Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Lancashire

Unique reference number SC478468 Inspector Lynn O'Driscoll 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 Nina Cheryl Ballard Registered manager Sharron Edwards Date of last inspection N/A 2 of 5 Inspection date 11/02/2015

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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

This home has not provided accommodation to children and young people since its registration on 28 August 2014. This inspection focuses on whether the children's home meets it's statutory requirements to maintain its registration and is ready to accept placements.

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This inspection

The registered manager is a particularly child-focussed individual who leads by example. She is suitably qualified for this highly responsible position and has 15 years relevant experience. In turn, she is well supported by senior managers within the organisation and her deputy.

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This inspection

The home is sufficiently staffed to accept referrals. Since being appointed the team have benefited from: working in other homes owned by the company to gain relevant experience; completing an impressive range of training courses to meet a diversity of children's needs; fortnightly individual supervision sessions; and, fortnightly team meetings with open and honest debates. There are also robust arrangements in place to ensure timely probationary processes and annual appraisals. These celebrate individual achievements and explore areas for continued personal development. Comments from staff include, 'The opportunity to work in other homes has been invaluable and the training is brilliant' and, 'I have been on more training in the last few weeks than in several years in previous jobs.'

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This inspection

The team are actively involved in the continuous improvement of the home. To this end they all have specific development responsibilities. Examples include, health and safety, safeguarding, activities, equality and diversity and missing from home files. This results in a very motivated staff team and consequently morale is high.

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This inspection

Effective internal and external monitoring systems are in place to constantly improve service provision. Any recommendations made following monthly independent visits 3 of 5 are immediately addressed. Consequently, there are no requirements or recommendations arising from this inspection.

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This inspection

Different visitors are all particularly impressed with the high standard of the accommodation. Comments include, 'This home is in pristine condition having undergone a complete refurbishment and is well stocked with board games and arts and craft materials' and, 'This home is decorated and furnished to a very high specification.'

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This inspection

All the required health and safety certificates are in place and internal fire safety checks undertaken at the required frequencies to ensure a safe and well maintained building.

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This inspection

The manager's three monthly reports are informative and evaluative and demonstrates that positive outcomes for children are at the heart of strategic planning.

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This inspection

All the required documentation and policies are in place. This includes child friendly formats for frequently ascertaining children's views about their day to day care and to enable them to inform ongoing service development. There are also robust arrangements in place for the safe storage, administration and recording of medicines.

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This inspection

The home's statement of purpose is regularly updated to ensure that it accurately reflects the aims, policies, practices and staffing structures. There is also a user friendly children's guide in place so children are well informed about the services provided and the expectations on their behaviour prior to admission.

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This inspection

Strong links have been established with relevant partner agencies including, specialist nurses for children looked after, the local police and church. The home also invited the local neighbours to a coffee morning and the feedback from them was very positive.

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This inspection

This home meets all the requirements to maintain its registration and is currently scrutinising a number of referrals. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

This is a private children's home. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to five children and young people of either gender who are experiencing emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Information about this children’s home

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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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