Children's home in Stockport

Inspector Guy Mammatt

The home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 12 July 2016. Two compliance notices and nine requirements were issued following this inspection. The responsible individual informed Ofsted that the home would be closing on 8 September 2016 and that the two young people would be moving into new placements before 31 August 2016. Therefore, Ofsted took the decision not to monitor the compliance notices.

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Inspector Guy Mammatt

A monitoring visit was conducted on 2 September 2016 to ensure that both young people had been found suitable placements, that they were being kept safe and that the home was still due to close on 8 September 2106.

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Inspector Guy Mammatt

One young person moved to another children’s home on 15 July 2016. Subsequent to this visit the registered manager confirmed that the other young person moved out of the home on 6 September 2016 as planned.

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Inspector Guy Mammatt

In response to one young person’s unsettled behaviour and risk-taking, the staffing levels were increased, which meant that he always had someone with him. This stopped the young person going missing from staff’s care and reduced the need for restraint.

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Inspector Guy Mammatt

The manager continued to ensure that the young person was supported by a staff team which he was familiar with. She also agreed to provide care for the young person at the home for an extra week, so that staff were able to support him to move into a new home.

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Inspector Guy Mammatt

The requirements and compliance notices were not looked at as part of this monitoring visit. The home will now close on 8 September 2016.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is registered to provide care and accommodation for two children or young people who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is operated by a private company.

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 8 (1)(2)(a)(x)) 27/09/2016

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Requirement Due date

The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on mutual respect and trust, an understanding about acceptable behaviour, and positive responses to other children and adults.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship, de-escalate confrontations with or between children, or potential violent behaviour by children. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c)(2)(a)(xi)) 27/09/2016

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Requirement Due date

13: The leadership and management standard*

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the 10/08/2016 registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that helps children aspire to their full potential, and promotes their welfare. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose, ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child, ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child, ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child, understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home, and use the

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Requirement Due date

monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvement in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(c)(d)(f)(h)

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children’s home. In particular, the registered person must ensure that a record is kept of the administration of medicine to each child. (Regulation 23 (1)(2)(c)) 27/09/2016

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all employees receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience, and have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once a year. (Regulation 33 (1)(4)(b)(c)) 27/09/2016

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if: a child is involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation, an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious, there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there, a child protection enquiry involving a child is instigated or concluded, there is any other incident relating to a child 27/09/2016 which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e))

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Requirement Due date

6: The quality and purpose of care standard

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Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff: provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need in order to live there comfortably, ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to meet the needs of each child, and enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(2)(b)(vii)(c)(i)(ii)) 27/09/2016

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Requirement Due date

The health and well-being standard is that: the health and well-being needs of the children are met, children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being and children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff help each child to take part in activities, and attend any appointments, for the purpose of meeting the child’s health and well-being needs. (Regulation 10 (10)(1)(a)(b)(c)(2)(iii)) 27/09/ 2016

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Requirement Due date

12: The protection of children standard*

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Requirement Due date

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of harm to the child, help each child to understand how to keep safe, have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm, manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other, take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare, and that 10/08/2016 the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1)(2)(a)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)(b))

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home, and have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b)(2)(e)(i)) 27/09/2016

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Requirement Due date

The registered provider must appoint a person to manage the children’s home if there is no registered manager in respect of the home and is not, or does not intend to be, in day-to-day charge of the home. (Regulation 27 (1)(a)(iii)) 10/08/2016

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Requirement Due date

* These requirements were subject to statutory requirement notice.

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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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Information about this inspection

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