Children's Home run by Right-Trak Limited in Newcastle upon Tyne

Unique reference number SC394909 Inspection date 05/03/2013 Inspector Stephen Graham Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Date of last inspection 30/08/2012 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Brief description of the service

The home provides care and accommodation for up to six young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. This home is privately owned by a small company.

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The inspection judgements and what they mean

Good progress The children’s home has demonstrated continued improvement in quality of care and outcomes for children and young people and where appropriate has addressed all requirements and the large majority of recommendations that were raised at the previous inspection. Satisfactory progress The children’s home has maintained quality of care and outcomes for children and young people and where appropriate has addressed all requirements and the majority of recommendations that were raised at the previous inspection. Inadequate progress The children’s home has failed to address one or more requirements and/or has not met the majority of recommendations and/or the quality of care and outcomes for children and young people have declined since the last full inspection.

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Progress

Since their previous inspection the service is judged to be making good progress .

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Progress

The home is currently judged as good. Since the last inspection of the home in August 2012, the manager and staff team have worked effectively to further improve the service. The two actions set at that visit along with the two recommendations for improvement made have all been implemented.

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Progress

The home’s Statement of Purpose is reviewed regularly. Since the previous inspection visit the information it contains has been further reviewed and improved. This helps to help ensure that it describes the service provided at the home in good detail.

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Progress

Young people receive their own summary guide to the home which is well presented and contains some good information. The current guide has been further improved and now describes clearly how a child can contact their independent reviewing officer, should they wish.

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Progress

Independent monitoring visits to the home are completed on behalf of the registered provider. The reports of the matters monitored during these visits have been further improved. This helps ensure that they report on all required matters in sufficient detail.

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Progress

To help ensure that young people are cared for by staff who are appropriately trained and supported. There are arrangements in place to provide the staff team with appropriate supervision. The manager has revised and strengthened these arrangements to further ensure that supervision is provided to staff regularly.

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Progress

The manager and staff team at the home use a good range of individual discussions, meetings and surveys to consult with young people, their parents, carers and placing social workers. These arrangements work effectively and help ensure that the wishes and feelings of young people and those involved in their care are taken into consideration. The manager maintains good records of the views they receive. These records help to demonstrate how these views are incorporated, where possible, into their plans to further improve the service.

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About this inspection

The purpose of this inspection is to assure children and young people, parents, the public, local authorities and government of the quality and standard of the service provided. The inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service and to consider how well it complies with the relevant regulations and meets the national minimum standards.

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About this inspection

The report details the progress made by the provider since the last full inspection, identifies any further strengths, any areas for improvement and makes judgements as outlined in the Inspection of children’s homes – framework for inspection.

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