Children's Home run by Partners in Care Limited in Westmorland and Furness

Unique reference number SC035049 Inspection date 18/02/2014 Inspector Anne Bannister Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Date of last inspection 17/10/2013 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Brief description of the service

A private organisation operates this children's home. This service is registered for up to three young people aged between eight and 17 years of age. The home cares for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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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

At the full inspection in October 2013 this children's home was judged to be outstanding. This interim inspection judges the home has made good progress, demonstrating continued commitment to ensure positive outcomes for young people in their care. No requirements or recommendations were made following the last inspection or as a result of this inspection.

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Progress

Young people are progressing well and continue to have very good outcomes. The behaviour of some young people has changed markedly. They are calmer, more settled, and respond more readily to prompting by staff. As a result, the need to use physical intervention to manage behavioural issues is minimal.

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Progress

Participation in individual education programmes is excellent and young people are being well supported to achieve their full potential. The home places a high value on frequent and high-quality consultation with young people both as a group and individually. Regular key worker sessions with individual young people enable staff to explore particular aspects of their care plan in greater depth. This process helps young people to develop their own ways of dealing with difficult issues in their lives and thus acquire greater emotional resilience.

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Progress

Each young person has a thorough assessment of risks arising from their particular needs and behaviours. This enables staff to provide the right level of supervision and response to ensure that young people do not come to harm. Young people feel the home is a safe place. Bullying is not identified as an issue. Young people say that this is because 'staff help you to think about how your behaviour makes other people feel'.

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Progress

Staff have sound shared values and are committed to the home and the young people in their care. This is reflected in their day-to-day practice and positive interactions with young people and each other.

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Progress

Leadership and management at the home is strong and ensures young people are cared for in an environment where they flourish and develop. The agenda for staff meetings includes standing items on legislation, guidance and practice issues. This enables staff to keep up to date with developments relevant to their work and to maintain the very high quality of care they provide to young people.

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Progress

There is good use of a range of monitoring activities. Evaluation of data continually improves the quality of care provided. Planning is founded on evidence that tackles any areas of weakness and builds on areas of strength. As a result the home continues to demonstrate a capacity for sustained improvement based upon performance over the last year.

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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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