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children and young people since the most recent full inspection. This home was judged outstanding at the full inspection. At this interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has sustained effectiveness . Generally, young people who have been in this home for considerable amounts of time make outstanding progress in all aspects of their care and support. Engagement with the manager and staff largely depends on their ability to form attachments, so that they can begin to address issues and then make progress. This is not the case for all young people. Some find the process very difficult and as a result do not benefit from the excellent service that this home has to offer them. A great deal of thought and effort goes into trying to engage young people in all aspects of their plans, for example trying to reduce periods of young people being missing from the home. This can be problematic with young people placed a long

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The effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of

way from home who miss their friends and family. Even when visits are organised, young people can find this plan difficult to work towards and can go missing as a result and are usually located in their respective local authority. Staff are working hard with education providers on an incentivised plan and similarly so with the young person on an incentivised activity plan to encourage engagement within the home and the wider community. Discussions are held to determine how effective the service is for individual young people, for example where little progress is being made and their behaviour negatively impacts upon other young people. One young person was not happy about a decision that had been made. Despite all of the information in the home about how to make a complaint, which is also covered in young people’s admission to the home, the young person said that he was not aware of how to do so. The manager has agreed to access an

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independent advocate to represent the young person. Independent visits to the home have improved with the manager finding the reports about areas of development helpful in moving the service forward. There was one shortfall identified at this inspection in regard to an incident that was not highlighted by the independent visitor. This was brought to the attention of the manager who agreed to take immediate remedial action. The manager also monitors the home regularly and this is mainly very good. However, the shortfall was not highlighted in this monitoring either and as a result, room for improvement is identified. Staff and the manager work very effectively in partnership with others and this mainly works extremely well for the young people who manage to engage with the excellent services on offer. Examples of these are with the local police, safeguarding, education providers, social workers and parents, wherever possible.

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One recommendation to review the statement of purpose document at the time of the last inspection has been partially addressed. The responsible person and the registered manager have begun consultations on the best way to replace some of the professional language to make the document more accessible.

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Information about this children's home

The home is privately owned and provides care and accommodation for three young people with emotional and 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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Recent inspection history

03/02/2015 CH – 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:  Ensure that the Statement of Purpose is kept under review, in particular making it accessible to those outside of the social work profession, for example, some parents (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations’, page 13, paragraph 3.5).

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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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