Children's Home run by North East Lincolnshire Council in North East Lincolnshire

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 improved effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

All of the requirements and the recommendation raised at the previous inspection have been fully met. This demonstrates the manager’s, and the homes’ capacity to improve. No breaches of regulation were identified at this inspection. The new behaviour management policy ensures that consistent measures of control, discipline and restraint are implemented where necessary. More careful monitoring of incidents ensures that the cumulative effects of any negative behaviours are identified and addressed. As a result, the regulator has been kept appropriately informed. In addition, further strategy meetings with partner agencies were arranged to identify a more suitable provision for one young person. Young people are safeguarded by these measures. Following the local authority’s re-structure, young people further benefit from higher staffing levels and a consistent staff team. All staff have now received training on lone working. Careful planning of young people’s vulnerabilities and

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

requirements ensure that their needs are safely met. A staff member said, ‘I really enjoyed the lone working training. It made me think.’ In addition, the manager and staff were extremely positive about the recent implementation of restorative practice and the signs of safety model. The consistent application of these processes promote young people’s well-being and self-confidence. This in turn inspires them to use positive communication methods while they are developing life and social skills. The manager said, ‘It’s all included in the restorative practice. It’s about empowering people and you find the seniors are doing it with the care officers. It’s about challenging people, like we are pushing the child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to get the best for (Name). Using the signs of safety for staff, it sounds simplistic, its three questions, but it works.’ There has been a complete change in young people resident in the home since the

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

last inspection. Careful planning enabled the young people who moved on to do so confidently to their next placements. This included intensive preparation to allow a young person to be placed with the foster carer he was anxious to live with. These moves promote young people’s life choices and opportunities for success. A foster carer reported, ‘Staff did a wonderful job, I was impressed. The care was absolutely fabulous.’ The current resident is thriving within the nurturing, structured care she receives. Excellent care plans are carefully monitored demonstrating the consistent progress she is making. She has had 100% attendance at a local school since being placed in the home. She is thoroughly enjoying a positive social life, including having a friend stay for a ‘sleep-over’, as she would in a family home. The young person said, ‘This is the happiest I’ve been, all of my friends live here (on this estate) and

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

they come and visit. I can’t think of anything bad about here.’ All of the staff are trained in understanding the risks young people face when missing from the home, including those posed by child sexual exploitation. Effective partnership working and careful adherence to locally agreed missing person protocols ensure that young people are safeguarded. There have not been any missing episodes. Following the last inspection there was an increase in the number of physical interventions. These all involved the same young person, who is no longer resident in the home. They were managed appropriately with careful recording of each episode, ensuring that the young person was protected. The same young person also received a number of sanctions. These allowed her to learn from the consequences of her actions, promoting an improvement in behaviours prior to her move. The current young person is responding extremely well to the care she receives

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

and has built warm, trusting relationships with staff. As a result, she is learning the benefits of behaving in a positive manner and learning more appropriate ways of expressing any frustrations or disappointments. Consequently, she has not received any negative sanctions or needed to be restrained. The young person said, ‘I absolutely love it here, I’m really happy. ‘

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Information about this children's home

This home is operated by a local authority. It is registered to care for up to two young people, who may have a learning disability.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

10/03/2015 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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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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