Children's home run by BREAK

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256794 1

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Break

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This charity-owned home is registered to accommodate up to two children who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 17 October 2017. Following this monitoring visit, we have made a new full inspection judgement in line with our inspection framework. The children’s home’s new full inspection judgement is: requires improvement to be good.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the progress made by the provider in meeting the six statutory requirements made at that inspection. This monitoring visit has found that the issues that led to an inadequate judgement have been addressed and the six requirements are met.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection the home has continued to provide care and support for one child. The previous manager has left the service and an experienced manager from another home run by the same organisation is providing cover. He receives support from an experienced deputy manager.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection:  The management team has ensured that staff have received training in relation to the use of ligature cutters. The staff are reading the relevant risk assessments prior to working with the child. This significantly increases the potential for staff to know how to react should the need arise.  The management team has provided the staff with core training in child protection. They have also accessed training in a range of other areas relevant to children’s needs. This includes training around child sexual exploitation, trauma and attachment. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256794 2  The staff team has stabilised. There is far less reliance on temporary or agency staff. The staff report that this has had a positive impact on the child and the wider staff team.  The child is now receiving consistent care from a regular team of familiar adults. There has been a significant reduction in behavioural incidents.

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This monitoring visit

 The interim manager has ensured that the individual risk assessments are updated. Individual risk assessment have also been amended to be easier to read and understand.  The interim manager has introduced new monitoring systems. These are in their infancy. Continued use of these systems has the potential to ensure that improvements are sustained.

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This monitoring visit

The progress in meeting the remaining three recommendations will be reviewed at the home’s next inspection.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 17/10/2017 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256794 3

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Recommendations

 Ensure that the registered person takes account of information provided by independent return interviews when assessing risks and putting arrangements in place to protect each child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 45, paragraph 9.30)  It is good practice for a note of the content and/or outcomes of supervision sessions to be kept and to ensure that both the person giving the supervision and staff member have a copy of the record. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.4)

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Recommendations

In particular, ensure that records of supervisions clearly capture the discussion that takes place and any agreed actions.  Ensure that information about the child is always recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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Recommendations

In particular, ensure that care plans are clearly detailed.

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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.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Break, Spar Road, Norwich NR6 6BX

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Inspector

Ashley Hinson, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256794 4 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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