Children's Home run by PCT Care Services Limited in Norfolk

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home provides care and accommodation for up to six children who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties and learning disabilities. The home is owned by a private company.

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This monitoring visit

On 13 March 2017, an inspector carried out a compliance visit to the home. This found that the risk assessments were not being used effectively to identify and reduce risks to the children. A compliance notice relating to the effectiveness of risk assessments was issued on 17 March 2017. To evaluate the progress that the home had made in meeting the compliance notice, a monitoring visit was undertaken by an inspector on 5 March 2017. At this visit, the inspector found that the compliance notice had not been met. A further compliance notice was issued on 18 April 2017 and a compliance visit undertaken by an inspector on 3 May 2017. At this, visit the inspector found that the compliance notice had been met.

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This monitoring visit

The children’s risk assessments have been reviewed, and where necessary updated. They now provide a clearer assessment of the potential risk to the children, and include actions to help reduce that risk. For example, there is now more consistency and clarity about how the children are to be safeguarded from inappropriate internet use.

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This monitoring visit

The risk assessments are individual to each child, taking into account the child’s particular circumstances and vulnerabilities. To help ensure that the actions that are identified to reduce risk are followed through, the managers have reviewed the risk assessments and identified any issues that need to be covered through key work sessions. Lists of the issues are readily available for the staff. When an opportunity occurs to cover one of these areas, the staff discuss them with the children and record the discussions. Consequently, there is now a more robust system to ensure that potential risks are identified, measures to help reduce risk are implemented, Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC471856 2 and the staff and children have focused discussions that help the children to develop a better understanding of potential risks and how they can keep themselves safer.

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This monitoring visit

The inspection did not monitor compliance with the all of the requirements made at the last inspection conducted on 31 October 2016. The outstanding requirements will be reissued with amended dates and monitored through future regulatory activity.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

31/10/2016 Full Requires improvement 23/08/2016 Full Inadequate 08/06/2016 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC471856 3

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person(s) 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(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

5. Engaging with the wider system to ensure that each child’s needs are met (a) In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff, seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. This relates to jointly reviewing the risks and plans for children. 26/05/2017

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Requirement Due date

8. The education standard In order to meet the education standard, with particular reference to knowing children’s educational targets and areas of development, and supporting them to make progress in these areas, the registered person should: (2)(i) help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans; (ii) support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study; (iii) understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers. 26/05/2017

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Requirement Due date

13. The leadership and management standard In order to meet the leadership and management standard, with particular reference to the monitoring of the service, the registered person should: (2)(h) use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. 26/05/2017

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Requirement Due date

14. The care planning standard In order to meet the care planning standard, with particular reference to plans, including the ways children’s education will be supported and their daily routines, the registered person should ensure that children: (1)(a) receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home. 26/05/2017

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Requirement Due date

14. The care planning standard In order to meet the care planning standard, with particular 26/05/2017 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC471856 4 reference to decisions about whether a child should move into the home, the registered person should ensure: (2)(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. 8. The education standard: In order to meet the education standard, with particular reference to having structure and expectations for children not in education, the registered person should: (2)(a)(viii) help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes all of the information required under this regulation. This relates in particular to effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure. Further, that within 48 hours of the use of the measure, that the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so, has spoken to the user about the measure; and has signed the record to confirm it is accurate, and within five days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(vii)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 26/05/2017

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Requirement Due date

The independent person must produce a report about a visit (‘the independent person’s report’) which sets out, in particular, the independent person’s opinion as to whether children are effectively safeguarded and whether the conduct of the home promotes children’s well-being. (Regulation 44 (4)(a)(b)) 26/05/2017

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records for each child which include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 of The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015. This relates in particular to the date and circumstances of all incidents where a child goes missing from the home. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)) 26/05/2017 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC471856 5

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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.

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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: SC471856 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: PCT Care Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Old Hall Farm, Silfield Road, Silfield, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 9NH

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Inspector

Clive Lucas, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC471856 7 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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Inspector

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Inspector

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Inspector

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