Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Hesley Group Limited in Doncaster

Unique reference number SC008015 Inspector Debbie Foster Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Residential special school (>295 days/year)

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Registered person Hesley Services Limited Registered person address Hesley Hall Coachhouse Hesley Doncaster South Yorkshire DN11 9HH Responsible individual Phillip Champion Registered manager POST VACANT / Deborah Mae Smith Date of last inspection 12/08/2014 2 of 6 Inspection date 16/03/2015

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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 new manager along with a caring staff team provides young people with good quality care. They provide young people with clear structure and boundaries which assist them to feel secure and settled. Young people continue to make steady progress over time in a number of areas of their lives. These include positive behaviour; improved communication skills, personal care skills, better participation in daily living tasks and, improved sleep patterns. Their engagement in activities in the community promotes good social integration and enjoyment. The one requirement and two recommendations made at the last inspection have been implemented. As a result, fire drills and practices have taken place to ensure all staff and where practicable, young people are aware of the procedure to be followed in case of fire. A large majority of day and night staff are trained to use an epinephrine auto - injector to support children with allergies. This ensures the staff can support the

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This inspection

health and wellbeing of young people appropriately. The staff have access to regular support and advice, and they are provided with regular supervision by appropriately qualified and experienced staff. This enables them to be effectively guided on their roles and provide a good standard of care to young people.

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This inspection

Young people are cared for by a staff team who understand their vulnerabilities and demonstrate a good awareness of young people’s care needs and how to keep them safe. Staff help young people to learn to behave in a socially acceptable way with the support of other professionals. Staff manage challenging behaviour effectively. As a result, physically intervention is used minimally as a last resort to protect young people and others from harm.

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This inspection

Positive and secure relationships are evident between young people and the staff. Young people were calm and smiling. Some chatted with staff and interacted by using sign language. Other young people gave hugs to staff, which reinforced the positive relationships that exist. Young people attend school. This assists them in 3 of 6 achieving their individual education targets.

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This inspection

Young people greatly benefit from regular contact with their families, some having visits and others having overnight stays. This gives them a positive sense of their identity and belonging within their family.

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This inspection

There is a core staff team who have experience of working with the young people for some considerable time. Consequently, young people receive consistent care. Staff say that they receive good training opportunities. A staff member said 'this is an amazing place for training to equip you with skills.' Recently, professional etiquette training along with other mandatory training, including behaviour management and fire instruction, has taken place.

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This inspection

The home is managed effectively. The new manager has a good knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the home. She is making changes to extend her oversight of care practices and the progress of young people. Work is underway to reconfigure the structure of the management team and change some day-to-day operations. These are still to be embedded in practice to bring further improvement to the quality of care delivered to young people.

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This inspection

Two requirements and one recommendation have been raised as a result of this inspection. The Regulation 33 monthly monitoring does not report fully on how effective the safeguarding measures are. The Statement of Purpose does not report, as required, on surveillance devices used in the home. Potential tripping hazards in the grounds of the home have been identified. 4 of 6

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Information about this children’s home

This service, run by a company, is a residential school that accommodates young people who have complex needs and severe learning difficulties, including autism. The whole school is registered as a children's home.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

12/08/2014 Full good 20/01/2014 Interim good progress 09/10/2013 Full good 21/03/2013 Interim good 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

4 (2001) ensure that the registered person shall compile in relation to the children's home a written statement of purpose which shall consist of a statement as to the matters listed in Schedule 1 ( Regulation 4 ( 1) schedule 1 (13)). In particular the use of any surveillance and monitoring of children 28/05/2015

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Reg. Requirement Due date

(2001) ensure that the independent visitor forms an opinion as to whether children accommodated at the children's home are effectively safeguarded and the conduct of the children's home promotes the wellbeing of the children accommodated there ( Regulation 33 (8) (a) (i)). In particular that the regulation 33 monitoring report reflects if the children are effectively safeguarded. 28/06/2015 5 of 6

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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 that avoidable hazards are removed as is consistent with a domestic setting. in particular, potential tripping hazards in the ground and pathways are assessed and suitable action is taken. (NMS10.3) 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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