Children's Home run by New Forest Care Limited in Hampshire

Unique reference number SC068046 Inspector Nicola Lownds Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Registered person New Forest Care Limited Registered person address New Forest Care, Chinham Road Bartley SOUTHAMPTON SO40 2LF Responsible individual Michael Philip Ferne Registered manager David Anthony Derrick Byrom Date of last inspection 17/07/2014 2 of 5 Inspection date 18/02/2015

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Previous inspection outstanding Enforcement action since last inspection none

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This inspection

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

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This inspection

The home was last inspected in July 2014 when it was judged consistently as outstanding in all areas. The recommendation to ensure the garden is well maintained has been met. Trees and shrubs have been cut back to give better access to young people; these improvements were completed in line with the listed building status of the home and garden. The garden is fit for use and meets the needs of the young person in the home. The Registered Manager is mindful that further attention maybe required to the outside space dependant on the needs of future residents.

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This inspection

One young person resides at the home with a dedicated staff team to meet his needs. Staff are attuned to the young person’s needs and identity significant strengths and goals they are working towards. The young person benefits from this high level of intuitive care as clear and strong relationships were observed between staff and young person. This means the young person is able to achieve realistic outcomes with the support of a staff team who know him well. Robust relationships enable the young person to mature as staff are able to provide him with sound guidance and challenge to his demeanour when necessary. A member of staff explained ‘we may have to address issues with him and we know him well enough to gauge how his reaction will be, but we support him with that rather than ignoring the issue and letting it happen again’.

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This inspection

The home is going to great lengths to support the young person in his transition into adulthood. This impacts on the presentation of the home in relation to some well- worn soft furnishings in the lounge area and kitchen cupboards providing bare essentials in relation to provision of food. The transition plan details the key objectives for the young person in relation to education, employment, life skills and budgets. In relation to food shopping budgets, staff clearly identified the need to review the progress of this. The young person added, ‘I will have a chat with the 3 of 5 day-today manager about my budgets because it doesn’t seem to be working very well, I spend all my money but don’t have enough food, we need to review it’. This shows the home supports young people well to analyse situations and discuss them in appropriate manner. Practice such as this will provide young people important life

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This inspection

skills which will assist them to move on from the home successfully.

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This inspection

The home works in collaboration with other professionals such as CAHMS, youth offending, probation, education, health and the local police to provide a high quality care package. Staff show good knowledge of missing from care protocols and can carry this out when required. An independent person is provided should the young person wish to discuss issues independently from home staff. This means the home instil good safeguarding measures to ensure the young person feels safe. The young person said, ‘I like it here, it’s alright. I will probably stick around for a bit longer after my birthday and then move on when I am ready’.

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Records in the home are maintained to a high standard, key documents are robustly reviewed and provide a good representation on the young person’s current circumstances. Staff are equipped to adapt their practice and meet the present needs of the young person. This builds the young person’s self-esteem by having a staff team committed to him. In addition clear records are building a detailed chronology with a strong identity base should the young person request access to his records in later life.

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Young people are provided with a home that is well managed. A staff member said, ‘I get weekly supervision, the day to day manager is very organised, I have done all my training and my performance was monitored all the time during my probation’. Regulation 34 reports are completed routinely and show some analysis to key events during the monitoring period. The Registered Manager has a running development plan that is consistently used and added to. Young people’s views on the development of the home are not included in this document and it is recommended that they are. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

A private company owns and operates this children's home. The setting accommodates a maximum of one young person of either gender between the ages of 10 and 17 years who has complex emotional, behavioural and educational difficulties.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/07/2014 Full outstanding 10/03/2014 Interim good progress 16/07/2013 Full outstanding 13/11/2012 Interim good progress

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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

 ensure the views of young people are taken into account when developing the home, specifically detailing their participation in the homes development plan. (NMS 1.7) 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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