Children's Home run by United Children's Services Limited in Leicester

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

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

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, the registered manager has left. A new manager has been appointed and will commence their role early in the new year. There are good management arrangements to cover the home in the absence of the registered manager. The operations manager has taken on the responsibility of managing the home on a day to day basis and will provide a comprehensive induction and handover to the appointed manager when he starts. The operations manager has a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the home and has plans to address identified shortfalls. Monitoring systems help the acting manager to identify patterns and trends in behaviour of young people. This enables her to implement effective behaviour management plans. A number of staff are new to the home but are well trained and supported to provide good outcomes for young people. Staff form good relationships with young people, which help them to feel safe and secure. Young people like living in this

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

home and say they get on well with their peers. Young people are supported to take managed risks to enable them to develop their independence skills and resilience. For example, a young person has just bought a moped. He is taking the CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) test and has appropriate protective equipment to help keep him safe when he rides his moped. He is also learning other independence skills with his moped such as budgeting to pay for fuel and insurance, bike maintenance, and using tools safely. The young person takes pride in the appearance of his moped. Young people are encouraged to maintain friendships outside the home. Friends are welcomed and stay for meals. Staff facilitate transport to ensure friends get home safely. Staff also support contact with families to ensure young people maintain these important links. Young people benefit from regular attendance at school or college. School and

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

college arrangements are tailored to suit the needs of each young person to facilitate attendance and achievement. A young person said how he is enjoying learning the drums and piano at school. He could be heard practicing the drums all afternoon. Young people are supported to manage their own behaviour. Staff have a positive approach and use effective strategies when young people are angry or frustrated. They work closely as a team and use consistent firm boundaries to support young people. Staff rarely use physical intervention but know how to do this safely should they need to use it. Occasionally, staff give negative consequences for poor behaviour. These are appropriate and often take on a restorative form, using direct work to educate young people about more acceptable behaviour. Practice to promote the safety of young people is good. Staff work effectively with other agencies to ensure the safety of young people. Young people feel safe in this

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

home. Any safeguarding concerns are referred to the appropriate agencies and managed well. Young people rarely go missing from this home because they feel safe and secure. Staff follow good procedures if young people do go missing. This ensures that they return safely. Furthermore, staff go above and beyond when young people are not in the home but their whereabouts are known. They will call, visit and closely liaise with other professionals to ensure their continued safety. A police officer said: ‘The last manager was excellent and worked really closely with us, her and her team’s dedication to the your people was second to none and I have been very impressed with their problem solving approach to prevention of missing cases and reduction of harm.’ Vetting procedures for new staff help to keep young people safe from unsuitable adults working with them. Staff checks are completed which includes an enhanced

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Information about this children's home

This is a privately owned children’s home for up to six young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties between the ages of eight to 18. The organisation also provides therapeutic support and a school. The home’s statement of purpose states that they offer places to young people who ‘will usually have experienced family separation, repeated placement breakdown, neglect, abuse and trauma. They are also likely to have been at some stage excluded from school and could have special educational needs. Displaying attachment difficulties and low self-esteem, young people may also have a confused, distorted view of life and present challenging, anti- social behaviour.’

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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What the inspection judgements mean

At the interim inspection 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

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 focused on the effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of children and young people since the most recent full inspection.

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Information about this inspection

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 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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