Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Derbyshire

Good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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The children’s home’s provision is good because:

 The home is providing a good service to children and young people. There are some aspects of the care provided, particularly in relation to the progress and experience of children and young people, which are very good.  Children and young people have access to specialist therapeutic support when they need it. The in-house clinical team provides direct support to those at the home, enabling staff to provide high-quality care.  Children and young people experience placement stability and positive relationships with staff. Committed and skilled staff ensure that children and young people are supported to make secure attachments, providing the right environment for therapeutic help.  From their starting points, children and young people make significant progress in all areas of their lives.  Children and young people are engaged in education. This is tailored to their individual needs and is subject to regular review. Staff are aspirational for

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The children’s home’s provision is good because:

children and young people and advocate on their behalf.  Transitions for children and young people are exceptionally well planned and are supported by individualised, high-quality key work sessions and care planning.  Staff protect children and young people well. Behaviour management plans and risk assessments are reviewed regularly and staff follow robust procedures when safeguarding situations arise.  Children and young people are encouraged to contribute actively to the running of the home and they have a say in how the home is managed. Staff clearly take on board their ideas and views.  The home is run by an aspirational manager who promotes child-centred, innovative practice. Core staff have a sound understanding of attachment theory and this becomes embedded for new staff through regular team around the child meetings and consultations.

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home provides long-term care and therapy for up to five children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The registered provider is a private company, operating a range of children’s homes across the country.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

15/02/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness

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Good

This home provides therapeutic, nurturing care to children and young people. Staff are supported to deliver this care through the provision of an in-house clinical team, through both consultation with staff and through direct work with children and young people. The clinical team has good oversight of the day-to-day activities and helps staff to recognise and respond to children’s and young people’s potential triggers for harmful behaviour. Over time, children and young people develop increased emotional resilience, and improved strategies to regulate their emotions.

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Good

Children and young people enjoy very stable and secure placements. They form positive relationships with staff and benefit from very consistent care. Staff manage harmful or challenging behaviour skilfully and they strive to promote trust and acceptance.

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Good

From their starting points, children and young people make significant improvements in all areas of their lives. They develop in confidence and self- esteem, with particular focus on managing feelings that can sabotage future attachments and future opportunities.

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Good

Children and young people are in education and making steady progress. Staff proactively support their education and keep plans under review to overcome any barriers to learning and participation. The routine of education is valued. Children and young people are encouraged to engage in extra-curricular activities, including community events.

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Good

Core health needs are met, with children and young people being encouraged to attend health-related appointments in a timely manner.

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Good

Staff advocate for children and young people and work positively with other agencies to promote good outcomes. Staff use evidence-based practice to develop care plans, behaviour management plans and risk assessments.

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Good

Transitions are managed exceptionally well. Children and young people benefit from high-quality, creative, direct work as part of preparation for transitions. Two young people have recently moved on from the home and made successful transitions to foster placements. The quality of the work to prepare these young people for these moves is outstanding, and maximises their chances of making successful transitions. Staff are less experienced in transitions to adulthood, focusing on firm foundations for transition to new carers rather than independence. This reflects the attachment-based work that the home specialises in.

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Good

Placement matching at this home considers the needs of the child or young person coming into the home, as well as considering the needs of the children and young people already settled. Staff use the clinical team to support impact assessments, and demonstrate a sound understanding of children’s and young people’s needs.

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Good

Children and young people living in the home are encouraged to take an active role in the running of the home. Their ideas and comments are clearly captured, and are considered regularly by the staff team.

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Good

Staff protect children and young people well. Behaviour management plans are reviewed regularly and reflect changing needs and risks. Staff know the children well and can anticipate changes in behaviour or potential triggers for harmful behaviour. Support from the in-house clinical team enables staff to understand children’s and young people’s behaviour, promoting consistent boundaries and expectations.

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Good

Team around the child meetings take place fortnightly and include the clinical team. These meetings provide an opportunity to discuss the children’s and young people’s individual needs, risks and strengths. Staff proactively plan their interventions to reduce risk and manage behaviour positively. Referrals are made to other agencies when needed.

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Good

Children and young people become increasingly safe while living in the home. Self- injurious behaviour reduces, as does missing from care and associated risks.

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Good

Staff follow robust procedures when safeguarding situations arise. An example of this is missing from care, where staff have responded promptly to safeguard children and young people, engaging with appropriate professionals to ensure the child’s or young person’s safe return.

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Good

When staff use physical intervention to manage behaviour, the paperwork that follows is comprehensively completed. The child or young person involved actively participates in a review of the incident, as does the member of staff. This enables learning to take place for everyone involved and is an opportunity to manage challenging situations differently in the future. The use of physical intervention is infrequent, occasionally peaking at times of anxiety for children and young people. Conflict between children and young people is managed well. Staff have received training in recognising and responding to bullying behaviour and have improved their understanding of this.

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Good

The home environment is safe, and is supported by a robust safe area assessment. Staff have incorporated the particular vulnerabilities of the children and young people in the home into the safe area assessment, resulting in a meaningful assessment of the potential risks posed within the community.

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Good

Children and young people have limited access to the internet. Staff supervise internet use and ensure that children and young people use the internet in communal areas rather than in bedrooms. Staff educate children and young people to access the internet safely, aware that the internet might be accessed away from the home without supervision.

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Good

The registered manager is suitably qualified and experienced. He has managed the home for a number of years. He has created a welcoming home with a stable staff team and a calm environment for children and young people.

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Good

The manager is aspirational and is eager to promote child-centred, innovative practice. Core staff have a sound understanding of attachment theory and this clearly underpins the ethos of the home. Training around attachment is available for staff and also becomes embedded for new staff through regular team around the child meetings and consultations.

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Good

The manager seeks to make continuous improvements to the home and to the way that things are done. An example of this is consultation documents, and efforts to make them accessible and interesting for children and young people, and elicit meaningful information from this consultation to drive positive outcomes.

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Good

Monitoring systems are well developed and the manager reports on the home with transparency, evaluation and reflection. Work with other agencies and professionals is positive and constructive. Children and young people benefit from being cared for by consistent staff who are appropriately trained and supported. The recruitment and retention of staff has been positive, with staff finding the work rewarding. Professionals recognise the positive relationships that staff foster in the home, with an independent reviewing officer referring to one young person’s key worker as ‘excellent’ and ‘knowing and understanding the young person completely’. This understanding of children and young people enables staff to advocate well for them, challenging other professionals or agencies when needed.

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Good

Staff receive effective training, which enables them to meet the individual and complex needs of children and young people in their care. Staff clearly work as a team and this promotes consistency. Supervision takes place regularly and provides appropriate support and challenge. Currently, the manager supervises all staff, which has an impact upon the manager’s capacity to do other things, or risks delay in supervision notes being signed and filed. Case records are well maintained and reflect the children and young people as unique and individual.

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Good

The statement of purpose is kept under review and reflects the work of the home. The manager leads by example. He strives to ensure that all staff are ambitious for children and young people and that they work collaboratively to achieve their best possible outcomes.

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What the inspection judgements mean

The experiences and progress of children and young people are at the centre of the inspection. Inspectors will use their professional judgement to determine the weight and significance of their findings in this respect. The judgements included in the report are made against ‘Inspection of children’s homes: framework for inspection’.

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What the inspection judgements mean

An outstanding children’s home provides highly effective services that contribute to significantly improved outcomes for children and young people who need help and protection and care. Their progress exceeds expectations and is sustained over time. A good children’s home provides effective services that help, protect and care for children and young people and have their welfare safeguarded and promoted. In a children’s home that requires improvement , there are no widespread or serious failures that create or leave children being harmed or at risk of harm. The welfare of children looked after is safeguarded and promoted. Minimum requirements are in place. However, the children’s home is not yet delivering good protection, help and care for children and young people. A children’s home that is inadequate is providing services where there are widespread or serious failures that create or leave children and young people being

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What the inspection judgements mean

harmed or at risk of harm or result in children looked after not having their welfare safeguarded and promoted.

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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 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

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Information about this inspection

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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Information about this inspection

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Information about this inspection

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