Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Birmingham

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

Since the last inspection, the registered manager and staff have continued to provide good quality and consistent care to young people.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Two young people have moved into the home since the last inspection. The home no longer provides care for young people on remand. Assessments around the matching of young people continue to be robust. As new risk taking behaviours emerge these assessment are routinely reviewed in the best interests all young people.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff continue to promote young people’s education. Whilst some young people’s attendance and engagement within college is excellent; some young people have struggled to engage. Staff are proactive in working with colleges to try to provide the support that young people may need to re-engage. Staff work in partnership with educational agencies to provide young people with careers options for the future.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people continue to receive good quality individualised care. Staff continue to support young people extremely well with their behaviour. They quickly develop positive relationships with staff, and these underpin effective working. Clear and updated risk assessments and behaviour management plans identify young people’s trigger points. Appropriate rewards and incentives help them maintain positive behaviour. Young people learn to self-regulate their behaviour and begin to understand societal expectations of their conduct. As a result, there have not been any physical interventions or significant incidents of aggression or violence in the home since the last inspection.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

For those young people where English is not their first language staff are creative in their communication, they use internet translation and pictures to support communication. However, for these young people opportunities for meaningful direct work are limited due to a lack of consistent resources made available from interpretation services. Staff continue to promote young people’s safety. Since the last inspection, there has been an increase in risk taking incidents for some young people, such as going missing and substance misuse. Staff continue to be proactive in managing occasions when young people go missing. For example, staff look for young people if they do not return. Staff have established and have positive relationships with the local police team and there is effective partnership working to manage young people’s risks. Young people do not consistently have return interviews after they have been missing. This therefore limits the opportunity to incorporate any

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

relevant information from them into young people’s risk management plans.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager and team manager continue to lead a motivated and very committed staff team. The registered manager effectively uses the recommendations made from the independent visitor reports to make improvements. Since the last inspection new system has been devised for tracking the individual process of young people. This is achieved through robust monitoring by the registered manager. This system ensures the young people are not only safe, but are making measurable progress as a consequence of their placement.

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Information about this children's home

This home is owned and managed by a private organisation. The service operates in partnership with a Local Authority to provide remand services for young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

05/02/2015 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

7: The children's views, wishes and feelings standard

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Requirement Due date

In order to meet the children's views, wishes and feelings standard the registered person must ensure that children receive care from staff who, with particular reference providing an interpreter for key working sessions

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Requirement Due date

(2) (ii) help each child to express views, wishes and feelings. 14/04/2016

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further the service should take account of the following recommendation(s):

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Recommendations

 Ensure that when a child returns to the home after being missing from care or away from the home without permission, the responsible local authority must provide an opportunity for the child to have an independent return home interview. Homes should take account of information provided by such interviews when assessing risks and putting arrangements in place to protect each child. (The Guide to the Quality Standards, Page 45, Paragraph 9.30)

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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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