Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged Outstanding 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

The manager and staff continue to offer young people an excellent standard of care. As a result, young people continue to thrive and make really good progress. A number of things have gone well for young people since the last inspection. They have maintained excellent attendance at school and continue to do well there. An independent reviewing officer noted that one young person 'is making secure educational progress.' Where things have not gone well, partnership working has been effective in quickly securing an alternative educational provision. Social workers feel that work with young people's family continues to be a real strength of this home. In one example, intensive work is being undertaken with a young person and their family as part of eventual rehabilitation home. This is progressing successfully and again, exemplifies strong partnership working with the family, the placing authority and clinical team to achieve this. Better

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

quality of contact with family has been an area of improvement for all young people; some spent Christmas with their families for the first time in several years. Young people continue to lead very busy lives outside of the school day. One young person has discovered a new leisure pursuit in ice-skating, another has applied for his provisional motorcycle licence. One young person has been chosen for the school running team. The focus on enabling young people to engage in a range of activities and enjoy themselves has a positive effect on their emotional health. This is seen in the way they are able to maintain friendships, and also on the impact on their physical health, with some young people losing weight and becoming fitter. Planning for independence is underway for those approaching adulthood. Young people have made their own assessment of what they need as they make this transition. Their progress in this respect is regularly monitored and support

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

adjusted according to their changing needs and abilities. Clear, decisive leadership and teamwork has ensured that young people continue to be safe. As with many teenagers, they occasionally challenge the boundaries set for them, but not with any serious consequences. Staff are skilled at defusing and de-escalating situations; they do not need to use physical restraint and are more likely to be rewarding young people for their positive behaviour. Missing from home incidents are extremely rare and no one is exposed to the risk of exploitation. The home is good at managing the risks that young people need to negotiate as part of growing up, but alert to those situations where risk may develop into harm. Bullying is not a problem at the home, although the dangers and unpleasantness of this has been explored by young people in their resident's meetings. Social workers continue to rate the home very highly. They commented positively

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

on the 'excellent' quality of communication provided by the home on young people's progress and development. One social worker commented, 'I am in daily contact with the manager; she always works in X's best interests.' Another described the home as, 'absolutely fabulous’ and says, ‘In a relatively short space of time my young person has made immense progress and continues to make progress.' The manager continues to be proactive in ensuring staff broaden their knowledge and keep their practice up to date. For example, staff have undertaken training on radicalisation and female genital mutilation. Two members of staff have recently completed their vocational qualifications and all have had refresher training on restraints. The manager and her deputy have completed a course on safer recruitment. This breadth of training demonstrates the provider's commitment to continually invest in the workforce to ensure practice is safe and benefits young

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

people. The manager undertakes several monitoring activities on a weekly and monthly basis. This helps to build up a holistic view of young people's progress, the targets that are yet to be achieved and the improvements that need to be made. Supplemented by the independent visitor's report, this gives the manager a clear oversight of the operation of the home. A recommendation to improve the six-monthly monitoring is carried over to the next inspection, as this is still work in progress and so cannot be judged at this time.

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Information about this children's home

This is a private children's home. It is registered for eight children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

24/02/2015 Interim sustained effectiveness

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further the service should take account of the following recommendation(s):  The registered person should undertake a review that focuses on the quality of the care provided by the home, the experiences of children living there and the impact the care is having on outcomes and improvements for the children. (The Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, page 64 paragraph 15.2) Specifically improve the content and evaluation of the report.

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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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