Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Stockport

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged outstanding at the full inspection. At this interim inspection, Ofsted judge that it has improved effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff provide good quality, sensitive and nurturing care. They get to know young people, spending time with them to encourage the development of trusting relationships. Staff work with the company psychologist to obtain a holistic assessment of young people’s needs. They receive ongoing training to fill gaps in their knowledge. Staff encourage the development of physical and social skills and when young people are anxious, they go at a steady pace to avoid further anxiety. Staff work on building confidence and improving self-esteem in order for young people to become more emotionally resilient.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff support young people to find the right educational resource to meet their needs. Young people who were previously school refusers engage with training courses. There is excellent attendance at school and staff liaise closely with tutors. This offers a consistent approach at school and home. For one young person, his attendance on training courses led to an offer of an apprenticeship, which will improve his chances of employment.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

There are currently no young people who go missing from home or who are at risk of sexual exploitation. Staff recognise the young people that are vulnerable to radicalisation and ensure appropriate support and monitoring. They help to build young people’s resilience by challenging their beliefs and attitudes and educating them informally and during key working sessions. This offers protection from radicalisation and extremism.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Physical intervention is rare, as staff use consistent behaviour management techniques and have good de-escalation skills. Young people learn to self-regulate their behaviours and emotions. When needed, the staff ratio is increased to keep young people safe and protected.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff support young people to learn practical skills to live independently. This includes budgeting skills and advice about healthy living. They advocate strongly for young people to ensure that they move to the most appropriate adult accommodation. Staff offer outreach work visiting young people to provide ongoing emotional support. This helps young people to make a successful transition into adulthood and maintain important relationships. When talking about their time at the home, a young person said, ‘Everything was good. There was nothing wrong.’

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff receive a good training package and induction to the home. A new member of staff spoke of the high level of support provided when she started to work at the home, saying, ‘Staff are lovely. Any help or advice you need, staff will go through it with you and explain it thoroughly.’

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The interim manager is running the home effectively and developing the service. She has introduced additional in-house training for new staff, which includes improving their recording skills. This provides a consistency of approach by all staff in completing forms and paperwork. Staff learn to write in a detailed, objective and evaluative way that makes it easier to assess and evaluate the progress made by young people. The manager undertakes effective monthly monitoring to review the quality of care provided to young people. The independent visitor provides additional scrutiny of the home, with the company also operating an internal audit by other homes’ managers. This helps to identify shortfalls at an early stage, avoiding any negative impact on the young people.

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care and accommodation for one young person with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. It is operated by a private company.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 02/06/2016 Full Outstanding 17/02/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 06/10/2015 Full Outstanding 05/03/2015 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further, the service should take account of the following recommendation:  It is good practice for a note of the content and/or outcomes of supervision sessions to be kept and to ensure that both the person giving the supervision and staff member have a copy of the record. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.4)

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What the inspection judgements mean

At the interim inspection we make a judgement on whether the home has improved in effectiveness, sustained effectiveness, or declined in effectiveness since the previous full inspection. This is in line with the ‘Inspection of children’s homes: framework for inspection’.

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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 focused on the effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of children and young people since the most recent full inspection.

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Information about this inspection

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 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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