Built for the sector, by the sector

Professional tools for
children's home
providers

Free, practical tools designed specifically for registered managers, deputy managers and children's home owners. Built by people who understand the pressure you work under.

✓ Completely free
✓ No sign-up required
✓ SCCIF aligned
✓ Built by sector professionals
🆓 Free to use
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Home Viability Calculator
EBD · 4 beds · 3 occupied
Weekly Net Revenue £13,680
Weekly Staffing Cost −£9,240
Fixed Overheads −£1,962
Weekly Profit £2,478
Break-even: 2.1 beds 3 occupied ✓
2 Red
5 Amber
41 Green
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Three tools. Real problems solved.

Each tool is built around the actual decisions and pressures that people running children's homes face every day — not generic business calculators adapted to fit.

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Home Viability & Profitability Calculator

Model the financial viability of any children's home across EBD, LD, semi-independent, solo, SEMH and SCR placements. Input your real staffing costs, fee rates per child and overheads to get an instant profitability picture.

Per-child fee rates with occupied/vacant toggle
Weekly, monthly and annual projections
Break-even occupancy calculator
6 home types with intelligent defaults
Agency staff uplift and NI/pension modelling

Ofsted Inspection Readiness Assessment

A thorough 58-question self-assessment aligned to the Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF). Identify gaps before Ofsted does, track your readiness score and generate a prioritised action plan.

58 questions across all 6 SCCIF domains
RAG status per domain — Red, Amber, Green
Critical "Key Line" questions highlighted
Live readiness score and grade
Prioritised action plan generated instantly
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Regulation 40 Notification Calculator

Calculate your exact Ofsted notification deadline from the date and time of any notifiable incident. Never miss a Reg 40 deadline again — with a live countdown, overdue alerts and a who-to-notify checklist.

8 notifiable incident types with correct timescales
Live seconds countdown to your deadline
Immediate alert for child death notifications
Who to notify — including LADO and ICB
Manual timescale override for advanced use
Why CareProTools

Built by people who work in the sector

These tools weren't designed by developers or consultants who read about children's homes. They were built by someone who works in one — and owns one.

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Sector-specific, not adapted

Every field, every question, every default value reflects how children's homes actually work — not generic business tools repackaged for the sector.

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Regulation-aware

Tools reference the current SCCIF framework, Regulation 44, Regulation 40 and the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 — kept accurate and up to date.

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Free, with no catch

No sign-up. No paywall. No data harvested. These tools exist because the sector deserves good, free resources that are actually useful in practice.

The problem we're solving

The sector runs on spreadsheets and gut feel

Most registered managers and home owners are making complex financial and regulatory decisions with inadequate tools — or none at all. CareProTools exists to change that.

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Free tools available right now — no sign-up needed
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SCCIF areas assessed in our Ofsted readiness tool
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Home types supported in the viability calculator
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More tools coming soon

We're building out a full suite of practical tools for the residential childcare sector. Sign up below to be notified when new tools launch.

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Annex A Compliance & Document Tracker

Full Annex A compliance checklist combined with a document tracker — know exactly what you have and what's missing.

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Staffing Ratio Checker

Verify your rota meets SCCIF requirements across all shift patterns.

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Agency vs Permanent Cost Comparison

Model the real cost of agency dependency versus building a permanent team.

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Portfolio Profitability Dashboard

Manage multiple homes side by side with a consolidated financial view.

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