Children's home run by Oxfordshire County Council in Oxford

Inspector Rosie Dancer

This monitoring visit . During inspections carried out by Ofsted on 8 July 2015, 24 November 2015 and 14 April 2016 it was found that there had been failures to notify to Ofsted about significant incidents. Following each inspection, requirements were made that the provider notifies Ofsted about significant incidents without delay. During an interim inspection carried out on 9 and 12 December 2016, it was found that there had been further failures to notify Ofsted of significant incidents and to provide updates when required. Consequently, the organisation was served with a compliance notice on 23 December 2016.

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Inspector Rosie Dancer

A monitoring visit was undertaken on 2 February 2017 to assess whether the provider had complied with the compliance notice. The requirements and recommendations made as a result of the inspection of 9 and 12 December 2016 were not assessed during this visit and will be fully evaluated at the next inspection.

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Inspector Rosie Dancer

It was found that the steps set out in the compliance notice had been met. All relevant matters that had been identified during the inspection, and that were included in the notice, had been fully notified to Ofsted.

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Inspector Rosie Dancer

During this visit, it was found that the manager had failed to carry out a review of the quality of care on a six-monthly basis. The last report made covers the period from January 2016 to May 2016. This does not demonstrate that a proactive approach is taken to the manager‟s monitoring or that there is a strong commitment to ensuring continuous improvement. A requirement is set to address this shortfall.

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Inspector Rosie Dancer

There is a more dynamic approach being taken to ensuring the safety of young people who go missing or who leave the home in an unauthorised way. There have been clear directives issued to staff about the actions that they need to take when young people leave the home and about their duties in relation to ensuring that young people are safe. When staff have not met these directives, the management team has followed this up with the staff member concerned to ensure that they know and understand their duties in relation to safeguarding the young people in their care.

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Information about this children's home

This children‟s home provides care and accommodation for up to six female young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is managed by a local authority.

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that must be taken so that the registered person(s) meets the Care Standards Act 2000, Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the „Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards‟. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Review of quality of care

45. —(1) The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months. (2) In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating— (a) the quality of care provided for children; (b) the feedback and opinions of children about the children‟s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and (c) any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children. (3) After completing a quality of care review, the registered person must produce a written report about the quality of care review and the actions which the registered person intends to take as a result of the quality of care review (“the quality of care review report”). (4) The registered person must—

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Review of quality of care

(a) supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed; and (b) make a copy of the quality of care review report available on request to a placing authority, if the placing authority is not the parent of a child accommodated in the home. (5) The system referred to in paragraph (2) must provide for ascertaining and considering the opinions of children, their parents, placing authorities and staff. 17/04/2017

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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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Information about this inspection

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Information about this inspection

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