Children's Home run by Progressive Care Limited in Sheffield

Unique reference number SC002930 Inspection date 11/03/2014 Inspector Debbie Foster Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Date of last inspection 27/11/2013 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Brief description of the service

This children's home is one of a number that is owned and managed by a private company. It provides care and accommodation for up to nine children and young people who have 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

This home was judged as adequate at the previous full inspection in November 2013. Following this interim inspection the home is judged to be making good progress and has successfully addressed the requirement and recommendations previously identified. The majority of young people are making progress in attending education; developing independent living skills and keeping safer.

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Progress

Staff build positive relationships with young people. This assists young people to engage positively with staff and enables them to make more positive progress in their lives. Young people state that they live in a home where they feel safe; where staff speak to them to try and ensure that they keep themselves safer. Young people say ' the staff are great, I get on with all of them, and another said 'I hope I can stay here until I'm 18, the staff are really nice and I can talk to them.'

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Progress

The manager has taken positive action to address the one requirement and the three recommendations made at the previous inspection. The manager has submitted to Ofsted a summary of Regulation 34 monitoring of the service. Monitoring records are kept on site and available for inspection. This demonstrates the quality of care is being regularly reviewed and identifies areas of care to be developed and improved. Staff are undertaking direct work routinely with young people which reflects placement plan and risk assessment goals. As a result, this is supporting the majority of young people to have improved outcomes. Staff work with a number of education providers to maximise each young person’s education attendance and attainment. The majority of young people have educational placements; for those new to the home, education courses and provisions have been identified to commence. In addition, for those young people engaging in education, it has brought improved

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Progress

This inspection identifies two requirements and one recommendation to be implemented. These relate to; the verification of references, when overall staff recruitment checks are undertaken. Staff references have not been verified by telephone. This does not check and assess robustly the written references obtained are legitimate and suitable to ensure staff are safe to care for children. Ofsted have not been notified as required when the registered manager had been absent for over 28 days. This did not ensure the regulator was aware of the interim arrangements during this period; to make sure safe and suitable arrangements were in place to provide appropriate care of young people at all times. The regulation 33 monthly monitoring visits do not routinely consult with parents to inform and assess the quality of care provided to young people.

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Statutory Requirements

This section sets out the actions which must be taken so that the registered person/s meets the Care Standards Act 2000, Children's Homes Regulations 2001 and the National Minimum Standards. The registered person(s) must comply with the given timescales.

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Reg. Requirement Due date

(2001) ensure when the registered manager, proposes to be absent from the home for a continuous period of 28 days or more, the registered person shall give notice in writing to HMCI of the proposed absence. Including the length or expected length; the reason for it; the arrangement which have been made for the running the children's (Regulation 37 (1) (b) (2) (a-e) ) 28/04/2014

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Reg. Requirement Due date

(2001) ensure the person carrying out these visits interviews, with their consent and in private, children accommodated there, their parents and relatives. (Regulation 33 (4) (a)) 28/04/2014

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further the service should take account of the following recommendation(s):  ensure all people working in the home have references checked to assess their suitability, telephone enquiries are made as well as obtaining written references (NMS 16.1)

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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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