Children's home run by Bettercare Keys Ltd in Belfast

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC063890 1 SC063890 Bettercare Keys Ltd

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Information about this children’s home

This service is a children’s home owned by a private company. The home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to five young people who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged declined in effectiveness at the interim inspection on 7 February 2017. As a result, Ofsted issued a compliance notice. The primary purpose of this visit was to check on the action taken by the provider to meet the compliance notice.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 07/02/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 05/05/2016 Full Requires improvement 28/10/2015 Interim Declined in effectiveness 07/07/2015 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC063890 2

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person must take to meet 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

14.* In order to meet the care planning standard, in particular that there is accurate matching and assessment of referrals based on up-to-date information of all children, including those already living in the home, the registered person must ensure:

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Requirement Due date

(1) that children: (a) receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and (b) have a positive experience of or arriving at or moving on from the home.

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Requirement Due date

(2) In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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Requirement Due date

(a) that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose; 31/06/2017

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Requirement Due date

*These requirements are subject of a compliance notice.

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit is to monitor the action taken to meet the compliance notice issued and the progress made by the children’s home since its last Ofsted inspection.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC063890 3 The compliance notice was issued on 21 February 2017 under regulation 14 (1) (a)(b)(2)(a). It specifically related to the need for the provider to ensure that the systems and processes for the admission of matching children in the home should be reviewed. This was to address poor decision-making about the suitability of placements and the lack of scrutiny of safeguarding issues, the impact of which resulted in a deterioration in young people’s daily life experiences and outcomes.

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Information about this inspection

Since the interim inspection, no young people have been admitted to the home, as the provider has decided not to offer placements at the current time. Therefore, it is not possible to assess whether the provider has met the compliance notice. This will be judged at the home’s next inspection. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC063890 4

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Bettercare Keys Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: The Keys Group, Laganwood House, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5NW

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Inspectors

Debbie Foster, social care inspector Abigail Maspero, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC063890 5 to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspectors

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Inspectors

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Inspectors

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