Children's home run by Shyne Together Limited in Rushcliffe

This monitoring visit

A full inspection of this service was undertaken on 13 July 2016. The inspection judgement was inadequate in all judgement areas. Eight requirements and three compliance notices were raised. This monitoring visit has been undertaken to review the actions taken by the provider to improve the home. The registered manager acted quickly and robustly in addressing the shortfalls identified at the last inspection. The registered manager and staff were able to reflect on what had gone wrong and act in a decisive manner to put these matters right, placing the welfare of young people as their priority. The registered manager took sufficient and prompt action to meet the three compliance notices raised. The registered manager has taken steps to ensure that they are now able to identify the educational needs of young people and to meet these needs. There have been improvements in the procedures used when new young people come to live at the home to ensure that appropriate educational

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provision is made. The registered manager seeks assurances from the placing local authorities that young people have acceptable and sufficient education plans in place. The registered manager and staff have acted to ensure that young people resident at the home have appropriate education placements, including college courses. The registered manager has also introduced new, personalised, intervention plans. These plans support staff in identifying clearly the young people’s needs and the steps necessary to meet these needs. Staff are now better at meeting young people’s health needs through the promotion of healthy lifestyles. The registered manager is ensuring that young people receive advice, guidance, and support from health professionals working with the young people. The staff now encourage young people to take greater exercise and to make healthy choices in relation to food, and actively discourage

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smoking. The registered manager has provided the staff with training to improve the use of placement and intervention plans. The registered manager has developed procedures to ensure that there is rigorous tracking of the progress made by young people in relation to their health needs. The registered manager has taken action to meet shortfalls identified under the protection of children standard. Training sessions have taken place with the staff team to address shortfalls in knowledge. An improved risk assessment model has been implemented. Changes to serious incident management and reporting, together with clear guidance for staff when there are serious concerns for a young person’s welfare and safety, have been made. The registered manager has reviewed and updated documentation in relation to young people that go missing from care, to help and improve staff practice in this area. In addition, the manager and staff completed a risk assessment in respect of a

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window restraint. This sufficiently addresses concerns regarding the physical environment. Additionally, the registered manager has now secured full and satisfactory information in respect of each person working at the home, as required by regulation. The registered manager has developed a comprehensive improvement action plan, which sets out how they will meet all the remaining requirements raised at the full inspection. Some requirements remain in place. The progress made by the registered manager and staff in meeting these requirements will be subject to further review at the next full inspection.

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Information about this children's home

This is a privately operated home that can accommodate up to three young people. The home is registered to provide care to young people who may display emotional and/or behavioural difficulties and/or mental health problems. This home is registered with the Care Quality Commission.

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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

13: The leadership and management standard In order to meet the leadership and management standard, the registered person must enable, inspire and lead a culture in relation to the children’s home that (b) promotes children’s welfare. 31/10/2016

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Requirement Due date

14: The care planning standard In order to meet the care planning standard, the registered person must ensure that (1)(a) children receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and (b) have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home. (2)(b) arrangements are in place to (i) ensure the effective induction of each child into the home; and (ii) manage and review the placement of each child in the home. 31/10/2016

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Requirement Due date

Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must ensure that the home is at all times conducted in a manner which is consistent with its statement of purpose. (Regulation 16(5)) 31/10/2016

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that within 48 hours of the use of a measure, the registered person, or a person who is 31/10/2016 authorised by the registered person to do so (‘the authorised person’) has spoken to the user about the measure. (Regulation 35(3)(b)(i)) The registered person must maintain records (‘case records’) for each child which include the information and documents listed in schedule 3 in relation to each child, are kept up to date, and are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36(1)(a)(b)(c)) 31/10/2016

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must review the appropriateness and suitability of the location of the premises used for the purpose of the children's home at least once in each calendar year taking into account the requirement in regulation 12(2)(c) (the protection of children standard). When conducting the review, the registered person must consult, and take into account the views of, each relevant person. (Regulation 46(1)(2)) 31/10/2016

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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. out 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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