Children's Home run by Kattz (AH) Ltd in Enfield

Unique reference number SC473460 Inspector Patrick Sullivan Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Registered manager Kofoworola Ibitoye Date of last inspection N/A 2 of 5 Inspection date 29/09/2014

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Previous inspection N/A Enforcement action since last inspection none

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This inspection

This is the first inspection following registration. At this interim inspection the home was ‘not judged’ .

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This inspection

The home was made subject to a restriction of accommodation on 19 September 2014. The home has only had children living there since May 2014. Currently there are no children on role at the home. So far, half the placements that the home has accepted have been on an emergency basis, although some young people have ended up staying at the home for a considerable period of time. As no young people were living at the home at time of the inspection it was not possible to gather their views.

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This inspection

Behaviour displayed by some of the young people has been very challenging and has caused considerable damage to the fabric of the home. The premises are being restored to a state of good repair.

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This inspection

While living in the home, young people had the opportunity to access appropriate recreation activities and other leisure pursuits. There is some evidence from the case files that these opportunities were taken-up by the young people.

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This inspection

The home has taken in a number of emergency admissions since it opened. This has resulted in a lack of planning around admissions. Placing authorities have not always provided the home with key documentation that would have enabled the home to improve the quality of care provided to the young people. Managers have been proactive in chasing up these shortfalls and in trying to gain clarity concerning the long term plans for the young people placed at the home. One young person who was admitted to the home was outside the age range as stated in the home's Statement of Purpose.

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This inspection

Some of young people admitted to the home have displayed very challenging behaviour. This has resulted in a significant number of notifications to Ofsted. It has also resulted in a large number of sanctions being used. The sanction book is an 3 of 5 'online' system and does have an audit trail. Sanctions do not always have a timeframe, nor are proportionate to the incident. The Registered Manager is aware of this area of development and has been addressing it with staff.

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This inspection

Not all young people have accessed education while in the home. In some cases home tuition has been provided by the placing local authority but this was not maintained for the start of the new academic year.

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This inspection

The challenging behaviour exhibited by some of the young people has had a detrimental impact on the staff team with a number of staff leaving due to the high level of assaults on staff by young people. This behaviour has also resulted in one recorded restraint. The home's Statement of Purpose states that members of staff at the home are trained in 'Non Aggressive Physical and Psychological Intervention'. This training has yet to take place and there was no evidence that staff involved in the restraint had undertaken any restraint training.

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This inspection

The Registered Manager has been in contact with Lloyds Pharmacy to set up a system for the storage and administration of medicines. At the moment, the home does not have a fridge or lockable cabinet for the safe storage of medicine.

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This inspection

A recent fire inspection identified a number of shortfalls which are currently in the process of being resolved, for example the seals around fire doors. The fire blanket was not readily accessible in the kitchen nor was the fire extinguisher. The Registered Manager is exploring options to resolve these issues. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

Addison House is a private residential care home for 4 children of either gender with LD aged 8 to 17. It is situated in a London Borough.

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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 any medicine which is kept in a children's home is stored in a secure place so as to prevent any child accommodated there having unsupervised access to it (Regulation 21(2)(a)) 28/11/2014

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Reg. Requirement Due date

(2001) ensure that there are adequate precautions against the risk of fire, including the provision of suitable fire equipment. (Regulation 32(1)(a)) 28/11/2014

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Reg. Requirement Due date

(2001) ensure that all persons employed by the registered person receive appropriate training, specifically that staff are trained in the use of physical restraint techniques and only use the home's agreed techniques and training is regularly refreshed. (Regulation 27 (4)(a)) 28/11/2014 Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Reg. Requirement Due date

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What inspection judgements mean

At the interim inspections we make a judgement on whether the home has improved in effectiveness, sustained effectiveness, or declined in effectiveness since the previous full inspection. This is in line with the Inspection of children’s homes: framework for inspection.

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Information 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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Information about this inspection

The report details the main strengths, any areas for improvement, including any breaches of regulation, and any failure to meet national minimum standards. The judgements included in the report are made against the framework of inspection for children's homes.

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