Children's Home run by Fairways Care (UK) Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Unique reference number SC391708 Inspector Christina Maddison Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Registered person Fairways Care (UK) Limited Registered person address Fairways House Mount Pleasant Road Northam Southampton SO14 0QB Responsible individual Thomas Nichol McHugh Registered manager POST VACANT / Maria Eliza Pazdzior-Arnold Date of last inspection 14/10/2014 2 of 5 Inspection date 24/03/2015

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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 improved effectiveness .

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This inspection

The full inspection of this service was undertaken in October 2014 when the overall judgement was good. Since this inspection, the previous assistant manager of the home has successfully undertaken the Ofsted registration process to become the Registered Manager of the home.

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This inspection

At the previous inspection there was one recommendation made. This is now fully met and young people record their views in the record of sanctions and all sanctions are evaluated for their effectiveness.

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This inspection

Staff are effective in ensuring that care plan aims of young people placed at the home are met. The home's Statement of Purpose states the home provides short to medium term placements in order to stabilise the behaviour of young people so they are able to return home or to a foster placement. As a result of effective care provided by staff, young people's behaviour has improved, so placing authorities are now able to consider an appropriate placement for them to move on to.

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This inspection

Young people make very good progress with their education. For example, one young person has moved up a set in English in one term. School attendance is very good and all young people are meeting the aims of their individual educational plans. Staff attend school open evenings and help young people with their homework.

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This inspection

Health care needs of young people continue to be met. The manager is pro-active in pursuing appropriate therapeutic interventions that young people may need. Young people eat healthily and are encouraged to learn to prepare meals with staff and help cook. Placement plans are comprehensive and targeted. Young people are encouraged to achieve three targets every week. A young person said 'I know how to achieve rewards and this makes me work harder to get these by meeting my 3 of 5 targets.'

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This inspection

A strength of the home is the consistent implementation of behaviour management plans and the positive impact these have on helping young people to improve their behaviour. Young people are able to make progress due to effective behaviour management strategies and a stable and consistent staff team who maintain boundaries and have high expectations and aspirations for young people. Young people are proud their behaviour is improved. A placing social worker said 'staff use therapeutic approaches to manage behaviour and are caring and nurturing.' One young person said 'I have improved my behaviour. I had lots of serious incidents last year and this year have had hardly any.' Effective behaviour management strategies mean that young people are not restrained and there are no incidents of young people missing from the home recorded. Staff reward and praise positive behaviour and support young people to learn from their mistakes. Staff feel confident to use

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This inspection

the home's safeguarding procedures. Young people report they feel safe living in the home.

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This inspection

Staff effectively prepare young people to return home to live with their families if this is the plan, or prepare them to move to a foster placement. Staff communicate effectively with families and fully involve them in their child's life whenever possible and appropriate. One parent said 'staff are kind, friendly and supportive. They really care, this isn't just a job for them.'

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This inspection

Young people are encouraged to channel their energies positively through engagement in a wide range of activities, such as joining football clubs, watching football matches at the local club, using local skate parks and trips to theme parks and laser activity centres. A wide range of board games and books are available in the home and a games console has recently been purchased.

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This inspection

The home is clean, well maintained and homely. The home's development plan details when future improvements will be made. Since the last inspection the house has been painted throughout, the conservatory furniture replaced and a new car has been purchased. Young people's bedrooms are personalised with their posters and photographs. One young person is very proud of their collection of football club shirts they keep in their room. One young person said 'this house could not be improved unless it was made of pure gold.' Another young person said 'I love living here, I give it ten out of ten.'

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This inspection

Health and safety is well managed in the home. Leaders and managers drive continual improvement through comprehensive and thorough monthly monitoring of the home by an independent person and the Registered Manager. Also used to drive improvement are regularly updated and time focused development plans, feedback from young people, parents and placing social workers that is acted upon and a committed manager who provides strong leadership to the staff team. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

This provision is a children's home, which is owned by a private company. It is registered for up to two young people. The home provides care for young people with emotional or behavioural difficulties as well as physical and learning difficulties.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

14/10/2014 Full good 22/11/2013 Interim good progress 17/04/2013 Full good 18/12/2012 Interim good progress Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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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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