Children's Home run by Springfield Road Children’s Homes Ltd in East Sussex

Unique reference number SC412296 Inspector Paul Taylor Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Responsible individual Paula Jane Jarrett Registered manager Paula Jane Jarrett Date of last inspection 30/10/2014 2 of 5 Inspection date 26/03/2015

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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

At the last inspection in October 2014, the home was judged to be good. One requirement and one recommendation were made at that inspection. These have been addressed.

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This inspection

The home has updated the statement of purpose and this now includes information that an alarm is fitted to the front door which sounds if someone leaves or enters the building during the night. The statement of purpose now contains the information required by regulation.

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This inspection

A recommendation was made relating to ensuring that all supervision records are accessible to the Registered Manager. This has been addressed and all staff supervision records are now readily available for perusal and examination. This means that the Registered Manager can monitor records of staff supervision and examine how practice is being assessed promptly, if there is a need to do so.

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This inspection

Young people continue to progress extremely well while living at the home. In particular attendance at education is promoted and improved and incidents of challenging behaviour have decreased considerably. Young people are given high quality individualised support and guidance and this enables them to significantly develop their social skills and behaviour management strategies. 'My hard work has paid off, I can do things which I really like now' says a young person. A comment from an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) is that the home offers 'excellent hands on, focussed approach’.

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This inspection

Since the last inspection, members of staff have attended training which has enabled them to become assessors in an accredited program which provides guidance and training for young people to develop life and self-care skills. This means that the young people can undertake modules in areas such as time 3 of 5 management, use of public transport, moving on independence skills and budget management. These are then assessed and the young people awarded accredited certification for completing these modules. This promotes young peoples’ confidence and acknowledges the developments they have achieved.

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This inspection

Good communication is maintained with placing authorities and the home makes sure that all social workers receive weekly summaries about each young person's progress, behaviour and any significant incidents. This ensures that the home is transparent in its practice and that all relevant professionals are kept up to date with each young person's time in the home.

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This inspection

The home also continues to make sure that all members of staff are kept up to date with relevant safeguarding issues. Members of staff have all received training in e- safety and child sexual exploitation. This means that all members of staff know what to do and what signs and behaviour to look for while working with young people who are vulnerable and this further promotes their safety. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

The service is a privately run children's home providing care and accommodation for up to three young people between the ages of 10 and 17 years, who may have emotional or behavioural difficulties.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

30/10/2014 Full good 26/11/2013 Interim good progress 16/04/2013 Full good 12/12/2012 Interim satisfactory 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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