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 has been living in the home for a relatively short period of time. He is supported and encouraged to make positive progress in all aspects of his development. Since his admission he has made good progress in keeping safe and engaging in education.

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The children's home provision is good because:

 Staff encourage the young person to build trusting and secure relationships with them. Clear consistent boundaries are providing stability and security which is helping him develop positive relationships with other people and increase his self-confidence.  Staff work with a variety of professionals to ensure young people’s needs are consistently met. This multi-agency approach produces clear strategies which assist young people to successfully manage and reduce risk taking behaviours. This has been effective in enabling young people to make positive transitions to other placements.  The young person lives in a safe environment where his welfare is promoted. Staff give young people’s safety and well-being a high priority. Good safeguarding systems and thoughtful risk management plans support staff practice.  Staff assist the young person to understand what safe and acceptable behaviour is so that he can make positive choices. Consequently, there have

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The children's home provision is good because:

been no incidents of physical restraint and the use of sanctions has not been necessary.  The home is effectively managed by an experienced and committed Registered Manager who provides strong leadership for her staff team. Staff are thoroughly supported to provide good quality care and are afforded opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills through supervision and training.  The Registered Manager is child-focused and proactive, and prioritises the needs of the young person in the home. She has a comprehensive knowledge of the young person and likes to spend time getting to know him. He is developing a positive relationship with the manager who gives him support and sound advice.  The Registered Manager is innovative and motivates her staff to provide high quality individualised care. She effectively sourced staff from the same cultural and religious background as the young people and liaises with

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The children's home provision is good because:

family members to provide consistent care and cultural sensitivity.

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Information about this children's home

This children's home is one of a number owned and managed by a private organisation. 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

23/03/2015 CH - Interim sustained effectiveness

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good

The young person is provided with good quality care. He has made good progress in many aspects of his development in a relatively short time. Staff provide clear, consistent boundaries enabling him to gain a sense of security and belonging in the home. He has been supported and encouraged to personalise his environment with photographs and familiar belongings, making it homely and a place where he belongs and feels comfortable.

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good

Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of the young person 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 cause him anxiety and frustration. Staff offer reassurance and help to address these issues in a calm manner. This approach is helping him to gain an understanding of how best to manage and overcome difficult situations. Staff value young people’s education highly and ensure that they receive the correct level of support in line with their ability. Young people make considerable progress in education because staff are effective in identifying barriers to learning. They work closely with teachers and are well equipped to provide any required support. They take an active interest in education, attending school events such as parent evenings. Young people

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good

are supported and encouraged to achieve and reach their academic potential. This proactive approach means that young people strive to achieve long term goals, such as planning for future career paths.

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good

Staff promote healthy lifestyles. Young people are encouraged to menu planning and to enjoy a well-balanced diet. They benefit fro health assessments and are supported in accessing routine and sp healthcare services. Staff have access to the organisation’s therap good links with other agencies such as the child and adolescent m services and substance misuse team, to provide a multi-agency ap promote young people’s physical and emotional health and well-b 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 environment, helping him 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

Staff have well established relationships with key people who are identified as important to the young person and contact with them is promoted. This enables young people to continue to experience into life outside of the home and affords consistent care experiences.

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good

Young people come to the home with high levels of risk-taking behaviour such as criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Staff help them 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 the correct level of guidance and support is provided. Staff identify when young people are not able to manage free time safely and provide appropriate supervision to ensure that the risks to the young person and to others in the community are not minimised.

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good

Staff consider and plan for young people’s known risks from the point of their admission. Important information is gathered in relation to their behavioural triggers from their families and placing authorities. Clear, consistent boundaries provide stability, and contribute to the young person’s security and well- being. Staff have a good insight into the young person’s emotional needs and develop highly individual behaviour management plans, which are applied in practice. Young people learn safe and acceptable behaviour to help them make effective life choices in preparation for adulthood. Consequently, physical restraint has not been necessary and there have been no sanctions. High staffing levels ensure that young people are safe. There are no young people living at the home who are at risk of sexual exploitation. Staff have a good level of awareness in relation to relevant signs and will follow the organisation’s missing from

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good

home protocols and liaise with safeguarding agencies if this becomes a cause of concern. The home has effective links with the local authority where the home is located, and with the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board. Managers and staff have good working relationships with the local police and are well-informed about issues in the community and who to contact if issues arise. Managers and staff work collaboratively with safeguarding agencies and professionals to keep young people safe. Information is shared to promote a multi-agency approach to help manage their behaviour and anxieties.

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good

Staff employed at the home are subject to organisational vetting procedures and do not start work in the home until all appropriate checks are complete. All fire, gas and electrical equipment is routinely serviced to ensure all are in good working order. This ensures the environment is safe and that young people are protected from persons who may present a risk to them.

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good

The manager was registered with Ofsted in January 2009. She is experienced and appropriately 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 is child focused, ensuring that the home is consistently run in the best interests of young people who live there, while maintaining a good level of management oversight.

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good

The manager is proactive and prioritises the needs of young people. She has a good understanding of their past experiences and how this can impact on behaviour. She builds up a good rapport with young people which provides opportunities to gain the young person’s view on various topics, find out how they are feeling and provide appropriate support.

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good

The manager is resourceful and committed to ensuring that individual cultural and religious needs are fully met. Prior to a young person’s admission she liaised with family and sourced staff of the same culture and religious beliefs. This proactive approach affords consistent care and positive guidance in relation to dietary and religious needs, and ensures his identity is promoted. A parent commented: ‘ Staff went overboard ensuring that X’s religious needs were met, prayers, foods and kitchen utensils.’ The manager effectively develops professional relationships between the home and a range 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 risk. The manager has a good understanding of the progress young

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good

people make in relation to their plans. She ensures that care plans are individualised, detailed and developed to include the experiences and needs of the young person. Staff follow these plans to ensure that the young person is encouraged and supported to achieve and is well prepared for his future. Progress is monitored and evidences the positive influence the home has on the young person living there. The staff team is experienced, stable and capable 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 professional development and the progress of the young person. Mandatory training is up-to-date and additional training is sourced depending on the young person’s needs, such as gang culture. This has helped them to identify and understand associated risks and take appropriate action to ensure young people get

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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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