Children's home run by Rosedale Children’s Services Limited in Hertsmere

Unique reference number SC062939 Inspector Pauline Yates Type of inspection Interim Provision subtype Children's home

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Registered person Rosedale Children's Services Limited Registered person address 5th Floor , Metropolitan House 3 Darkes Lane POTTERS BAR Hertfordshire EN6 1AG Responsible individual Mark O'Donnell Registered manager Amira Wilson / Frances Michelle Russell Date of last inspection 27/01/2015 2 of 5 Inspection date 25/03/2015

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Previous inspection outstanding Enforcement action since last inspection none

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This inspection

This home was judged outstanding at the last full inspection. At this interim inspection Ofsted judge that it has sustained effectiveness .

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This inspection

The young people continue to benefit from living at this home and make good progress across a spectrum of measures. They receive high quality individualised care which offers a safe and secure environment. They make significant progress in relation to their social skills and are appropriately offered life enriching experiences which underpin this progress. Since the previous inspection in January 2015 the home has improved the living environment for the young people and satisfied the recommendation that was made. The home continues to provide a comfortable and welcoming home for the young people to live in.

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This inspection

All of the young people have a suitable educational provision and their attendance is extremely high. They are given good support to achieve within their abilities and reach their potential. The young people benefit from a high level of liaison between the staff at the home and their schools. This ensures that behaviour management approaches and progress is shared and their need for predictable routines and consistency is met. The stable staffing team contributes to the young people’s sense of security and enables them to enjoy trusting and predictable relationships.

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This inspection

The individualised care given ensures that the young people rarely experience physical intervention nor are involved in incidents which could lead to this type of intervention. The high staffing levels, commensurate with their vulnerabilities, ensures that young people are not exposed to unnecessary risks or that their behaviour results in harm to themselves. The safeguarding of the young people is a high priority for the staff.

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This inspection

The staff are ambitious for the young people to continuously achieve. Young people are sensitively and appropriately exposed to new challenges that widens their experiences. This ambition is illustrated through the staff promoting the young people’s verbal skills rather than sole reliance upon visual or picture forms of 3 of 5 communication. Through encouragement and reinforcement by the staff some of the young people predominantly use speech to communicate their needs. The success of this approach has led to some of the schools adopting these approaches.

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This inspection

The staff team employ a variety of methods to effectively communicate with the young people and ensure their views and wishes are represented. As a result they experience a wide range of activities suitable to their abilities and interests and this supports their social and emotional development. The young people enjoy a healthy lifestyle through a balanced diet and staff maintaining active liaison with health colleagues. As a result of the improvements in some of the young people’s behavioural responses and reduction in seizures, levels of medication have been successfully reduced.

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This inspection

The young people benefit from the positive relationships that the staff team establish with family members. These relationships support and enhance contact activities which the young people enjoy with their parents and in turn assist to broaden their social experiences. This enhances the young people’s sense of enjoyment and positive identity.

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This inspection

The Registered Manager continues to offer focused and committed care to the young people. She demonstrates good insight into their needs and seeks to improve the care offered. There is a high level of management oversight which ensures that the skills and knowledge base of staff remain relevant and are updated through regular training events and supervision. In addition to this the manager has provided some training to staff in the use of Makaton in order to support some young people’s learning at school. 4 of 5

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Information about this children’s home

The home is run by a private company. It provides care and accommodation for up to three children and young people with learning disabilities, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/01/2015 Full outstanding 19/02/2014 Interim good progress 08/08/2013 Full good 04/03/2013 Interim good progress Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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What inspection judgements mean

At the interim inspections 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

The purpose of this inspection is to assure children and young people, parents, the public, local authorities and government of the quality and standard of the service provided. The 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 relevant regulations and meets the national minimum standards.

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Information about this inspection

The report details the main strengths, any areas for improvement, including any breaches of regulation, and any failure to meet national minimum standards. The judgements included in the report are made against the framework of inspection for children's homes.

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