Children's Home, Residential special school run by Mayne Enterprises Limited in East Sussex

Unique reference number SC413992 Inspector Melissa McMillan Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Residential special school (>295 days/year)

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Registered person Mayne Enterprises Limited Registered person address 267 Preston Drove BRIGHTON BN1 6FL

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Responsible individual Sarah Hawke Registered manager Leon Creenan Date of last inspection 23/10/2014 2 of 6 Inspection date 17/02/2015

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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

Young people make good progress in the development of their independence skills. This allows them to take on responsibility for themselves in preparation to transition into adult life. Young people carry out chores, prepare meals and develop their budgeting skills. In keyworker sessions, staff support young people to identify their goals and monitor their progress in achieving further independence. Staff have introduced a new independence programme to evidence young peoples’ abilities and reward their progress with certificates and accreditation. This increases young peoples’ self-confidence and self-esteem. Young people are fully involved in their transition planning. Staff support young people to make their views known at their reviews and planning meetings. Young people visit prospective placements and staff share information with new placements to promote a smooth and successful transition.

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This inspection

Young people are active and take part in a variety of activities including rugby, karate and scouts. Through these activities, young people develop their interests and widen their social circles. Staff actively support young people’s education. They liaise closely with educational professionals to ensure young people access the support they require to improve their chance of reaching their education capability. Staff support young people who are not in full time education to access work placements to learn new skills and enhance their future opportunities in adulthood.

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This inspection

Staff are responsive to young people’s feelings, allowing young people to trust staff and confide in them. This allows staff to assess what further support young people need including access to therapy to address psychological and emotional issues. The focus on young peoples’ feelings and emotional health enables them to develop a positive self-view and develop stronger emotional resilience. This results in improvements in their behaviour. Young people are confident in raising concerns with staff such as issues of bullying. Staff work closely with a local anti-bullying 3 of 6 scheme to ensure young people receive the correct advice and support. Staff successfully support young people who perpetrate bullying to address their anti- social behaviour and improve their interactions with others.

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This inspection

Young people‘s health is promoted. They receive support to address unhealthy habits such as smoking and poor diet. Most young people are making healthier choices in what they eat. Staff liaise closely with medical professionals and children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to ensure young people attend their appointments and their medical needs are regularly reviewed. Staff take appropriate action to raise concerns regarding the welfare of young people with the local safeguarding team. This ensures the appropriate professionals can take the necessary actions to keep young people safe.

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This inspection

As a result of the previous inspection, the Registered Manager has made improvements to the fire log to evaluate the effectiveness of each fire drill. This assists the Registered Manager in making improvements to the fire safety arrangements within the home. The home’s missing person policy now includes information on how staff can prevent young people from going missing. This supports staff in reducing such incidents. The Registered Manager now informs the appropriate authority of a young person’s admission to or departure from the service. The Registered Manager has taken action to check that therapists employed by the home are appropriately accredited with their professional organisations. This ensures suitably qualified adults care for young people.

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This inspection

At the previous inspection, a recommendation was set to ensure that internal monitoring reports contain the views and opinions of the young people. However, these reports still lack formal consultation with young people within the home. This means the Registered Manager is not proactively seeking formal feedback to learn from and further progress the service.

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This inspection

A requirement was set at the previous inspection to ensure the restraint log includes the details of the young person’s behaviour that required a physical intervention. However, the restraint log still does not meet regulatory requirements. For example, staff do not routinely record the methods used to avoid the use of restraint and the behaviour and reason for the use of a restraint. This hinders the Registered Manager’s ability to monitor patterns and trends of physical interventions and ensure young people are kept safe. 4 of 6

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Information about this children’s home

This service is registered with Ofsted to provide education and care to a maximum of 11 young people. It is a small privately owned independent residential school and children's home for young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties, often combined with moderate learning difficulties.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

23/10/2014 Full good 26/11/2013 Interim good progress 10/07/2013 Full outstanding 21/03/2013 Interim satisfactory progress

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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 a written record is made of the use of any measure of control, restraint or discipline, in a volume kept for the purpose of which shall include the matters listed within Regulation 17B (3) (a - i) and (4) (a and b) 31/03/2015

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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

 include the views and opinions of children in the home's monitoring processes, specifically in the three monthly reports submitted under 5 of 6 Regulation 34 (NMS 21) 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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