Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Torbay

Unique reference number SC457567 Inspector Janice Hawtin Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Registered person Cambian Childcare Limited Registered person address Pinnacle House 2 Oakwood Square, Cheadle Royal Business Park CHEADLE Cheshire SK8 3SB Responsible individual Sharon Michelle Edney Registered manager Jennie Halima Morris Date of last inspection 16/07/2014 2 of 5 Inspection date 05/01/2015

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Previous inspection good Enforcement action since last inspection None

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This inspection

This home was judged good at the last full inspection. At this interim inspection Ofsted judge that it has sustained effectiveness .

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This inspection

At the full inspection in July 2014, the overall rating was judged to be good. One recommendation was made to further improve the quality and standard of care provided. The home has made some attempts to address issues relating to providing alternatives to formal education provision. Much of this work was unsuccessful in engaging the young person and preventing them getting further behind peers in education attainment. As such this recommendation is repeated. Further recommendations have been made as a result of this inspection.

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This inspection

Staff attempts to engage young people in meaningful educational activities are not well organised, and although some success has been achieved, progress in this area is limited. This situation is further compromised by a series of unofficial exclusions from the organisation’s school. This practice limits options for appeals by parents or carers and delays young people accessing their entitlement to full time education. Arrangements to provide a home tutor from the school don’t compensate for these exclusions. The manager makes representation to the school on behalf of young person in trying to deal with these issues.

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This inspection

Young people continue to progress in other areas of their lives. There are notable and significant improvements in self-awareness which has impacted on and reduced negative behaviour and helped young people consider health issues. They have also become more aware of surroundings and began to take responsibility for keeping their things and bedrooms in better order.

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This inspection

The home continues to provide a service which avoids the use of physical restraint and uses rewards, discussion and praise to manage difficult behaviour. Young people quickly develop a trust in staff and confidence that staff will act in their best interests. Incidents of young people going missing from this home remain few and far between: no incidents have been reported since before the last inspection. 3 of 5 Improvements have been made to the environment and it remains clean, well decorated and homely. When young people move on, the bedroom is redecorated and refurbished to provide for a new resident. This contributes to them feeling valued and welcome in the home.

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This inspection

The monthly monitoring visits to the home on behalf of the responsible individual have continued to identify any shortfalls and provided additional safeguards for young people. The manager has not acted on a finding from these reports and as a result staff appraisals remain out of date. This has potential to limit staff development and opportunities to improve their practice.

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This inspection

Staff rotas do not clearly identify the full names of staff on duty to demonstrate staffing levels and providing a permanent record of those caring for the young people.

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This inspection

Lone working risk assessments do not identify particular risks and actions for staff to take where they have physical disabilities which may impact on their responses to deal with incidents. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

The home is operated by a private company and is registered to provide care and accommodation for one young person.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

16/07/2014 Full good 12/12/2013 Interim inadequate progress 12/04/2013 Full good

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further the service should take account of the following recommendation(s):

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Recommendations

 provide planned support and opportunities as needed to maximise young people's educational achievement and to minimise any underachievement (NMS 8.4)  ensure all staff have their performance appraised at least annually (NMS 19.6)  ensure where only one member of staff is on duty at any time all likely risks are considered and recorded as part of risk assessments. This particularly relates to including detail of how staff with disabilities are to respond to some issues (NMS 17.9)  ensure detail of staff working in the home are clear, this relates particularly to staff rosters. (NMS 17.2) Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Recommendations

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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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