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:

 Young people benefit from good quality of care provided by a staff team who are able to build effective relationships with them, with family members and other people who are significant to them.  The young person feels safe in the home and very well protected by the staff team. This is because safeguarding is prioritised in the home by the manager and staff team.  Comprehensive and detailed internal placement plans promote independence and encourage the young person to achieve their goals, and make significant and sustained progress living at the home and prepare them for when they move on into adulthood.  The manager and staff team are committed to achieving positive outcomes for all young people who live at the home, they are skilled at quickly building relationships with young people who live in the home.  The manager ensures the staff team are well supported through regular supervision, appraisals and a comprehensive training programme. New staff

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The children's home provision is good because:

benefit from a thorough induction programme.  The manager has ensured that recent changes to the staff team have not impacted on the stability of the young person’s placement.  Family relationships are valued by the staff team, who actively promote sustained family contact. As a result, the young person still feels part of their family and enjoys positive time at home.  No shortfalls were identified at this inspection.

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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. The home is also registered as a school with the Department for Education.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

03/03/2015 CH - Interim sustained effectiveness

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Recent inspection history

24/10/2013 CH - Interim Satisfactory Progress

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good

The young person living at this home benefits from highly individualised care. Professionals and parents comment on the high standard of care provided in the home, they say: ‘I am very impressed with the level of care and support. The team are creating the right atmosphere for X to make progress, their calmness is helping X to be calm too.’

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good

The young person is well supported by a small but dedicated staff team, who spend quality time with them. Therefore relationships are built on trust and shared experiences. The young person commented: ‘I like all the staff they definitely care about me, they are always checking on me, even when I’m with my family.’ The young person’s view is central to the home, they work with their key worker to set individual incentives and to ensure their plans are up to date.

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good

Since living at the home, the young person has returned to education and is now talking about making positive life choices. To encourage further engagement with education an external college placement has been sourced in the career area the young person has identified as their preferred option. This enables the young person to try the different elements to the role in a safe environment. He commented: ‘I want to be a bricklayer in the future and I like going to college trying it out.’ A parent commented: ‘at first he struggled with education but he seems to be doing much better.’

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good

The young person’s health needs are met both in the home and by community resources. The staff team benefit from regular and detailed consultation with the organisation’s clinical psychologists. This enables the staff to understand and support the young person’s known and emerging emotional and/ or physical health needs.

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good

The young person has significant ties to his home area; family contact is prioritised and well supported. The staff team have built positive relationships with key family members, to ensure positive family contact is achieved for the young person. One family member commented: ‘the staff are there if I need them, it helps me to manage X.’ The young person does make use of some local resources for example playing pool and shopping; this enables the young person to build their knowledge of the local area. However, given the young person’s very strong ties to their family area they have declined any group activities in the local area, preferring to spend time with established friends in their home area when they are on family contact. The young person is encouraged to develop their independent living skills, in preparation for moving on into adulthood, as he wants to move on from the home into semi-independent living accommodation back in his local area and is

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good

committed to the internal independence programme.

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good

Since the last inspection the staff team have significantly improved the décor of the house through re-decoration and new furniture. They are proud of the young person’s achievements and display a number of certificates and photographs around the house; this helps to create a homely feel to the house which in turn helps the young person to feel settled in the home and builds a sense of ownership of the environment.

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outstanding

The young person recognises that they are very safe living in the home and as a result of the level of care and support they have made exceptional progress in reducing the level of risk taking behaviour. He says: ‘I definitely feel safe here, I’m not really getting into trouble with the police, before I lived here I was always getting arrested.’

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outstanding

Since being in placement there has been a substantial reduction in the level of offending and anti-social behaviour displayed by the young person; this has resulted in improved family relationships and the young person is enjoying an increased amount of free time in the community. This is underpinned by excellent individual risk management plans which identify triggers and support strategies to keep the young person and staff team safe.

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outstanding

Since living in the home the young person has rarely been reported as missing from home. On the rare occasions the young person has been reported as missing records show staff following robust and comprehensive risk management plans to ensure his safe return. Prior to being admitted to the home the young person had a long history of being regularly being missing from home, therefore this change in pattern of risk taking behaviour has significant improved his level of safety and protection.

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outstanding

Behaviour is very well managed by the small staff team. The young person reports that they like the staff team and feel well cared for. The consistent approach and clear boundaries support the young person to feel secure and safe with the team members. The excellent internal behaviour management plans enable the staff team to positively manage any negative behaviour; strategies identified support the quick de-escalation of negative situations and enable the young person to identify the bespoke support they need.

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outstanding

Relationships with the local neighbourhood policing team has continued to be very positive; officers regularly informally call into the home. This develops positive relationships with the manager and staff team and also promotes positive interaction with the young person.

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outstanding

The manager is committed to providing a safe environment, she ensures regular health and safety checks are completed in the home. Young people are further protected by robust staff recruitment and selection procedures. Appropriate checks and monitoring of visitors while at the home helps as far as possible to protect young people from unsuitable adults in the home.

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good

The manager has recently commenced her role as the home manager. She has several years’ experience of managing in a children’s home. She has completed her application to be registered. A detailed and comprehensive handover from the previous Registered Manager has ensured a smooth transition in the change of managers. The new manager has met individually with each team member to build working relationships with the staff team, they say she is approachable and has already made some positive changes.

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good

Young people who live in the home continue to make good progress from their individual starting points. The manager uses effective monitoring on a regular basis to track the progress being made and is effective at securing changes to individual internal plans, to ensure sustained progress.

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good

The manager ensures she provides the staff with a supportive environment through regular informal discussions, formal supervisions, appraisals and team meetings. Since the last inspection there has been a number of changes to the staff team, the manager has ensured that these changes have not impacted on the stability of the placement for the young person. The team benefit from a comprehensive training programme, which also includes bespoke training commissioned by the manager to meet the emerging emotional needs of the young person in placement.

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good

The manager effectively uses the monitoring systems and development plans to address any areas of weakness, as well as identifying areas of strength in the team and the home. This enables the manager to target areas for development to ensure the home is making positive progress and meeting the individual needs of the young person living in the home.

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good

The manager has ensured excellent relationships with the young person, parents, external agencies and placing authorities have been developed by the staff team. This holistic approach to looking after the young person supports him to receive the right level of support. One professional commented: ‘communication is excellent. The staff team are very efficient.’

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good

The manager regularly reviews the Statement of Purpose to ensure the home is achieving its aims and objectives; the recent amendments were made to reflect the staff changes. The previous requirement and recommendation have been addressed, the manager ensures all the appropriate agencies are informed of any notifiable events and young people attend all health appointments as required. This further evidences the commitment of the manager to strive for improvement in the home.

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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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