Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Bradford

Unique reference number SC424141 Inspector Parveen Hussain 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 Lorna Ann Fearon Registered manager Joanne Siobhan O'Donnell Date of last inspection 28/05/2014 2 of 5 Inspection date 11/02/2015

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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

The last full inspection in May 2014 judged the home as good. No requirements were raised and one recommendation was made. This related to the need for the missing from home protocol to be followed when young people were missing or absent from the home.

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This inspection

Since this time the home has sustained its effectiveness in its quality of care and outcomes for young people.

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This inspection

The home provides a warm, nurturing environment to six young people. Young people benefit from good relationships with staff. They like living in this home and feel comfortable and safe. The home boasts a games room which consists of a new table tennis and existing pool table. The Registered Manager has taken into consideration the need for more space and has changed the home layout affording young people a bigger area within the home. Young people rate their experiences at the home as ‘nine out of ten’. They are regularly consulted and their views are sought and implemented in the running of the home. An example of this is through the bedrooms being redecorated in accordance to their wishes.

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This inspection

Staff work effectively with partner agencies and develop positive links with professionals. This helps ensure young people have access to services which are essential to promoting their health and wellbeing. The Registered Manager pursues safeguarding agencies to ensure protocols are adhered to. An example of this is when she contacted both the social worker and police to facilitate a strategy meeting. This is in line with the missing from home protocol for instances when young people are absent. On such occasions, staff go out looking for young people and maintain contact with them to help ensure their safe return. This helps reduce the instances where young people go missing from the home. 3 of 5 Staff work collaboratively with the mental health services to support and strengthen resilience in young people. They seek advice and guidance on how to support young people’s complex and challenging needs and behaviours. Young people benefit from

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This inspection

having clear boundaries and goals in place. Staff use visual aids to build on young people’s strengths to maximise potential and outcomes. This enables young people to make progress in some aspects of their development and helps promote self- esteem.

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This inspection

All young people have school placements and benefit from good attendance. Staff maintain regular contact with teachers and attend parent’s evenings. This helps keep them informed of young people’s behaviours and progress at school. Staff advocate strongly on behalf of young people to break down barriers to their learning. This helps young people fulfil their potential and strengthens their relationships with staff. Although staff make every effort to support young people’s learning, this is restricted due to their computer being broken. Some young people have laptops and are therefore not affected. However this prevents others from undertaking educational research. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

This service is a privately owned children's home which is part of a larger organisation. The home provides care and accommodation for up to six young people with emotional and/or behavioural problems.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

28/05/2014 Full good 18/03/2014 Interim good progress 11/12/2013 Full good 10/01/2013 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 children have access to a range of educational resources to support their learning and have opportunities beyond the school day to engage in activities which promote learning. This is with specific reference to the computer being available for use (NMS 8.2) 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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