Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Lancashire

Unique reference number SC456535 Inspection date 13/03/2014 Inspector Mark Kersh Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Date of last inspection 11/10/2013 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Brief description of the service

The home is privately run and is registered for up to one young person 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 previous inspection in October 2013 the home was judged as good. At that inspection five recommendations were made. These related to recruitment, seeking the views of people independent of the home, health needs, risk assessments and monitoring the quality of record keeping.

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Progress

There is now a robust system in place to ensure prospective employees are suitable. This ensures all information is gathered by a panel with the ultimate decision for employment being made by the responsible individual. As a result young people are further protected. Consultation documents capture feedback well from persons independent of the home and this allows the management team to make positive changes based on suggestions made. Young people have a better understanding of health matters, enabling them to make safe choices. Risk assessments are recorded accurately and show where risks have been reduced and where progress has been made by young people. All records within the home are monitored effectively and any gaps identified are quickly rectified. This means there is a true picture of events in the records kept by the home.

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Progress

The quality of care within the home remains strong and good progress has been made. The management team has addressed all previous recommendations made, and no new requirements or recommendations have been set at this inspection. There are no issues of young people placing themselves at risk of harm or missing from home and there have been no restraints from the commencement of placement. Good use is made of key-work sessions with young people and this shows that young people understand the risks and how to keep themselves safe.

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Progress

Young people continue to benefit from nurturing, stable long term placements. Staff changes are rare, which means young people enjoy individualised care from staff with whom they have a strong bond. Feedback from placing social workers refer to the home where the young person has 'flourished' and this is clearly evidenced within records with a continuing reduction in behavioural issues. A parent reflects on the young persons progress from a very challenging child, into a happy and settled young person, emphasising 'how X is so different now'.

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Progress

Young people are engaging well in education and this represents a significant improvement enabling them to achieve new skills which will help them succeed in their adult lives. Young people engage in a wide range of community activities such as skiing, snow boarding, skate boarding and fell running all of which help to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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Progress

The home is well maintained and has recently been decorated throughout. A number of safety and fire checks are completed regularly to ensure young people, staff and visitors are safe.

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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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