Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged as requires improvement at the full inspection. At this interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has improved effectiveness . Since the last inspection, the registered manager and staff have made significant improvements in the home. They have met all of the requirements and recommendations raised at the previous inspection. Young people’s progress is improved. Young people go to school and they are achieving. A young person said: ‘I feel safe here. They care for me here, and I never thought I would be doing what I am doing now before I came here. I have done level 2 English, which I never thought I would do. I am going to be doing my GCSEs.’ Young people have aspirations, and staff encourage them to think about their futures. For example, staff have taken one young person to college open days. Some young people are engaging in the therapeutic programme, which the home offers, and are committed to making changes to their lives.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Key working sessions are improved and are of good quality. They are planned and purposeful. Staff engage young people in discussions about behaviours, positive peer relationships, young people’s past experiences and their future hopes. Staff support young people’s individual needs. For example, staff have supported a young person in her first holy communion and hired a car for her to travel to the church in. For the young person, This provided the young person with a memorable and positive life experience. There has been an improvement in young people’s plans, which are now much more personalised and individual to the young people. Staff encourage young people to be involved with their plans, and young people know what staff document about them. A young person said: ‘What they’re good at here and what’s different here than other placements is that they listen to you.’ Young people now have input into their lives at the home. For example, they choose their own key

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

workers. A social worker said: ‘My young person has picked her own key worker. This has been empowering for her as she has some control. Staff told her that they can’t stop her thinking of running away but they will follow her and keep her safe and bring her back. This is a big turning point for her.’ Staff are committed to the young people in their care and tell young people this. Since the last inspection, four young people have left the home and four young people have been admitted to the home. Good-quality pre-admission assessments are completed. The registered manager ensures that admissions are planned and that he meets the young people prior to their arriving. The registered manager seeks information from a variety of professionals prior to new young people arriving at the home, and this has led to current successful and stable placements. Transitions are well planned with clear timescales, and young people know what is

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

happening to them. Young people said that they feel safe and their risk-taking behaviours reduce. A social worker said: ‘My young person has thrived in the placement, and they have worked so well with her. Every decision they have made has been focused on supporting her. And all the advice they have given to her, she has listened patiently to.’ Risk management plans are improved. They are much more personalised and provide staff with clear guidance as to how to keep young people safe. Since the last inspection, young people have not gone missing and incidents have been rare. When there have been physical interventions, staff have ensured that young people have had opportunities to reflect on the incident. However, physical intervention documents do not always detail the duration of the physical intervention itself. This potentially impacts on management monitoring and oversight of physical interventions.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Partnership working is significantly improved. The registered manager seeks the advice and support of other professionals, such as the police, placing authorities and the nurse for children looked after. This supports young people’s emotional well-being and promotes their safety. Young people do not go missing, and incidents in the home are rare. When physical interventions happen, staff speak to young people afterwards and they try to enable them to reflect on the incident and alternative strategies. However, physical intervention documents do not always record the duration of the physical intervention itself. Management oversight is good. The registered manager has provided staff with more training and input on providing young people with individualised, good-quality care. Documents are much more in depth, and staff are clearer regarding what the goals and aims are for young people while they are in placement. Team meetings

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

have been focused on up-skilling staff. The registered manager has worked tenaciously to meet the requirements made at the last inspection. From this inspection, one recommendation has been raised.

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care for up to four children and young people. The home is privately owned by a large childcare provider. The home provides a 12-month therapeutic service for young people involved in, or at risk of, child sexual exploitation.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further, the service should take account of the following recommendation:  Ensure that records of restraint are kept and enable the registered person and staff to review the use of control, discipline and restraint to identify effective practice and respond promptly when any issues or trends of concern emerge. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 49, paragraph 9.59)

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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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