Children's Home run by Sheffield City Council in Sheffield

Unique reference number SC066747 Inspection date 18/03/2014 Inspector Debbie Foster Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Date of last inspection 04/12/2013 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Brief description of the service

The home is owned and run by a local authority. The home is registered to look after a maximum of five young people, who may 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

At the last full inspection the home was judged as good and one recommendation was made.

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Progress

Following this interim inspection this home is judged to be making good progress. The home has addressed the recommendation made following the previous inspection. Young people are continuing to make progress in a number of areas of their lives, which is improving life chances and brings positive opportunities for their future.

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Progress

Staff are child-centred, nurturing and do their very best for young people. Excellent quality of care continues to be provided through the exceedingly positive relationships and individual care planning which is in place for each young person. Young people say 'I get on with all the staff, there is always someone to talk to,' and ' things are good here, the staff are great.' As a result outcomes for young people continue to improve by the development of their emotional health, positive behaviour, independence skills, education, self-confidence and belief in themselves. Where young people experience difficulties, proactive responses and a multi-agency approach is implemented. This ensures young people are supported positively to move forward quickly in a way that will bring stability.

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Progress

Young people benefit greatly from living in a home that is maintained to a very high standard. The main lounge has recently been decorated and new furniture has been purchased. Young people confirm that they were consulted on this and made decisions on the colour scheme and the style of the lounge suits. They speak with pride about how lovely and cosy this room is. Having a positive environment to live in assists young people to thrive.

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Progress

Staff speak highly of the management team and the support they receive to undertake their work; they comment that they work very well as a team, providing consistent care to young people. This is achieved though very detailed shift handovers; frequent staff meetings and formal supervisions. The majority of staff do receive monthly formal supervision. However, omissions have been detected in the supervision for agency workers. This does not ensure all care practices are monitored closely to assist in monitoring and improving the quality of care.

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Progress

Work has been undertaken to improve and ensure that Personal Education Plans will include the essential information to enable staff to support and assist each young people in achieving suitable educational progress. These will include the predicted grade targets for the coming academic school year for each young person. In turn this will enable staff to support and make sure young people stay on track to achieve these.

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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 that all staff receive appropriate training, supervision and appraisal. In particular, that there is formal supervision for all staff including agency staff (Regulation 27 (4)(a)) 28/05/2014

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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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