Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Warwickshire

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:

 Children and young people make good, sustained progress in all areas of their development from their respective starting points.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The Registered Manager and staff are nurturing, caring and provide high quality care.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 Education is a priority. Children and young people achieve excellent attendance at school and make good sustained progress.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The emotional and behavioural needs of children and young people are well understood and met. Therapeutic services are in place to support and meet these needs.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 Good, effective relationships are in place with partner agencies. These relationships support the ongoing progress of children and young people.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The Registered Manager is committed to supporting the staff team to develop and provide excellent services.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The Registered Manager ensures robust recruitment processes are in place for prospective new members of staff.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The staff team receive good quality supervision and oversight of their work.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The Registered Manager has not ensured the garden area is in good condition. It is not equipped sufficiently or safe for children and young people to enjoy.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The opportunity for children and young people to form attachments to their primary carers is hampered through frequent changes to the staff team.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The Registered Manager has not ensured the recording of the use of physical intervention is in sufficient detail.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 The Registered Manager has not ensured the reviewed and amended Statement of Purpose for the home has been forwarded to Ofsted.

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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

In order to meet the protection of children standard ensure that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

(2) In particular and with reference to having an appropriate outside garden space that is in the interests of children and is safe the registered person must ensure-

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(d) that the premises used for the purpose of the home are located so that children are effectively safeguarded. 21/08/2015

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes a description of the measures and its duration. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(iv) 21/08/2015

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Requirement Due date

13: The leadership and management standard

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Requirement Due date

In order to meet the leadership and management standard the registered person must enable, inspire and lead a culture in relation to the children’s home that –

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(a) Helps children aspire to fulfil their potential: and (b) Promotes their welfare.

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(2) In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to –

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Requirement Due date

(e) ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child. 21/08/2015

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(b)) 21/08/2015

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Information about this children's home

The home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to five children and young people between the ages of four and eleven. The home is privately owned and managed. The home provides therapeutic services. 

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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good

Children and young people make good and consistent progress in all areas of their lives. Their progress is significant in relation to emotional and behavioural progress from their respective starting points. The Registered Manager and staff are nurturing, and provide effective high quality care. Children and young people are valued and their strengths channelled by staff into making sustainable developmental progress.

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good

The environment is one in which children and young people are safe, settled, content and happy. A child said to me at the start of the inspection, ‘you will like my home’. Staff demonstrates consistent and safe care practices that have created a calm, pleasant and settled environment.

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good

The Registered Manager and staff prioritise education for children and young people. As a result, all are attending school and achieving, for most 100% attendance. Children and young people are encouraged to do their best by the staff. Achievements are praised whatever these may be. The manager and staff are ambitious, enthusiastic and forward looking for the children and young people. Good relationships and communication takes place between the staff and schools. The children and young people benefit from structure and the routines within the home.

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good

Primary and routine health care services ensure that children and young people’s health needs remain consistently met. They receive annual health assessments, routine dental and optician monitoring. Staff understand the impact on children and young people from past traumatic experiences. They work with the organisation’s psychotherapist to good effect. Children and young people receive ongoing therapy on, at least a weekly basis. Additionally life story work helps them to understand their families, experiences and supports recovery from adverse life events. Therapeutic work can be challenging and difficult to undertake. The children and young people demonstrate bravery in facing these difficult issues. The staff group provide understanding, patience and consistency to support them.

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good

Relationships between children and young people with their families are valued. Relationships are supported by ongoing and safe contacts were this is in their best interests. Arrangements for contact take place within a clearly defined plan. Staff members assess, monitor and review contact to ensure plans meet the needs of children and young people. For some contact with family members is not possible. The manager and staff are aware and sensitive in these circumstances, actively seeking to provide support to the children and young people.

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good

Children and young people receive dignity and respect for their culture and heritage. Their ethnicity and backgrounds are fully appreciated and valued. The manager and staff promote both an understanding and encouragement to accepting difference.

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good

Staff have well developed skills and abilities to communicate with and relate to children and young people. Staff know them well and have a good grasp of the challenges they face. This means that children and young people benefit from a responsive group of workers providing good care.

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good

Children and young people are safe. Their welfare promoted by staff members that put them first, with whom they have established relationships. The nurturing approach taken by staff helps them to feel, both protected and safe. Good risk management plans, updated daily with any pertinent changes effectively protects them from harm. The high levels of staffing provide children and young people with supervision and monitoring to support and protect them.

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good

The constant supervision provided by staff largely prevents young people going missing. One young person went missing on three separate occasions. He was off site not in excess of thirty minutes before returning home on each occasion. These incidences were in response to him becoming angry and frustrated. Staff de- briefed him on each occasion. This helped him to express anger or frustration in ways that does not place him at risk. Risk assessment and management plans are updated to support staff in preventing this behaviour.

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good

Staffs manage behaviour well. There are clear behaviour plans in place, reviewed and updated regularly. Staff members provide an environment of high praise and high warmth to promote positive behaviour. The use of distraction, de-escalation and redirection tackle negative behaviour successfully. There are positive consequences for good behaviour, equally negative consequences for poor behaviour. The result is children and young people understanding what is acceptable in terms of behaviour. This helps to prepare them well for the future.

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good

Staff use physical intervention rarely to prevent children and young people from harming themselves and others. Staff members have received training in the appropriate use of physical interventions. When physical restraint is necessary records lack sufficient detail. This prevents professionals from being confident how restraint is taking place. Furthermore, it places children and young people and staff at risk through incomplete recording failing to detail what actually took place.

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good

Robust multi-agency working ensures children and young people are protected. The Registered Manager and staff work with education, health and local authority partners. Good communication and information sharing takes place. The Registered Manager has worked closely with local police and council on the completion and review of the location risk assessment. Children and young people benefit through accessing local resources that are working together, responsively to meet their needs.

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good

The fabric of the home is warm, comfortable and has been personalised to meet the needs of children and young people. Bedrooms are individual to them and have their favourite toys, teddy bears and photos on display. The environment is clean, well maintained and a place that children and young people can be proud. The garden area is poor and not well maintained. There is no outdoor play equipment, the grass in bear and the garden is mainly paved. The perimeter of the garden is unsafe with easy access via an unsecured gate to the road. This outdoor area is disappointing for children and young people.

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good

Children and young people benefit from a dedicated and ambitious Registered Manager. He is suitable qualified as a social worker and a level five diploma in leadership and management. He has been the Registered Manager since November 2014. He has responded promptly to the requirements made at the last full inspection and made progress. He is a committed and knowledgeable manager who brings a wide range of previous experiences to bear in this post. An experienced, committed and skilled deputy manager supports the manager. Together they have provided leadership and support to the staff team. This means that young people benefit through being cared for by a team that receive leadership, direction and support. Staff members value the support afforded to them by managers and feel valued.

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good

Children and young people are protected through robust recruitment and vetting of new staff. Thorough checking of references and criminal records bureau checks are undertaken. This reduces the possibility of young people being harmed by those in positions of trust.

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good

Children and young people are affected by instability in the staff group. A significant number of new residential care workers have been appointed over the past 12 months. The ability of children and young people to form attachments with those providing their primary care is hampered. The impact of this instability has been mitigated, largely by the stability with senior workers and the deputy manager.

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good

New staff members are well supported with excellent, comprehensive induction programme. They receive increased supervision and mentoring by more experienced colleagues. Training and development of staff members is a clear priority for the management team. This means that children and young people receive good care from well-supported and knowledgeable staff group.

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good

Where children and young people have raised concerns over the conduct of staff. The manager has taken appropriate action in line with local safeguarding children procedures. These actions have ensured complaints by children and young people are taken seriously and their views matter.

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good

The Registered Manager has reviewed the Statement of Purpose. This has not been forwarded to Ofsted in a timely manner. This prevents Ofsted from having accurate information regarding the service and hinders effective monitoring by the regulator.

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good

The Registered Manager has established effective team working. Regular team meetings are taking place across the staff group. There is also meetings with the clinical team who undertake therapeutic work. This ensures the staff team and clinicians are communicating regularly, effectively and for the benefit of children and young people.

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good

Robust, effective monitoring of the quality of care takes place. The manager receives monthly reports from an independent visitor to the home. The manager values these reports and pro-actively uses them to improve the quality of care provided. The manager also uses key performance indicators. These enable him to track areas of improvement and patterns or changes in the service.

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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

Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards. the guidance raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted, which is available from Ofsted's website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted . If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk .

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