Children's Home run by Partners in Care Limited in Westmorland and Furness

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 improved effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young people at this home continue to benefit from an exceptionally high level of care and therefore continue to make good progress across all areas of welfare and development. The care they receive is delivered by a highly skilled and sensitive staff team which offers them practical and emotional support, enabling them to thrive. The relationships in this home are based on trust, positivity and helping young people to take responsibility and become accountable for their own behaviour and actions. This helps them to feel in control of their lives, and they make fantastic progress with their ability to self-regulate, make positive choices and improve their self-esteem.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

All of the young people in the home attend full-time education, where they are well integrated and engage well with their curriculum. They enjoy attending school and college, and are encouraged to bring their friends to the home for tea, where the staff provide a friendly and welcoming environment. Young people are also encouraged to socialise with their friends, and their free time extends as they gradually evidence that they can be trusted. One young person has been appointed as student ambassador at her educational provision, which shows the high esteem she is held in by tutors and fellow students.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Effective and carefully planned support is offered to young people who have experienced trauma. Advice is taken from a psychologist as to how best to support the young people in the home to deal with their complex issues, and make sense of the events that have occurred in their lives and their current feelings. Young people are not pushed into engaging in therapy when they are not ready for this, but it is available should they decide that they are.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Key worker sessions are highly developed and show that young people both invest in their key worker relationships and actively share their wishes and feelings. This ensures that they feel listened to and that their views are understood. Young people are given realistic small targets to work towards, and these feed into larger goals over time. They are rewarded for achieving their targets and can see the progress they make, and are therefore invested in continuing that progress towards their bigger goals.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people are supported to have appropriate family contact and with their social workers, this is developed and extended. Young people feel pride in their developing abilities to manage themselves during contact in their home areas. One young person has been nominated for a ‘fantastic, amazing, brilliant award’ (FAB) by his placing authority, to celebrate his achievements.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

There continue to be a small number of missing from home episodes, which are well managed by the home in partnership with other agencies. Young people are encouraged to contribute to making decisions about the consequences of their actions, when they have been missing from home, which helps them take responsibility for their actions. Other risks to young people in the home are extremely well managed, and their risk assessments show these to be reducing. There are a very small number of physical interventions with one young person. These have been to prevent staff or young people from becoming injured, and have been appropriate to the situation and are well recorded. Managers have identified further training for staff in respect of recording antecedents to physical interventions, to enable a clearer understanding of the triggers and build-up to incidents. A number of staff members have taken on a ‘champion’ role for various

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

areas such as child sexual exploitation and e-safety. This results in the young people having a very good awareness of issues which may affect them, of how to keep themselves safe and how to recognise signs that others may be victims.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home continues to work very well with its partner agencies, with highly positive feedback recorded from a number of agencies via feedback forms. This ensures that young people receive a coordinated package of support that meets their needs across all areas.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Internal monitoring is of a very high quality, and its breadth and depth serve to highlight strengths and identify any areas for improvement. Managers in the home continue to develop recording, report writing and assessment of young people. Some concerns about the quality of external monitoring have been identified and addressed, resulting in plans for an alternative independent visitor to be recruited, although this is in progress and one is not yet in place.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

There were no requirements and no recommendations made at the last full inspection, and no areas for improvement have been identified at this interim inspection. The home continues to offer a rare level of sophisticated care to the resident young people, and this significantly contributes to the great progress they make.

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Information about this children's home

A private organisation operates this children’s home. This service is registered for up to three children and young people aged between eight and 17 years of age. The home cares for 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

30/03/2015 Interim Improved 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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