Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Stockport

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 sustained effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person transferred from a multi-bedded home within this company to this solo occupancy home. This decision was made because several professional agreed that she would benefit from a more closely supervised environment. This has proved to be a successful move, as she is progressing across all areas of her life. The young person said, ‘I am very settled and I am doing really well here.’

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person had been out of education for some time prior to coming to this home. She now attends the company school and initially she was supported by staff from the home but no longer requires this. She is doing extremely well and has achieved full attendance. In addition to this, this has given her the opportunity to make new friends as she is placed a good distance away from home. This means that she is enhancing her social skills and having the same opportunities as her peers.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person had some outstanding health concerns before being placed here. Staff have worked hard with her around her understanding of the importance of being healthy and she now attends all health appointments. This means that she has received some outstanding treatments such as having a brace fitted. She is also accepting help around her emotional well-being by engaging with the company’s clinical team and sees a play therapist fortnightly. Staff are encouraging her to eat healthy and as part of this she is attending Zumba and walking staffs dogs. This ensures that her health is steadily improving.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person’s behaviour is slowly improving. There has been two occasions where she has been held for her or others safely. Staff are fully trained to hold people safely and young people are given the opportunity to reflect on these incidents. Because of these good practices the young person has been able to raise an issue over one of these interventions. This incident was formally addressed with the relevant safeguarding parties and robustly monitored within the home. However, on another occasion, whilst the young person was in crisis she made several comments that constitute as an allegation. This was not reported to the relevant safeguarding professionals. On the manager’s return from annual leave and as part of her monitoring within the home, she came across this issue. She quickly took action and informed all the necessary safeguarding people and instigated an internal investigation. This has resulted in staff receiving disciplinary

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

action but more importantly has led to the manager identifying that more training is needed in this area. As part of this, the appointed safeguarding professional of the local authority is attending the next staff meeting to complete some training with staff. These good safeguarding practices ensure that young people remain safe in the home and that they have an opportunity to express their views. However, part of this incident included the young person using a lighter inappropriately. The young person was verbally reprimanded and her lighter was removed until she could show that she could be more mature and responsible with it. But the manager did not update her risk assessment accordingly. This means that the home cannot fully evidence what strategies where put in place, the actions that staff should take, the work undertaken with the young person around being safe or the steps to the young person being able to have it back. This does not

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

ensure that all risks are robustly monitored.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

When sanctions are applied, young people say they are fair. The manager comments on whether the sanction is appropriate and effective. As a result of this, she has been able to identify when a sanction has been too harsh, not relevant to the issue or were a reparation would have brought about a better conclusion. This shows that there is good oversight by the manager and young people are not overly reprimanded.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

An outstanding area of practice is that this young person has not been reported missing from this home. Prior to coming to this home, this was a great concern for all professionals involved in her care. This success is down to a variety of reasons; The home has worked closely with the missing from home co-ordinator from the police to ensure robust risk assessments and reporting protocols are in place; the young person is on two to one supervision but has worked towards having free time within the local community and staff have discussed the safety concerns in depth with her. In addition to this, the home ensured that she had an identified child sexual exploitation worker with whom she could talk. The young person is engaging with the support worker and building up a positive relationship. This ensures that she understands the concerns that adults had for her and that she can keep herself safe.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home has a transparent internal and external complaints procedure in place. The young person has accessed this system and although her complaint is still being investigated, she said she was happy with the process. The young person also has an independent advocate who she can talk to if she has any concerns about her care or the home. There has been one external complaint from a neighbour about music being played loudly of an evening. The manager responded to this quickly and met with the neighbour. Staff discussed this with the young person and agreements where made between all parties about acceptable limits and times. The manager acknowledged the complaint formally in writing and sent a letter of outcome and agreements to the neighbour. These good practices enable the home to maintain good relationships within the community.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

A well-qualified, trained, and supported staff team care for young people. Staff say that supervision is a good forum to discuss practice, personal issues, and development opportunities. They say staff meeting are effective because this gives them an opportunity to discuss any changes in young people’s plans or arrangements, that they are able to raise any issue within a comfortable environment and discuss any changes needed. For example, the Regulation 44 reports are shared within the meeting and ideas and suggestions are discussed around any actions set. Therefore, staff said they are fully involved in the development of the home and can give suggestions on how they can improve.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

At the last inspection the home was asked to ensure that an independent person monitored the quality of care within the home. These visits where being completed by other managers within the company and this did not ensure that the manager receive impartial advice from an independent person. The company has taken steps to employ persons to complete this task but there is not an identified person for this home yet. This has not affected the good outcomes and practices within the home but it has the potential to do so. Therefore, the requirement has been repeated.

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Information about this children's home

This privately run children’s home can accommodate one young person with emotional or behavioural difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

21/01/2015 CH - Interim sustained effectiveness

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Statutory Requirements

This section sets out the actions which must be taken so that the registered person/s meets the Care Standards Act 2000, Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards. The registered person(s) must comply with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

44: Independent person: visits and reports

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that an independent person visits the children's home at least once each month. (Regulation 44 (1)). 31/03/2016

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further the service should take account of the following recommendation(s):  Staff should continually and actively assess the risks to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them. This must include details of the steps the home will take to manage any assessed risks on a day to day basis. (The Guide to the Quality Standards page 42, paragraph 9.5)

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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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