Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Rochdale

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:

 The young person living in the home benefits from a caring staff team who support and encourage him to make positive progress in all aspects of his development. In a relatively short time he has made good progress in managing his behaviour and keeping safe.  Staff encourage the young person to build trusting and secure relationships with them. Clear consistent boundaries have resulted in stability and security which has helped him develop good relationships with other people and increase his self-confidence.  Staff work effectively with a range of professionals to ensure the young person’s needs are met and his risks and vulnerabilities are well managed. This collaborative approach produces well thought out strategies which assist the young person to successfully manage and reduce risk taking behaviours.  The young person lives in a safe environment and his welfare is promoted. Staff give young people’s safety and well-being a high priority. Good

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The children's home provision is good because:

safeguarding procedures and considered risk management plans underpin staff practice.  Staff know and understand the risks associated with the young person. Multi-agency working and effective plans have proved successful in minimising and reducing these risks.  The home is effectively managed by an experienced and dedicated Registered Manager who provides strong leadership for her staff team. Staff are well supported to provide good quality care and are afforded opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills through supervision and training.  The Registered Manager is proactive, child-focused, and prioritises the needs of the young person in the home. She has an excellent knowledge of the young person and likes to spend quality time with him. He confirms that he has a good relationship with the manager who gives him support and sound advice.  The Registered Manager is innovative and drives her staff to provide high

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The children's home provision is good because:

quality individual care. She has effectively sourced staff from the same cultural and religious background as the young person and liaised with family members to provide consistent care and to promote his identity.

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Information about this children's home

This service is a privately run children's home. The home provides care and accommodation for one young person with behavioural and/or emotional difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

12/02/2015 CH - Interim sustained effectiveness

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good

The young person living in the home is afforded good quality care which has helped him to make significant progress in a relatively short time. Staff provide him with clear consistent boundaries which have enabled him to gain as sense of security and belonging in the home. Staff know the young person well and continue to develop positive, trusting relationships with him. Staff invest their time by being interested in his experiences, listening to his views and supporting him with situations which are causing him anxiety. Staff offer reassurance and help to address these issues in a calm way and also advocate on his behalf. This positive approach has helped him to manage several recent difficult situations. Staff value and promote educational success by providing the right level of support the young person needs to achieve his academic potential. They identify particular interests and abilities and source college courses to enhance and develop

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good

hisknowledge and skills to support a positive future. The young person said, ‘I love cars and I have enrolled at college to do mechanics but I wouldn’t have done it if I wasn’t here. The staff have helped me to get on the course and I have overalls and new trainers ready to start soon.’ Care practice is underpinned by good care planning. The young person is supported to contribute to his own placement plans. This process is effective in helping him to gain a good understanding of his specific needs and how he can achieve his individual targets and goals. Formal keywork sessions provide opportunities to discuss areas of intervention, and are supplemented by informal opportunities to talk about his hopes and progress. The young person is clearly comfortable in his home, where he has the opportunity to spend time alone or with staff. The home is welcoming, well maintained and furnished to a good standard. Staff have encouraged the young person to

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good

personalise his bedroom. He has chosen to leave personal items in his family home until his long term plans are decided. Staff support the young person to engage in a variety of activities in the community. They know what young people like and strive to identify a range of activities which are based on his hobbies and interests, such as going to the cinema and riding his bike. These opportunities and experiences help to build self- confidence and self-esteem. Staff understand how the young person’s experiences and emotions can be communicated through his behaviour. They support him to communicate his feelings in a safe and nurturing environment, helping him to devise strategies to manage these in a positive and safe way. He is gaining clarity about acceptable behaviour which will assist him in his adulthood.

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good

The young person came to the home with high levels of risk-taking behaviour such as criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. These behaviours have significantly reduced because staff help him to understand the importance of making the right choices. Staff work with specialist agencies such as the youth offending team and police to ensure that he has the right level of guidance and support. This has assisted the young person to be able to manage free time more safely and to develop appropriate friendships. The young person says he feels safe because staff care about him. High levels of staff supervision and a dedication to keeping young people safe mean that there are no incidents of young people going missing. The young person commented, ‘they do care about you here.’ Staff demonstrate a commitment to overcoming difficult and challenging behaviour. Clear, consistent and age-appropriate boundaries provide stability, and

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good

contribute to the young person’s security and well-being. Staff have a good insight into the young person’s emotional needs and develop tailor-made behaviour management plans, which are fully implemented in practice. Young people learn what is safe and acceptable behaviour and this has resulted in them making good choices. Staff understand the triggers to behaviour and are skilled at identifying when changes in a young person’s life may cause them to react in a negative way. Staff work sensitively with the young person and ensure that he has the opportunity to discuss any issues which may worry him. The manager and staff work collaboratively with safeguarding agencies and professionals to keep the young person safe. Information is shared to promote a multi-agency approach to help him to manage his behaviour and vulnerabilities. A social worker commented, ‘the manager keeps me updated on the progress X is

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good

making. Good multi-agency working has meant that X’s behaviour has greatly improved.’

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good

The home is run by an experienced manager who was registered with Ofsted in January 2009. She is suitably qualified to work with young people who are looked after and has gained the Level 5 Diploma. She manages two other homes within the organisation. This has not proved detrimental to the running of this home as they are in close proximity. The manager maintains a good level of management oversight, ensuring that the home is consistently run in the best interests of the young person. The manager is child focused, proactive and prioritises the needs of the young person in the home. Her knowledge of him is excellent and she clearly enjoys spending time with him and engaging him in discussions about his passion for cars. This provides the manager with good opportunities to gain the young person’s views about various things, find out how they are doing and offering appropriate advice and support. The young person confirmed that he enjoyed the manager’s

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good

company and would seek her views and advice as he values her opinions and trusts her. The manager is creative and committed to ensuring that individual cultural and religious needs are fully met. Prior to the young person’s admission she liaised with the young person’s family and sourced staff of the same culture and religious beliefs. This has ensured he is afforded consistent care and positive guidance in relation to dietary and religious needs, and ensures his identity is promoted. The staff team is experienced, stable and competent in delivering high quality care to young people and their families. Staff have a good relationship with the manager and receive regular supervision and appraisal, which focuses on their professional development and the progress the young person continues to make. Mandatory training is up-to-date and some staff have completed additional training in relation to gang culture. This has helped them to identify and understand the

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good

associated risks and to take appropriate action to ensure young people get the necessary support they need. The manager is proactive in developing professional relationships between the home and a variety of external agencies. Good links with the young person’s placing authority and youth offending team help staff to support young people and meet their individual needs. This has been effective in helping young people to make good progress in aspects of their development and to minimise and reduce risks. The manager has a clear understanding of the progress young people make in relation to their individual plans. She ensures that care plans are detailed and specifically devised to include the experiences and needs of the young person. Staff follow these plans to ensure that the young person is supported and encouraged to achieve and ensure he is well prepared for his future. The manager monitors progress and evidences the positive influence the home has on the young

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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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