Children's home run by Salford City Council in Salford

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged good at the full inspection. At this interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has improved effectiveness . There have been no new admissions to the home and no placement breakdowns since the last inspection. Young people enjoy living at the home and make significant progress, taking into account their individual starting points across all aspects of their welfare and physical, social, emotional and behavioural development. Young people attend school regularly and benefit from good support and encouragement from staff. Staff maintain highly effective partnerships with the providers of young people’s education to promote their educational attainment and achievement. Young people have exceptionally good relationships with staff, who provide them with continuity of care so that young people have stability and consistency in their lives. Young people benefit from effective, high-quality support from staff that

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

contributes to significant change and improvement in their lives. Staff provide young people with well-planned, highly personalised care that promotes their needs effectively. They work closely and proactively with young people’s social workers, families, schools and health professionals to ensure that young people benefit from the best possible help and all-round support. A social worker reported, ‘The home has been the perfect provision for the young person I have placed there. The perfect residential unit for young people with additional needs.’ Young people benefit from effective support, help and protection. Their needs are prioritised effectively, and their safety is consistently at the centre of staff practice. Staff have an exceptionally good understanding of young people’s specific needs and vulnerabilities and they take appropriate action to address them. Risks associated with the young people are managed safely and effectively by staff.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people are kept safe and have a strong sense of personal safety. Young people build and develop warm and secure relationships with staff and they enjoy staff’s company. Young people enjoy spending quality time with staff, who engage them in constructive and enjoyable activities. Staff provide young people with opportunities that help them to develop themselves, as individuals. They encourage them to try new activities to build their resilience, skills and self- confidence. Young people enjoy going swimming, shopping, indoor wall climbing and eating out and they have attended ‘wheels for all’, which is otherwise known as assisted bike riding. Staff recognise that some activities can be stressful for some young people. As a result, they support young people to overcome their fears and anxieties by working with them to improve their copying mechanisms and strategies. Consequently, young people develop social skills and show improved

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

self-confidence. Young people benefit from a physically safe, appropriately secure, highly supportive, nurturing, comfortable and homely environment. The home is consistently maintained to a high-quality standard for young people. There have been no complaints, sanctions or significant incidents since the last inspection. Restraint, if used at all, is only ever used to protect young people from accident, harm or injury. There have been no occasions when young people have been absent or gone missing. Staff support and supervise the young people effectively and ensure that they are protected and kept safe from harm. The performance of the home is scrutinised effectively by a person who is completely independent of the home. Visits are undertaken on a monthly basis, and a report is produced for the manager and staff at the home. The reports include an impartial judgement about the conduct and performance of the home

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

and the arrangements to safeguard the young people and promote their well- being. The reports are evaluative and demonstrate the effectiveness of the care provided for young people. The manager of the home is currently awaiting their registration with Ofsted. They exercise and demonstrate strong and effective leadership of the operations of the home and ensure that staff feel well supported, supervised, managed and led. They lead the staff team by example and they channel staff’s efforts effectively, to ensure that the home consistently delivers and provides a high-quality service for young people and their families. The home has met and addressed the previous requirement and recommendations from the last inspection. The home demonstrates its improved effectiveness. Key work sessions now demonstrate the support that the young people receive and evidence the progress that they make in specific areas of their lives. This allows

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

young people’s progress to be measured and monitored. Care plans are in place for the young people and these are reviewed and updated, when required. Staff have received appropriate training to enable them to meet the specific health needs and conditions of the young people. Health and safety matters are addressed effectively, to promote a safe environment for staff and young people.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to five young people who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties and physical and learning disabilities. The home is run and managed by the local authority.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

23/03/2015 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Recent inspection history

10/03/2014 Interim Satisfactory progress

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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 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 whom 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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