Children's Home run by Progress Children’s Services Ltd in Walsall

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 improved effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

At the last inspection, Ofsted did not raise any requirements or recommendations. Since that time, the registered manager has continued to develop the home to ensure that the quality of care provided by the service evolves to reflect young people’s ever-changing needs.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager works in effective partnership with all relevant external agencies and organisations. This ensures that young people experience well- planned and well-integrated care and support. Young people have a varied range of complex and multifaceted health needs. For some young people, these health needs are symptomatic of life-limiting medical conditions and, as a result, they are subject to advanced care plans. In these circumstances, the registered manager and senior staff liaise with young people’s families, medical professionals and allocated social workers to formulate suitable care plans. The registered manager makes sure that these reflect young people’s personal circumstances, and respects and promotes their dignity.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff benefit from regular and effective practice-related formal supervision sessions. These sessions monitor their performance and assess their learning and development needs. Training plans reflect young people’s individual care needs. These courses provide staff with the knowledge and skills that they need to protect young people from harm, support their development and improve their life chances. Furthermore, since the last inspection, the registered manager has introduced monthly team meetings for waking night staff. Consequently, consistent practice across all shift patterns has continued to improve. This means that young people experience fluid and seamless care and support throughout the day and night.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people are safe in the home because staff have an excellent knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures. Staff are extremely competent and proficient in identifying and managing risks and they continually review their practice to promote young people’s safety and welfare.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager has implemented new charts for recording physical movement. These allow staff to document when they have completed exercise movements with young people to help them to maintain their flexibility. This initiative means that staff are able to confirm that young people’s personalised treatment programmes reflect their individual needs. Furthermore, the registered manager has reviewed the format of personal care records and has implemented a range of positive improvements. For example, tick-box recording sheets allow staff to confirm that they have completed young people’s personal care tasks. This means that daily case records now emphasise young people’s experiences rather than detailing how and when staff attended to their primary care needs. Consequently, records now better reflect young people’s development and progress.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people continue to make excellent and sustainable progress in all aspects of their development. This is because the registered manager and staff prioritise young people’s needs. Meeting these needs is the focus of the day-to-day routines in the home. The ethos of the home is to provide young people with outstanding care and support that continually evolve to meet their needs. The registered manager effectively challenges any barriers that young people face. This practice ensures that young people’s life experiences are positive. When the actions of other agencies fall short of acceptable standards, the registered manager holds these services to account. This means that managers and staff promote young people’s rights and that young people are not subject to discrimination because of their disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care and accommodation for up to five young people. The service is available to children and young people who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory impairments or any combinations of the three. A private organisation owns and operates this service.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 05/12/2016 Full Outstanding 10/02/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness 20/10/2015 Full Good 11/03/2015 Interim Improved effectiveness

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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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