its culture, people, and unique challenges. By engaging directly with your key team members, we uncover valuable insights and identify opportunities that truly matter to your success.
We Take You on a Journey of Growth
Working with us is a journey, one that moves through stages of learning, strategy, and implementation. From shaping fresh ideas to building practical solutions, we empower you and your team with the tools and knowledge to grow with confidence.
We Deliver Tailored Solutions
Your goals are unique, and so are our solutions. Our consultants work closely with you to address challenges, improve systems, and drive meaningful transformation across your organisation, both inside and out.
We’re Committed to Value and Impact
We believe growth should be sustainable and affordable. Our approach helps you build strong foundations, create better experiences for those you serve, and develop long-term relationships that fuel lasting success.
Khalsa Care Children's consultants
We Recognise That As Individuals, We Each Have Particular Needs And That One Size Doesn’t Fit All When It Comes To How, When And Where We Work. That’s Why We’re Proud To Offer Our Khalsa Children’s Care Consultants Options; Our Services Therefore Include:
Ofsted registration of new children’s homes and service
Ofsted registration of a new children’s home can often be a daunting and complex process, particularly, if you are new to the sector. The registration process normally takes up to 16 weeks (once planning permission has been obtained). Khalsa children’s care consultants can provide a full registration service, which includes:
- Assisting with planning
- Developing and reviewing your paperwork including statement of purpose, policies and procedure.
- Advice and support with recruitment including Manager and Responsible Individual
- Support in completing of Ofsted’s registration application
- Property audit – is the property fit for purpose
- Assist in developing and reviewing policies and procedures
- Advice and support with the Fit Person’s Interview
Meeting Ofsted Compliance Notices
When a children’s home finds itself in the unfortunate position of being issued with an Ofsted compliance notice (s) and/or restriction, we can provide valuable advice and support to help your home get through this difficult period, by:
- Developing an action plan to meet the compliance notices
- Supporting the management team in implementation change/progress of the action plan
- Supporting management in dialogue with the inspector
- Providing pre-inspection quality assurance audits
- Providing on-going expertise on Ofsted inspection framework, regulations and quality standards
Independent monitoring and audits
We can provide an Independent Person to carry out a one-off unannounced quality assurance visit and report (in line with Regulation 44); including a Safeguarding Audit. Providers tend to use our services prior to Ofsted registration or Ofsted inspection
Our monitoring visits and reports, will generally include:
- Observations of day-to-day practice
- Review of key files, documents, policies and procedures
- Review of staff files, quality of supervisions and team meetings
- Discussions/meeting with young people, staff, management and other professionals
- Audit of premises including health and safety requirements
- Review of regulation 44 reporting and previous Ofsted inspection reports
We are also able to provide an monthly Independent Regulation 44 visitor.
Growing into multiple homes
Expanding from a single children’s home into multiple locations is a significant milestone — and we’re here to guide you through it. Whether you’re ready to scale or exploring the idea, we help you plan sustainably, remain compliant, and maintain high standards of care across every home. From business strategy and staffing models to operational structure and quality assurance, we’ll support you in building a strong, scalable foundation that puts children’s wellbeing at the centre of every new step.
Independent Investigations
Khalsa children’s care consultants can offer Independent Investigations, undertaking disciplinaries, mediation, & independent complaint investigations. Our consultants have many years of experience of undertaking such work, and have valuable insight into HR processes and procedures within the children’s home and education sectors.
Marketing and business development services
We develop tailored marketing and business growth strategies designed specifically for children’s homes. From crafting your brand identity to engaging key stakeholders, our expertise drives referrals, builds lasting networks, and supports a sustainable expansion of your service.
Supervision and coaching
We can provide direct one to one regular supervision of manager and/or responsible individual, in-line with Ofsted requirements. We are also able to provide on-going mentoring and coaching for new home managers and responsible individuals and can include regular telephone support and monitoring.
What our Clients Say
Are you a consultant?
Do You Want To Join The Khalsa Care Team.
WANDA
New Children’s Home Registrations and Set Up
MEGAN
New Children’s Home Set Ups / Regulation 44 Visitor
LYNETTE
Regulation 44 Visitor and Responsible Individual
