Children's Home run by Green View Young People Limited in Barnsley

Good

The children's home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 Young people quickly develop trusting relationships with the staff team. They feel safe in discussing difficult and personal issues. Young people know the staff members care about them.  Young people make progress with their health and wellbeing. Their physical health improves and they learn positive strategies to manage their emotions.  Young people achieve in education. Through continuous support given by staff they complete their coursework and take end of year exams resulting in better life chances.  Young people experience good levels of stability. They are supported to rebuild relationships with people who are important to them. Some young people return home to live.  The staff team have a good knowledge of safeguarding policies in both theory and practice keeping young people safe. They take appropriate action when young people are missing and go out in search of them.  The staff team have good relationships with professionals including social

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The children's home provision is good because:

workers, youth offending teams and the police. They work closely with services attending all young people’s meetings leading to good sharing of information.  Staffing is not always sufficient to meet the needs of young people, leaving some staff feeling vulnerable. Rotas’ do not always show an accurate reflection of the shifts worked by staff.

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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 (England) Regulations 2015 and the Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards. The registered person(s) must comply with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

13: The leadership and management standard

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child (Regulation 13 (2) (d). Particularly in relation to the night time staffing of the home 31/07/2015

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it:

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Requirement Due date

and notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision (Regulation 16 (3) (a) (b)) 31/07/2015

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Requirement Due date

The Registered person must ensure that the records are kept up to date (Regulation 37 (2) (b)). With specific reference to the review and update of risk assessments and care plans evidencing young people’s progress and outcomes. This also relates to the staff duty roster. A copy of the staff duty roster of persons working at the home, and a record of the actual rosters worked (Schedule 4 (3)). 31/07/2015

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Information about this children's home

This is a private children’s home. The home is registered for a maximum of two children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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good

Young people develop trusting relationships with the caring staff team. They benefit from a stable home environment with routines and consistent boundaries. The staff team listen to young people, take their views on board and incorporate them in the running of the home enhancing young people’s day-to-day experiences.

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good

Most young people engage with their identified educational provision and make good progress from their starting points. Despite feelings of anxiety, the staff team persevere with young people, motivating them to sit exams and finalise course work. This enables young people to be proud of their achievements affording them better life chances.

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good

Young people enjoy good physical health. They have access to immediate and longer-term care through general practitioners, opticians and dentists. Specialist help is available to those that use cannabis, smoke and experiment with legal substances. Where young people refuse this, the staff team are persistent in advising them of the risks involved with their behaviours. Young people’s emotional and psychological wellbeing is a priority. The staff team make timely referrals to mental health services seeking help for young people. This can help them learn new strategies to regulate their emotions and address conflict.

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good

The staff team spend individual time with young people listening to them and giving advice on a range of issues. A good relationship with staff enables young people to discuss personal and difficult issues. This helps them to make sensible choices often relating to their health, friendships and negative behaviours.

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good

Young people know how to make a complaint. They benefit from a close relationship with the Registered Manager who actively involves young people in all aspects of their care. One young person states, ‘My complaint was addressed by the manager. He spoke to the member of staff involved.’

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good

The staff team create a positive environment through activities and high levels of interaction. Young people are encouraged to pursue their hobbies and interests. One young person enjoyed the rollercoaster ride in Blackpool. This was a new and exciting experience for him never having been to the seaside or on a roller coaster previously. He reported to his social worker, ‘I really enjoyed the day. I know the staff team really wanted me to go and enjoy myself. I know they care about me.’ Young people promote their identity through good levels of contact with people who are important to them. For example, friends and family are included in outings to theme parks and to the coast. They also participate in activities such as go- karting, playing pool and going out for meals. Such practices are embedded within the home and as a result, young people enjoy a sense of belonging.

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good

The Registered Manager carefully considers new admissions encouraging young people to visit the home prior to moving in. This ensures the staff team have a good understanding of young people’s needs. It also allows young people to become familiar with their new home and surroundings and start to develop relationships with co-residents and staff. Similarly, advanced planning helps young people successfully move on from the home, affording them the same opportunities to visit future placements. Good self-care routines and planning for independence enables young people to develop the skills and confidence necessary for adulthood. Some young people return home following a period of stability. This is achieved through direct work with young people and their families leading to their eventual return home.

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good

Arrangements for contact following discharge gives young people a strong message that the manager and staff team care about them. Young people know they can visit the home and access support from the staff team when required. This helps ensure young people continue to receive positive role models, maintain good networks and reducing any feelings of isolation.

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good

The staff team help young people keep themselves safe from all aspects of harm. They provide a safe home environment where young people are protected from abuse and bullying. They have trusting relationships with the adults caring for them. Young people say there is no bullying in the home.

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good

The staff team have a good understanding of risk and associated behaviours. They act promptly and liaise with other professionals when young people go missing. Since the previous inspection, there has been an increase in missing from home incidents. These relate to a new admission to the home. The manager and staff team are active in looking for and physically locating young people. They make considerable efforts to detract young people from these behaviours through adopting nurturing responses and high activity programmes. These are not always successful however, information sharing with the police and placing authorities has improved leading to better collaboration. The staff team use their knowledge of behavioural triggers coupled with good de- escalation strategies to help manage conflict. This avoids unnecessarily criminalising young people. The staff team respond consistently with boundaries and routines clarifying safe and acceptable behaviours. As a result, young people

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good

develop a sense of risk and receive support to make age appropriate decisions.

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good

Physical interventions and sanctions are rare and focus on restorative practice, teaching young people about consequences. One placing social worker says, ‘Some young people do not want to be helped, however, the staff team take the necessary action to promote positive outcomes.’

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good

Recruitment practices are robust with adequate safeguarding checks and verification of references. Fire safety and equipment testing is routinely undertaken contributing to the overall safety of young people.

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good

Risk assessments are detailed and identify both likely and actual risks to young people however, these are not always timely at being reviewed in line with young people’s changing behaviours.

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good

The Registered Manager is suitably qualified, experienced and has day-to-day control and oversight of the home.

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good

The staff team work well together. They have varied and relevant experiences of working with young people. Some newly appointed staff have significant knowledge of direct work with young people in youth work settings. Other benefits include some staff being ‘C Card’ registered, allowing them to advise young people on sexual health matters. They have a good knowledge of substance misuse and criminal justice systems. The aim is for these staff to deliver targeted training to the staff team improving their knowledge and skills in these areas.

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good

External training further enhances the effectiveness of staff in meeting young people’s complex needs. For example, a representative from the substance misuse service delivers training to update the staff team’s awareness of, and the impact of legal highs. This is a key issue for young people particular within this community.

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good

The Registered Manager and staff team consistently participate in young people’s meeting and reviews. They advocate strongly on behalf of young people and support them to attend and influence decision-making. A social worker commented, ‘Staff attend every strategy meeting and looked after review. They have surpassed my expectations. I couldn’t ask for more from them.’

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good

The independent person’s monitoring is robust leading to the swift identification of shortfalls. This enables the Registered Manager and staff team to act upon them and make improvements to the quality of care to young people.

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good

The Registered Manager has corrected a shortfall identified during the inspection relating to the admissions register. It now identifies young people’s placing authority.

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good

Care plans are comprehensive and individual to young people. Although subject to regular reviews and updates, they lack sufficient detail of the progress young people make.

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good

Some staff members feel vulnerable working alone and in isolation. They do not always feel equipped to manage the challenging behaviours exhibited by some young people. Staffing rosters do not always provide a true account of the arrangements for night working. The Statement of Purpose is not up to date in line with new regulations and provides no clarity on these arrangements.

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What the inspection judgements mean

The experiences and progress of children and young people are at the centre of the inspection. Inspectors will use their professional judgement to determine the weight and significance of their findings in this respect. The judgements included in the report are made against Inspection of children's homes: framework for inspection.

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What the inspection judgements mean

An outstanding children's home provides highly effective services that contribute to significantly improved outcomes for children and young people who need help and protection and care. Their progress exceeds expectations and is sustained over time. A good children's home provides effective services that help, protect and care for children and young people and have their welfare safeguarded and promoted. In a children's home that requires improvement , there are no widespread or serious failures that create or leave children being harmed or at risk of harm. The welfare of looked after children is safeguarded and promoted. Minimum requirements are in place, however, the children's home is not yet delivering good protection, help and care for children and young people. A children's home that is inadequate is providing services where there are widespread or serious failures that create or leave children and young people being

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What the inspection judgements mean

harmed or at risk of harm or result in children looked after not having their welfare safeguarded and promoted.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people living in the children's home. Inspectors considered the quality of work and the difference adults make to the lives of children and young people. They read case files, watched how professional staff work with children, young people and each other and discussed the effectiveness of help and care given to children and young people. Wherever possible, they talked to children, young people and their families. In addition the inspectors have tried to understand what the children's home knows about how well it is performing, how well it is doing and what difference it is making for the children and young people who it is trying to help, protect and look after. This 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 Children's

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Information about this inspection

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