Children's Home, Residential special school run by Sheffield City Council in Sheffield

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged outstanding 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 have new and positive experiences, increase their independence skills and have access to the wider community. This enables young people to participate positively in leisure and everyday activities. These include learning to use public transport, visiting the cinema, attending the youth club and enjoying a wide range of trips out in the community. This extends young people’s understanding of the world around them, and builds their self-confidence.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people benefit from the very consistent care, structured routines and nurturing approach that the experienced staff deliver to them. This provides them with a secure environment and helps them to feel safe. Staff demonstrate that they know each young person very well, and quickly respond to instances that may trigger a decline in their behaviour. They immediately divert situations to prevent the need to intervene physically to keep young people safe. As a result, the number of physical interventions is low.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff work closely with a number of professionals, including social workers and on- site clinicians. Consequently, young people benefit greatly from the expertise of a learning disability nurse, a psychologist, and a speech and language therapist. In addition, staff build an excellent rapport with parents. This helps to achieve the very best outcomes for each young person.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The monitoring of the service remains robust. There is scrutiny of the quality of care provided, which ensures continual improvement. The recent full inspection made two recommendations. One recommendation has been addressed. A transition plan has been completed for one young person and is about to be implemented. The acting manager continues to liaise with the local authority to ensure that future transition planning for young people reaching the age of 18 years will occur in good time. One recommendation has been partially met. There has been a redesign of the shower facilities and funding has been agreed to undertake the work in the near future.

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Information about this children’s home

This home is part of a residential special school that provides residential care and education for children who have autism and complex learning difficulties. The home offers two areas of residential provision – one is for 52 weeks of the year, and the other is a short-break provision.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 05/01/2017 Full Outstanding 23/03/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 15/12/2015 Full Outstanding 09/03/2015 Interim Improved effectiveness

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Recommendations

To improve the quality and standards of care further, the service should take account of the following recommendation:  For children’s homes to be nurturing and supportive environments that meet the needs of their children, they will, in most cases, be homely, domestic environments. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9) In particular, refurbish the areas around the home that are showing signs of wear, including the shower facilities.

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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 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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