Children's home run by Leeds City Council in Leeds

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The children's home provides highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the home contribute to significantly improved outcomes for children and young people who need help, protection and care.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 Children and young people make excellent progress in all areas of their development.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 This service operates using a completely child-centred approach.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 Children and young people are provided with the skills and knowledge to keep themselves safe.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 Children and young people develop coping strategies to help them regulate their own emotions and behaviour.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 Excellent partnership working with families helps to create consistent approaches to support children and young people to successfully transition back into a family home.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 Staff are extremely well supported through a range of supervision sessions.

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The children's home provision is outstanding because:

 Staff receive a wide range of training opportunities which include specialist approaches to supporting children and young people’s very complex needs.

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Information about this children's home

This local authority children’s home is registered to accommodate four children and young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 30/09/2015 Full Good 10/12/2015 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Outstanding

This service delivers a very measured and timely approach to children and young people’s care. Staff are successful in helping individuals to achieve realistic goals. Bespoke plans target each individual and their family's specific needs. Consequently, children and young people acquire the essential skills they need to manage their own behaviour, independence and safety.

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Outstanding

Children and young people’s views are at the centre of their plans. This promotes a sense of value and respect. As a result of the work undertaken, children and young people are able to reflect on their achievements and evaluate their own experiences.

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Outstanding

Children and young people enjoy stable and trusting relationships with staff. Through these bonds, they share their feelings and are able to progress towards understand their emotions for the first time. This helps them to learn their own coping strategies, which assists them as they transition to the next stage of their life.

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Outstanding

Children and young people’s health is highly prioritised. Staff support children and young people to attend all medical appointments, both specialist and routine. Children and young people benefit from staff support and education around the dangers of smoking and substance misuse. As a result, their use of such substances is reducing and they are working towards stopping completely. This is improving their health.

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Outstanding

Children and young people’s education attendance improves as a result of living in this home. Some children and young people start to enjoy their educational experiences. One young person commented in their plan: `I like my new school and the kids are alright too. I’m going to ask if I can do full days next week.’ Staff are dedicated to supporting them in every way possible to progress. This will improve their employment opportunities in the future.

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Outstanding

Children and young people are prepared well for independence. They learn skills such as budgeting, shopping, cleaning and time management. This prepares them well for their transition to later life.

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Outstanding

Children and young people enjoy a wide range of activities. They experience camping holidays, pamper sessions, bike riding and meals out. Through these events, they develop their social confidence and broaden their life experiences. Judgement grade

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Outstanding

Staff work hard to help children and young people regulate their own emotions and behaviour. Tailored packages of work help children and young people to understand their feelings. Staff are dedicated to working with children and young people to find personal coping strategies which work for them. Consequently, children and young people are developing skills which help them manage their behaviour positively when they leave this home.

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Outstanding

Staff successfully use a range of specialist techniques to help children and young people through difficult times. Physical intervention is a last resort and only for short periods of time. Consistent boundaries ensure that children and young people understand expectations. As a result, their behaviour significantly improves.

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Outstanding

Children and young people learn how to keep themselves safe. Staff manage children and young people’s risks effectively, while still ensuring they access a range of opportunities. This helps them develop to their maximum potential. One young person was positive about his skills sessions and told the external visitor that the sessions had taught him useful things.

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Outstanding

Staff consistently follow missing from home protocols. This helps them to locate children and young people as quickly as possible. This early intervention helps to keep children and young people safe. Staff are knowledgeable about the risks associated with children and young people going missing, such as child sexual exploitation. Staff provide children and young people with information about healthy and abusive relationships. This provides children and young people with knowledge and guidance to help them make better relationship choices. Consequently, children’s risks reduce and they understand the importance of coming home. One young person commented in their plan: `I know I can still enjoy my mates but I have to return at night.’ Judgement grade

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Outstanding

The registered manager has been in post since March 2015. She has the experience and qualifications to undertake this role. She is enthusiastic and dedicated. She leads a very child-centred service, following a unique approach to individualised care.

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Outstanding

The manager is fully aware of the strengths of this service. Her robust oversight actively monitors children and young people’s progress. This allows any issues to be quickly identified and addressed. Oversight of this service is supported effectively by external monitoring systems.

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Outstanding

Staff are extremely well supported through a range of supervision sessions. One member of staff commented: `We get good support from the manager. Regular supervision is very helpful. But we can ask anything, anytime. It’s a good team here.’ Specialist supervision supports their individualised approach to care. Group sessions and individual one-to-one time enable staff to reflect on their practice, and give them the chance to discuss any issues. As a result, they feel happy in their work and confident to undertake their role.

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Outstanding

Staff receive an excellent range of mandatory and specialist training. Consequently, they have the skills and knowledge needed to help children and young people with very complex needs to achieve. They extend their work to the wider family and successfully assist children and young people to integrate back into family life.

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Outstanding

Excellent relationships with families support a joined-up approach to children and young people’s care. This ensures consistent strategies are in place for when children and young people move back home. The manager is proactive in making sure that children and young people receive the services they need. She works closely with other professionals such as teachers, police officers and social workers. Information is shared effectively in the best interests of children and young people.

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Outstanding

This home is functioning within its statement of purpose. Children, young people and their families are receiving an excellent service.

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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 that 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 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 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

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