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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged Requires improvement 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 registered manager has met all of the requirements made at the last full inspection. One young person has left the home since the last inspection, following a successful transition and three young people have been admitted. There has been a vast increase in both missing and young people being away from placement since the last inspection. For the most recent month of March, one young person was only resident at the home for 50% of the time, one young person for 20% and another young person only attended the home once in the month, but did not stay overnight. Due to these events of both missing and absent, some young people are not appropriately protected and are highly vulnerable to sexual exploitation, physical and emotional harm. These risks are recognised by the registered manager and have been sufficiently escalated with the local authority. Missing episodes are well managed by staff, when young people leave the home

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

without staff consent, staff routinely follow missing from care procedures and work collaboratively with partner agencies. Staff actively search for young period during missing periods. Return from care interviews are consistently available to young people. Staff feel that partnership working with the police could be enhanced, staff are often disappointed in the consistency of the response they receive in respect of missing episodes. The majority of young people are not sufficiently engaging in education due to being either missing or absent from the home. However, there has been a development in the way that staff promote education. Staff continuously try to engage young people in structured education within the home when they are present. It is significant to note that one young person is engaging well with staff and is due to start college next month. There are now clear incentive plans in place which staff put together with young people to encourage them to engage in

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

education. Staff continue to use de-escalation techniques to try to manage young people’s behaviours when they are distressed and physical interventions are rare. Some young people at the home are dependent on cannabis. The development of partnership with drug and alcohol support agencies working means that young people can if willing receive the input from professionals that they need. Specialist services and home staff are flexible in their approach to direct work, they will utilise opportunities to engage young people when they are at home. This supports young people’s wellbeing. The registered manager is committed to improving the home. He has worked hard to meet the requirements from the last inspection. A clear development plan has been devised and improvements have been made to the maintenance and décor of the home; this has made it look and feel more like a home. During the inspection fire extinguishers were found to be stored within two locked rooms. This prevents

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

timely access to fire equipment and consequently increases risk. Developments in the monitoring of the quality of care and practice of staff means that young people’s progress can be tracked. The outcomes for young people are now specifically reviewed. A new system has been devised for tracking the individual progress of young people. This system enables the registered manager to explore the individual risks that young people are exposed to, and determine if each young person is making measurable progress as a consequence of their placement.

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Information about this children's home

The home is privately owned and may provide care and accommodation for up to four young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties for single gender occupancy only.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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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

5: Engaging with the wider system to ensure children's needs are met

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Requirement Due date

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must ensure with specific reference the support accessed from local police provision around missing episodes, that staff-

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Requirement Due date

(b) seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child's needs; 29/04/2016

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Requirement Due date

After consultation with the fire and rescue authority, the registered person must take adequate precautions against the risk of fire, including the provision of suitable fire equipment in the children’s home; make arrangements for persons working at the home to receive suitable training in fire prevention. (Regulation 25(1(a)(c)) 08/04/2016 

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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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Information about this inspection

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Information about this inspection

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Information about this inspection

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