Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Rochdale

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged good at the last full inspection. At this interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has sustained effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, the registered manager has resigned her position and secured an internal move within the organisation. A new manager has been recruited and has recently taken up the post. She is aware of her responsibility to apply for registration and has commenced the process. At the time of the inspection, no children were living at the home. The young person had moved from the home to his new placement three weeks prior to the inspection. This transition was very well planned and supported by the staff team, which had provided consistency and support to the young person throughout his placement and the transition process. Staff transported the young person to his new placement and have maintained appropriate levels of contact with the young person, offering ongoing support, without undermining the new placement. This has ensured a smooth transition and supported the young person to move in a

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

planned and thought-out manner, something that the young person had never managed previously. Prior to moving on from the home, the young person had continued to make positive progress, such as maintaining relationships with staff and showing a clear reduction in risk-taking behaviour, in particular threats to self-harm. However, the management team raised their concerns about the young person becoming isolated from his peers, given that he was living in a solo placement, was educated via personal tuition and was refusing to engage in community activities. Following discussion with the young person and the placing authority, the young person’s care plan was reviewed. This resulted in the young person being matched and moved to a small home with peers of his own age, to encourage and support social interaction. As a result of the monitoring of the home and the young person’s individual progress, the management team was able to identify how best to

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

support the young person to continue in his development and enable a smooth transition from the home. A particular strength of the home is the small and consistent staff team, which is well supported by the management team. Staff say that they enjoy working at the home and supporting young people to make progress from their individual starting points. Staff benefit from a supportive management team, which ensures that supervisions, regular training and team meetings provide opportunities to discuss practice and drive improvement in the home. The young person is invited to attend team meetings and consultations with the organisation’s clinical professionals. This is because the young person living at the home is placed at the centre of the home and their views are encouraged and listened to. Following the last inspection, the manager ensured that the whole staff team undertook further safeguarding training. This was to solidify the team members’

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

understanding of the allegation process, in particular of when and how they should notify a senior manager. The management team further supported the staff learning through discussions and a quiz, as part of a team meeting, following their training. This thorough approach supports young people to be kept safe, if they make an allegation, when a manager is not on duty. There have been no further allegations since the last inspection. Consequently, the manager has not yet had to report to HMCI. However, systems and procedures are in place to support this process effectively. The manager has completed the matching process for a new young person to move into the home. She has ensured that the staff have been provided with initial risk assessments and an overview of the presenting behaviour of the new young person. This ensures that when the young person is admitted to the home, there are the appropriate information and strategies in place to support and manage

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

them. Since the last inspection, the manager has ensured that the house is fully furnished, and has replaced any damaged items of furniture quickly. The manager has secured further improvements to the home. For example, a new bath has been installed, areas of the house have been re-decorated and any areas of damage, caused by the previous young person, have been addressed. This means that the new young person moving into the home will be met with a homely and safe environment in which to live. No shortfalls were identified at this inspection.

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Information about this children's home

This service is a privately run children's home. The home provides care and accommodation for one young person who has behavioural and/or emotional difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

08/02/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Recent inspection history

25/02/2015 Interim Improved effectiveness

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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 that 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 whom 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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