Children's Home run by Timeout Children’s Homes Limited in Calderdale

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The children's home provides highly effective services that consistently exceeds 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

 Children make outstanding progress in all areas of their development.  Children’s physical and mental health significantly improves.  Children enjoy an excellent range of activities.  Children benefit from close and trusting relationships with staff.  Children are supported to enjoy positive relationships with their family.  Children’s risks reduce and their behaviour significantly improves.  Staff have an excellent understanding of children’s needs because of the high quality support they receive from the manager and therapy services.  Management monitoring systems are extremely effective in measuring progress and identifying areas for development.

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Information about this children's home

This section should outline: This is a privately-run children’s home. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for one child with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 25/02/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 06/08/2015 Full Outstanding 20/02/2015 Interim Improved effectiveness 03/02/2014 Full Good

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Children make outstanding progress in all areas of their development. One professional commented: `When we looked at the progress he has made it is excellent. They are amazing. Their whole ethos is about trying to understand the child.’ A very caring and skilled staff team looks after children. As a result, children and staff enjoy close and warm relationships. For the first time they trust adults to care for them and keep them safe.

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Children who were refusing mental health support services are now working with professionals. They are benefiting tremendously from the specialist therapy they receive. Children are now able to recognise when they need help. Children are able to use coping strategies and their anxiety reduces significantly.

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Children moving on to new placements are well supported through meticulous planning. The manager plans moves around their specialist needs. Children take life story books with them. This supports individual identity and provides children with excellent memories of their achievements.

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Childrens dental needs are well met. Children who refused dental care are now accessing the dentist regularly. Consequently, their dental hygiene is significantly improving. Individualised health care plans enable children to take responsibility for their own hygiene on a daily basis. This is improving their physical health and independence.

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Children make exceptional progress in education. Children who have not been to school for several years now attend full time. They have progressed two to three years in their academic ability. One professional commented: ‘They show excellent progress. They are happy now in an educational setting. Their view of education and teachers has completely changed.’

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Staff are dedicated to maintaining strong links with children’s families. Because of the support and planning from staff, children are successfully taking small steps to re-build precious relationships with loved ones.

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Children enjoy a wide range of activities, such as holidays, football, walking and swimming. They partake in a range of community and charity events. This enhances their life experience and boosts their self-confidence. They start to develop a sense of empathy for others and want to undertake further charity work. This is an exceptional achievement given their own specialist needs. Judgement grade

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people are helped and protected

Children thrive from the consistent individualised routines provided for them. This gives them the structure and predictability they need. Consequently their anxiety reduces and it gives them confidence in the world around them. Incidents of challenging behaviour significantly decrease and so does the use of physical intervention. Children who require two to one staffing now require only one to one staffing.

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people are helped and protected

Staff fully understand individual risks for children. They successfully manage risk ensuring children enjoy new life experiences whilst keeping them safe. Individualised work with children helps them to understand danger and appropriate behaviour. As a result, children’s social skills improve and they enjoy opportunities to participate in activities with others.

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people are helped and protected

Staff undertake a range of training courses which enable them to effectively, understand and manage children’s complex behaviour. One professional commented: ‘They respond rather than react. Their ability to unpack processes and understand children is amazing. They have very good self-reflection. They are sophisticated in their thinking.’

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people are helped and protected

Staff complete additional training courses around wider risks children may face, such as child sexual exploitation, on line safety and radicalisation. This ensures staff have the skills to identify these risks and take action to reduce them should they arise. Judgement grade

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leaders and managers

The registered manager has been in post since November 2012. She has the qualifications and experience to undertake her role. The registered manager believes in going above and beyond for young people. She leads a highly motivated staff team who are dedicated to delivering totally child centred care. As a result, children make outstanding progress in all areas of their development.

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leaders and managers

The registered manager works seamlessly with other services such as health professionals, social workers, therapists and school staff. This ensures children receive an intensive package of care, which focuses on meeting all their very specialist needs. One professional commented: ‘Their communication is very good. We triangulate education, home and therapy.’

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leaders and managers

Staff receive regular formal and informal supervision. They feel well supported by the manager. As a result, they are motivated to continually improve their work. One member of staff commented: `She is more like a mentor. She gives loads of support and guidance. She shows me and teaches me where I could improve.’

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leaders and managers

Highly effective monitoring systems allows the manager to track children’s progress and development. This enables her planning to focus on addressing areas for improvement. Consequently, children continue to make progress and the service keeps improving She is supported by effective external monitoring systems. A requirement made at last inspection around seeking the opinions of external visitors is met.

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leaders and managers

A range of training courses focus on meeting children specialist needs, providing staff with an excellent understanding of how to manage children’s behaviour and care effectively. Additional reflective space sessions with the therapist benefit staff tremendously. They become skilled in reflective practice and they develop understanding of children’s intricate behaviours and feelings which helps them work with them more effectively

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leaders and managers

This service is operating within its statement of purpose and is providing high quality care for children.

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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 looked after children 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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