Children's home run by Hollybank Trust in Kirklees

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

Young people continue to make progress, extending their communication, social, daily living and personal care skills. For example, using switch controls and feeding themselves. Staff demonstrate a clear understanding of young people’s diverse needs that include their specialist health requirements, vulnerabilities and risks to their safety. They implement young people’s support plans to meet their care needs. Along with following young people structured daily routines with due attention, this provides young people with good quality care.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Those young people leaving the home and transferring into adult service have received excellent support. Each young person has benefitted from a carefully, well thought out plan which meets their individual needs. Staff have given considerable attention to make sure that these moves have occurred at the pace most suitable to each young person. Young people have met their new staff teams prior to moving, and visited their new home on a number of occasions before making the final relocation. This has reduced their anxiety levels, allowed each young person time to become more familiar with new staff and adjust to their new home and surroundings. Consequently, young people have experienced successful transitions.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people’s participation in social and leisure activities has increased. For example, they are now taking part in sensory play sessions, baking, relaxing in the hydro pool, going horse riding, cinema visits, football matches and going for walks in the local area. This provides young people with new and varied pursuits, extending their daily life experiences.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff recognise the importance and make every effort to ensure that parents are involved and kept fully informed about their child’s care and progress. A parent said, ‘Staff phone me before and after my daughter’s visits to get an update from me. They tell me how she has been, and what she has been doing. They are very thorough with X health needs and check things out with us. The staff are lovely. X enjoys her stay and indicates she wants to go.’ Some young people keep in touch with their parents by skype, as well as regular visits and phone contact. This ensures young people maintain important family relationships and parents are positively involved and consulted about their care and wellbeing.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager has taken action to implement the previous requirements. The home undertakes suitable recruitment checks, including for agency workers. This ensures that all staff are safe to work with young people. The regulation 44 report now more clearly monitors and gives details on the quality of care provided to young people as stipulated in the regulations.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The service has partially implemented the recommendations made at the last inspection. Planned changes to the garden area to provide easier access for young people is to be actioned in the near future. A proportion of staff have undertaken refresher team-teach training. The remaining staff will receive this training in the coming months. The majority of communal areas and bedrooms of young people who permanently reside at the home are personalised. Plans are in place to individualise the bedrooms for young people accessing the short break service.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff state that the management team are very approachable and supportive. Systems exist which promote good communication. These include daily handovers, daily reports, regular staff meetings and individual supervision. The manager and senior team continue to monitor the service closely. This supports the delivery of good consistent care to young people.

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Information about this children's home

The home is registered and run by a charitable trust. It provides long-term care for up to eight children and young people and there is separate accommodation for up to a further seven children and young people utilising the short breaks service. This is a service for young people with complex health needs and profound learning disabilities, physical disabilities and sensory impairment.

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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):  ensure children are provided with appropriate furniture, such as a lockable cabinet or drawers to securely store items, including any personal information. Children should have separate bedrooms and should not share a bedroom with an adult. It may be appropriate for siblings of the same sex to share. Children should be given a choice about how their personal space is decorated in accordance with regulation 7 (The Guide to the Quality Standards, page 16, paragraph 3.19) In particular, ensure that all areas in the home are personalised, including the bedrooms on the short break floor.  ensure the design of the home includes any necessary adaption to meet the needs of children with disabilities or specific health issues. (The Guide to the Quality Standards, page 17, paragraph 3.24) In particular, that young people

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Recommendations

can access the garden, supporting their independence to access the outside space within a secure outside space.  ensure as set out in the regulations 31-33, the registered person is responsible for maintaining good employment practice. They must ensure that recruitment, supervision and performance management of staff safeguards children and minimises potential risks to them. (The Guide to the Quality Standards, page 61. paragraph 13.1) In particular, ensure that refresher training in team teach continues and is completed and provided going forward at suitable intervals.

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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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