Children's Home run by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tameside

Unique reference number SC357979 Inspector Anthony Kyem Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Registered person Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Registered person address Council Offices, Wellington Road Tameside Ashton-under-Lyne Lancashire OL6 6DL Responsible individual Dominic Tumelty Registered manager Carolyn Wild Date of last inspection 15/10/2014 2 of 5 Inspection date 26/03/2015

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Previous inspection outstanding Enforcement action since last inspection none

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This inspection

This home was judged outstanding at the last full inspection. At this interim inspection Ofsted judge that it has sustained effectiveness .

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This inspection

The registered manager has retired since the previous inspection. The deputy manager has therefore been put forward to fill the vacant registered manager's position. They have since submitted an application for their registration with Ofsted. A new practice manager has also been appointed to deputise in the registered manager's absence. These arrangements ensure there are clear lines of delegation and accountability.

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This inspection

The manager has addressed the only recommendation from the last inspection. They have introduced a new system to formally involve young people in staff appraisal. Consequently, the views of young people can now be used to influence staff's performance and enhance their relationships with young people.

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This inspection

There are effective arrangements for reviewing and improving the standard and quality of young people's care. Managers and leaders make positive use of the home's monitoring activities to raise standards and improve outcomes for young people. There have been no new admissions or placement breakdowns since the previous inspection.

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This inspection

The home maintains excellent partnerships with other professionals to ensure young people receive the help and support they need, when they need it most. Young people who are particularly vulnerable benefit from effective support from staff, who have a positive understanding of their needs. Staff ensure young people in need of additional support have access to wraparound services and specialist support to promote their emotional well-being. As a result, staff address the needs of young people effectively.

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This inspection

Staff help young people to work through their feelings and emotions so they have the skills, coping mechanisms and resilience to deal with crisis. Young people enjoy 3 of 5 close and positive relationships with staff, who are empathic and sensitive to their needs. Young people benefit from a caring, highly supportive and nurturing environment. Young people report, 'You get that warm feeling from staff. I can talk all day with (staff) that's what I like to do. I've grown a bound with (staff's names) in particular... It's homely, loving and it's caring.'

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This inspection

Staff report, 'She's struggling with it. She recognises that she needs to let it out and say whatever it is, she wants to say. Everything's come at the wrong time for her, she was doing brilliant. Her grief is very apparent… It's a wonder she's coping as well as she is. She is remarkably resilient.'

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This inspection

Staff promote the safety of young people and they take appropriate action to protect them. Young people are protected from abuse and all other forms of significant harm. Significant incidents are reported to the appropriate authorities promptly. This ensures appropriate can be taken by the home and other professional agencies to ensure the safety of young people. It is rare for young people to go missing from the home. However, should they do, there are effective procedures and arrangements made, to promote their safe return. There has only been the one isolated occurrence, since the previous inspection.

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This inspection

Young people know how to make a complaint and their rights are promoted effectively. Staff's approach is one that encourages the development of young people's positive behaviour. The use of praise, incentives and rewards, for example, are used by staff effectively, to reinforce young people's positive behaviour. Where consequences are used, they are used fairly and proportionately.

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This inspection

Young people's behaviours are managed safely and staff are skilled at de-escalating difficult behaviour. So much so, that behaviour management strategies are applied effectively and there has not been the need for restraint. There are no breaches in regulations. Consequently, there are no requirements or recommendations raised for the home to address. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

This local authority children's home provides care and accommodation for up to three young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

15/10/2014 Full outstanding 21/03/2014 Interim good progress 25/11/2013 Full outstanding 27/03/2013 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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