Children's home in Chorley

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 sustained effectiveness.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people's progress, experiences and outcomes remain positive since the last inspection. They continue to flourish in all aspects of their development and get involved in home life. They are participating in a wide range of activities and opportunities to build skills and confidence. For example, independence skills, swimming, holidays and forest school. Furthermore, a lodge is being built so that young people can enjoy time relaxing in the large gardens that are surrounded by animals and wild life.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people are central to care planning. Partnership working with all stakeholders is highly effective and ensures that information is shared. This enables each young person’s complex needs, likes and dislikes to be fully understood and exceptionally well met by the staff. This gives confidence to their family members who are complimentary of the service. Young people and their parents have a strong sense of safety regarding their children living here. Complex and extremely challenging behaviours are well managed and analysis work continues to reduce the frequency of physical interventions. Moreover, high staffing levels provides for close supervision and monitoring to keep them safe. Respectful and sensitive relationships between the staff and young people were observed during the inspection. A young person has moved on to an adult placement successfully since the last inspection. This was very well planned and fully included the young person in the

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

decision making process. Additionally, a young person has come to live here, and thorough planning by the staff supported this transition. Information booklets and guides are available in differing formats to explain the routines of the home.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Core teams of staff are implemented around young people to provide continuity of care. This enables the group of staff to fully understand their unique needs and talents and builds trusting relationships. There are new staff to the home and new staff being recruited due to the expansion of the service. Detailed development plans are in place to support this in the future. Monitoring systems are very effective. Independent consultants are invited into the home to review and improve systems, to promote high quality care. The one requirement and two recommendations from the last inspection have been promptly addressed. Namely, the supervision policy has been reviewed and the staff are now receiving quality supervision; appraisals include stakeholder comments and records are accurate and clear.

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Information about this children's home

This is a privately run children’s home. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for six children under short break arrangements and a further 30 children on a permanent basis with learning disabilities. There is an on-site school in the large grounds of the home.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

23/03/2015 CH - 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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