Children's Home run by Isle of Wight Council in Isle of Wight

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 sustained effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people continue to make good progress as a result of living in the home or accessing the short breaks service. Young people have developed strong bonds with, and trust, staff. The core staff team is consistent and new staff are quickly supported to know and understand each young person’s needs and how best to meet them.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The group of young people living in the home is unchanged since the last inspection. Those who are approaching adulthood have plans in place to consider their next move. A place in a local adult home has already been secured for one young person, while options are being considered for another. Young people and their families are actively involved in this process. In the short breaks service, one young person has moved on because his family relocated, and two young people are in the process of having introductory visits and their plans confirmed. Joint working with education and health professionals and the young people’s families enables staff to gain the best insight possible into individual needs prior to placement. Staff also ensure that any introductions are at the young person’s pace and that they are comfortable in their new surroundings.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people benefit from consistency in approach across the home and service. Plans for managing behaviour are clear and now specify which behaviours require change or management. Staff deploy a variety of techniques to help young people cease unwanted behaviour. For example, one young person accessing short breaks who wants to go to a concert of her favourite pop star has a star chart outside her bedroom to attain rewards towards this. Other young people respond better to planned ignoring, redirection and staff modelling what they would like the young person to do. Staff work closely with partner agencies to develop behaviour plans and to determine which strategies to use. For example, one young person was declining to attend education daily and was clearly behaving differently to his norm. Staff engaged with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and the education provider to consider how best to manage this. He is now arriving at

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

school 15 minutes after other young people and leaving school earlier to avoid crowds. This has been extremely successful and, after nearly two months of not attending school, he has resumed good attendance. Restraint is only used as a final resort and there have been two incidents requiring physical intervention since the last inspection. Both of these were redirecting the young person to other areas, and used for the minimum level of intervention necessary to achieve this.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home continues to be managed effectively by the registered manager and the two deputies. Six-monthly evaluations of the service and experiences of young people provide strong insight into the running of the home and short breaks service and identify areas for continued improvement and development. The fabric of the building is improving and long standing issues with the quality of bathrooms in the home are now being addressed. The charity associated with the service continues to provide new equipment and helps to develop the garden, which greatly improves the activities available to young people who live in the home or access the short breaks service.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Both the requirements from the last inspection have not been fully met, but work has been done to improve the situation. Staff recruitment records now have a recently devised front sheet to demonstrate that all pre-employment checks have taken place. These are in the process of being added to files. It is recognised that all checks and verification of references have taken place, but until now there has been no uniformity in how this is recorded. With regards to the independent visitor forwarding their reports to Ofsted in line with Regulation 44, this has marginally improved, but not all reports have been sent in a timely manner. The registered manager raised this again with the visitor and the visitor’s line manager.

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Information about this children's home

The home is owned and run by the local authority. It provides care and accommodation for up to six young people, and four young people under short breaks. Young people accessing the service or living in the home have learning and/or physical disabilities.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 30/11/2016 Full Good 09/03/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 23/11/2015 Full Good 13/01/2015 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions which must be taken so that the registered person 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 must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

Ensure that full and satisfactory information is available in relation to all staff in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32(3)(d)) 28/04/2017

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Requirement Due date

The independent person must provide a copy of the independent person's report to HMCI. (Regulation 44 (7)(a)) 28/04/2017

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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 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk .

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