Children's home run by Carehome Limited in Liverpool

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 children continue to make very significant progress across all aspects of their development, in particular, with their education, life skills, emotional well-being, and understanding their past. This safe, loving, and nurturing home provides them with extremely positive and enriching experiences. They receive an exceptionally high quality of care that is meeting their individual needs and makes an important difference to their lives. The manager and staff’s strong safeguarding practice protected from bullying, aggression, abuse and exploitation. They feel safe and loved, and are always treated with dignity and respect. They know that staff listen to their worries and take them seriously. They enjoy trusting and supportive relationships with the staff. The staff’s excellent communication skills and personal qualities that enable them to get along well with the children and build meaningful relationships with

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

new children. A social worker report shows that a child who moved in recently is ‘happy and has settled well.’ They provide children with fair and consistent boundaries so that they know what is expected of them, how they will be treated and feel safe. The quality of these positive relationships helps children manage their strong and confusing emotions constructively. Since the last inspection some children have been finding out about their families and the reasons they no longer live together. The staff are sensitively helping them make sense of what happened and chance to talk about how it makes them feel. These children are showing remarkable emotional resilience and maturity, even when they hear upsetting or painful things, and continue to do well in every aspect of their lives. The staff’s calm and reassuring approach is really working for them. The manager and staff know the children exceptionally well and have high

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

aspirations for every child, regardless of the complexity of their needs and the challenges they face, to be happy and achieve their potential. They ensure that children get the best possible personalised support at the right time to help them overcome obstacles to their development. Working with a child’s school to slightly change the time he arrives school in the morning has had a significant positive impact. He is no longer being bullied and is much happier in school, as a result he is not getting into trouble and achieving more. He has been awarded the pupil of the week and the month, and completed level 5 in swimming. The staff are also working effectively with another child’s school to identify the full range of his needs and the additional support he requires to get a full education. The staff work creatively with the children to help them understand about healthy lifestyles and social responsibilities. Children and staff are working off their Easter Eggs by

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

completing a pedometer challenge of walking 10 000 steps before the end of the school holidays. They are being sponsored with the money raised going to a charity chosen by the children. Older children continuously make very positive progress getting ready for adult life. The staff have worked closely together with an older child to carefully work out how best to support her to help her to become more independence. They have achieved a good balance of providing on-going nurturing support and opportunities for her to become more confident and self-sufficient without feeling too overwhelmed. She has strong life skills, including shopping, cooking, house work and managing money, but staff still help her with jobs around the house and cook some meals as reasonable parents do for older children. As well as showing excellent practical skills, she is resilient and has a mature attitude towards her college work. She is doing very well and recently enjoyed a busy trip to Barcelona

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

as part of her course. She has a clear and achievable plan for her future. The manager and staff’s consistent and well-informed approach helps children manage their feelings. Staff help them to understand and identify their feelings, talk about what happened when they feel angry and upset, and think about what they can do when they feel; this way. This has led to a notable reduction in aggressive behaviour promotes positive behaviour and situations where staff held children to prevent them from hurting themselves. Their practice is underpinned by their detailed knowledge of attachment theory and understand the importance of building trusting relationships in a warm and consistent environment. The effective use of positive rewards helps children to make significant progress in all aspects of their lives, including their personal care, managing their feelings and behaviour. They also help the children understand get along with other people, develop the

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

skills to make friends, and understanding about friendships, including using social media safely. They also ensure children receive the support and guidance they need from established links with specialist mental health and safeguarding services. The staff team is a strong, stable, highly skilled, experienced and cohesive group. They are extremely well-supported by a highly effective management team. The staff are supported and guided. The leaders and managers have an extremely detailed understanding of the strengths of the home and the areas for development. They accurately measure the effectiveness of the home’s impact on children’s lives and use this information to improve the quality of care. An independent visitor provides rigorous and impartial scrutiny of the running of the home and how effectively children’s welfare is promoted and safeguarded. Comprehensive and reflective children’s records provide a clear picture of their

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

progress, experience and difficulties managing their feelings over time. The manager and staff use this information to build a detailed understanding of child’s life, identify the help and support they need and inform the plans for their future. The information also enables the manager and staff to see how their work has had a positive impact and is making a meaningful difference to children’s lives.

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Information about this children's home

This private children's home provides care for children with emotional behavioural difficulties, learning disabilities, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. It accommodates up to four children in the main house. In addition, a satellite house provides accommodation for up to two older children who are preparing for independence.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

29/01/2015 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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