Children's Home run by Talbot House Children’s Charity Limited in Newcastle upon Tyne

This monitoring visit

The visit was to monitor a compliance notice, which was issued following the interim inspection on 7 January 2017. At that inspection, one compliance notice was issued and five requirements were made. All of these actions had to be completed by 31 January 2017. The compliance notice and one of the requirements issued were in respect of risk assessments. Risk assessments had not been clear and had not been followed by the staff, which resulted in a safeguarding incident. Staff have now reviewed and rewritten all risk assessments, which are appropriate and clear. The staff were interviewed by the inspector and understood the content of the assessments and knew how to put them into action. There have been no further instances of staff not following the risk assessments. The compliance notice and requirement relating to risk assessments have been met. Four other requirements have also all been met. The supervision of the children and the young people by the staff has

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been appropriate, and staff understand the importance of this. Staffing levels are appropriate at all times. The quality and quantity of key work have improved sufficiently and are acceptable. Children and young people are referred to external specialist workers when this is required. All of the young people who required a pathway plan now have them. The registered manager has organised training in the required areas. Some of the training has already taken place, and the rest is booked to happen shortly. Staff who were spoken to during this inspection commented on the usefulness of the training and have clearly benefited from it. The home has been through a difficult time recently. The deputy manager has left the organisation, and the registered manager is now reorganising the senior staff team. The registered manager has voluntarily decided to restrict admissions while this reorganisation is carried out. The registered manager will also ensure that good-quality,

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written impact risk assessments are made before any further admissions. The children will be safer because these issues have been addressed satisfactorily.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is run by a charitable organisation and is registered for the care and accommodation of up to seven children who have learning disabilities or emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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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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