Children's home in Lambeth

This monitoring visit

The home was unoccupied at 11.40am and did not appear to be in use as a children’s home. The neighbouring children’s home was also empty and did not appear to be occupied. The bins outside were empty. Both homes had tidy spaces outside, including a well-tended small garden at this setting. At 11.58am, the responsible person answered a call requesting admittance to the home. He agreed to call back which he did at 12.28pm. A member of staff from the maintenance team attended the buildings and gave full access to all areas. The home is not in use as a children’s home and the registered provider has not breached the restriction of accommodation. The registered provider has ensured that the home remains suitable to accommodate children. There are some minor repairs required, which the maintenance team is working on. There have been no recent visits by an independent person to inspect the premises as required. The last independent visitor report received by Ofsted was for a visit

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on 3 March 2016. The visitor did not enter the home and could not comment on whether the home remained fit to accommodate children. The responsible individual said that he has employed a new independent visitor to conduct home visits. The registered provider has not ensured that an independent person visits the home at least monthly. Due to the home having no children on roll and there being no care staff present, it was not possible to check progress on most requirements and recommendations set at the last inspection. The registered provider has not evidenced any progress to address the serious concerns raised at the last inspection.

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Information about this children's home

This children's home may provide care and accommodation for up to four children with emotional or behavioural difficulties. A private organisation, which has five other children's homes in the local area, owns and manages the home.

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that must be taken so that the registered persons meet 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 persons must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that an independent person visits the children’s home at least once each month. (Regulation 44(1)) 28/07/2016

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken and the progress made by the children's home since its last Ofsted inspection. This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. in 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 this guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234 or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk .

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