Children's Home run by Dove Adolescent Services Limited in Wakefield

Unique reference number SC060811 Inspection date 18/03/2014 Inspector Simon Morley Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Date of last inspection 18/07/2013 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Brief description of the service

This is a privately owned children’s home. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to two young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Young people are admitted on a planned or emergency basis.

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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 last full inspection of the home was July 2013. The overall effectiveness at that time was judged to be outstanding. The judgements for outcomes for young people, the quality of care, safeguarding, and leadership and management were all outstanding as well. There were no areas identified for improvement.

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Progress

Young people living at the home continue to make good progress in their lives as a result of the high levels of care. Improvements have been made to the way the service is monitored; these are under review keeping a strong focus on continuous improvement for the benefit of young people. As a result the home is judged to be making good progress.

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Progress

Young people enjoy a warm and welcoming environment from staff with consistent, fair boundaries about behaviour. This helps young people to have good relationships with each other and staff. Through regular discussion and one-to-one time with staff, young people influence what happens in the home and their day-to-day care. As a result young people are included in developing their individual care plans, choices about education, activities, free time and diets. Young people benefit from this inclusion by taking more responsibility for their actions and developing sensible decision making skills. Where appropriate the parents of young people are included in this process as well. This improves the level and quality of contact between young people and important family members and provides young people extra encouragement to do well.

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Progress

Since the last inspection young people continue to improve their health. Young people have improved their diets, attend more of their health appointments and engage in learning about their individual health issues. Staff work closely with health services to support young people to have a healthy lifestyle and improve their emotional well-being.

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Progress

Education is seen as a priority and staff support young people to try and achieve their potential. Young people have individual education plans based on their needs. Attendance varies between young people and improvements are encouraged by staff. This helps young people improve and achieve more at school.

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Progress

Safeguarding issues are taken seriously by staff and risks to young people's safety and welfare are robustly managed. The manager and staff work hard to support young people who go missing from the home and are at risk of exploitation. They have well developed links with other safeguarding agencies to help protect young people. Where necessary the manager will work closely with placing authorities and other agencies to agree safeguarding strategies and review the viability of placements in the home. The manager uses information from the police and local authority to plan appropriate, safe admissions to the home.

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Progress

There is regular monitoring of the service to ensure young people receive a good quality of care. The registered provider takes an active role in ensuring the home is well managed. Quality assurance systems focus strongly on the progress and outcomes of young people. This enables the registered provider to focus on continuous improvement of the service and improving the quality of care young people receive.

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Progress

There are no areas for improvement as a result of this inspection.

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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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