The NAPA Registered Care Home Entertainers Register has been created to support both care homes and entertainers by promoting a shared commitment to safe, professional and person-centred entertainment.
The Register recognises entertainers who have chosen to work in accordance with the NAPA Guidance for Care Homes and Entertainers – A Framework for Practice, helping to create consistent expectations, safer working practices and positive experiences for everyone involved.
Registration demonstrates your commitment to continuing professional learning and to maintaining safe, respectful and person-centred practice.
Demonstrates your commitment to working in accordance with the NAPA Guidance for Care Homes and Entertainers.
Shows care homes that you understand professional conduct, safeguarding and working within care environments.
Includes access to safeguarding awareness training designed specifically for care home entertainers.
Become part of a growing community of entertainers committed to raising standards across the sector.
Your profile will be included within the online Register, enabling care homes to identify entertainers who have committed to working in accordance with the NAPA Guidance.
The badge demonstrates your commitment to recognised good practice when working in care homes.
You'll receive complimentary access to the NAPA eLearning course: Safeguarding Awareness for Care Home Entertainers
Registration demonstrates your commitment to continuing professional learning and to maintaining safe, respectful and person-centred practice.
Whether you perform independently or as part of a business, registration helps demonstrate your commitment to professional practice and positive experiences for people living in care homes.
Constitute accreditation or certification by NAPA
As a NAPA Registered Care Home Entertainer you agree to:
• Work in accordance with the NAPA Guidance for Care Homes and Entertainers
• Deliver safe, respectful, inclusive and person-centred entertainment
• Respect the dignity, privacy and confidentiality of individuals living in care homes
• Work collaboratively with care home staff
• Follow safe working practices and appropriate safeguarding procedures
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries
Registered entertainers are expected to work within the policies, procedures and guidance of each care home they visit.
As a registered entertainer you agree to:
• Keep your contact and business details up to date
• Inform NAPA if your stage name, business name or contact information changes
• Ensure the information displayed on your public Register profile remains accurate
• Inform NAPA if you stop performing in adult care settings
• Inform NAPA if you wish to be removed from the Register
As a registered entertainer you agree to:
• Conduct yourself professionally when working in care settings
• Treat individuals, families, care home staff and other professionals with dignity and respect
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries
• Follow safeguarding, confidentiality and health and safety requirements
• Work within the agreed arrangements for each performance
• Avoid making misleading claims about your NAPA registration
Registration demonstrates a commitment to recognised good practice. It does not mean that NAPA has assessed, approved or endorsed the quality of an entertainer’s performance.
NAPA reserves the right to remove an entertainer from the Register where there is clear evidence of:
• Serious or deliberate disregard for the NAPA Guidance for Care Homes and Entertainers
• Unsafe, discriminatory or inappropriate professional conduct
• Repeated failure to maintain appropriate professional boundaries
• Knowingly providing false or misleading information
• Misusing the NAPA Registered Care Home Entertainer badge
• Making false claims of NAPA endorsement, approval or accreditation
• Failing to keep required registration information up to date
Any decision will consider the available information and the individual circumstances. Removal from the Register does not constitute a formal safeguarding, regulatory or legal judgement.
The NAPA Registered Care Home Entertainers Register is built on partnership and shared responsibility.
Care homes and entertainers both play an important role in creating safe, enjoyable and meaningful experiences for people living in care settings. The Register helps establish clear expectations and promotes good practice across the sector.
Demonstrates a commitment to working in accordance with the NAPA Guidance for Care Homes and Entertainers
Supports professional development and learning
Promotes safe, respectful and person-centred entertainment
Provides public recognition through the Register and digital badge
Helps demonstrate professionalism to existing and prospective care home clients
Helps identify entertainers who have committed to recognised guidance
Supports safer and more consistent working practices
Encourages positive partnership working
Promotes person-centred entertainment and engagement
Provides additional reassurance when selecting entertainers
The Register is currently open to singers who regularly perform within adult care settings.
Registration is a one-off payment of £80.
Registration includes a public Register listing, digital badge, free safeguarding awareness eLearning course and certificate of completion.
No. Registration demonstrates a commitment to following the NAPA Guidance for Care Homes and Entertainers. It is not an accreditation, endorsement, approval or certification.
Yes. Registered entertainers will appear on the NAPA Registered Care Home Entertainers Register.
Yes. Registration includes free access to the NAPA Safeguarding Awareness for Care Home Entertainers eLearning course.
Yes. Registration does not replace a care home’s own safeguarding, insurance, booking or due diligence procedures.
Registration remains valid while you continue performing within adult care settings and continue to uphold the commitments of the Register.
As a charity, NAPA is committed to making professional recognition accessible. By joining the Register, you are helping to raise standards for entertainment in care homes, support professional development and promote safe, respectful and person-centred experiences for individuals.
