Children's home run by Thoughts of Others Limited in Birmingham

Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 1 SC464249 Registered provider: Thoughts of Others Ltd

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home provides care and accommodation for up to two children who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. A private provider operates the home. The organisation operates a school nearby and can provide therapeutic services. The statement of purpose states that a prerequisite of any child‟s admission is that the placing authority will seek to obtain a deprivation of liberty order.

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Information about this children’s home

Inspection dates: 22 to 23 November 2017

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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inadequate

How well children and young people are helped and protected inadequate

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inadequate

The effectiveness of leaders and managers inadequate

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inadequate

There are serious and/or widespread failures that mean children and young people are not protected or their welfare is not promoted or safeguarded.

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inadequate

Overall judgement at last inspection: inadequate

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Enforcement action since last inspection:

None Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 2

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Key findings from this inspection

This children‟s home is inadequate because:

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Key findings from this inspection

 The registered person has not taken sufficient action to meet the majority of requirements made at the last inspection. Four of these requirements have been made at three successive inspections.  Internal and external monitoring is not effective. The registered person has not carried out their own quality of care review.  The manager does not review safeguarding allegations in line with the home‟s policy, or evaluate serious incidents such as disruptions and placement breakdowns.  Staff practice for behaviour management is still not fit for purpose.  Not all staff have the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the needs of children.  Children still do not have continuity of care because of the high number of different staff working in the home.  Risk assessments still contain out-of-date information about restrictions of movement, deprivations of liberty and information about when children go missing from care. Information to help staff care for children who self-harm has

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Key findings from this inspection

not been available in a timely manner.  The quality and availability of care planning documents to help staff deliver children‟s plans is weak. Key documents contain confusing or out-of-date information.  The accommodation does not provide enough space for staff to work in or offer a welcoming and nurturing environment for children to live in.  The registered person has not provided evidence to show that they have sought planning permission for a new dining room and staff bedroom.  Staff do not administer children‟s medication as prescribed.

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Key findings from this inspection

 Children spend more time together socialising. They are going ice skating and swimming regularly.  Children feel confident to talk to the manager if they have any concerns.  Children‟s bedrooms are now suitably furnished with their belongings.  Good school attendance continues to help children to make academic progress.  Children feel listened to. They have good relationships with some staff, which help them to grow in confidence.  Staff help children to renew family relationships. Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 3  Children benefit from good access to speech and language therapy, music therapy and in-house psychological assessments.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

03/10/2017 08/08/2017 Monitoring Full N/A Inadequate 29/03/2017 Full Requires improvement 01/11/2016 Full Requires improvement 23/03/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 4

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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

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, ensure that staff seek to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with such persons, bodies or organisations as the registered person considers appropriate having regard to the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the children‟s home is to provide care and accommodation. (Regulation 5(d)) 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who understand the children‟s home‟s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children; use this understanding to deliver care that meets children‟s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to understand and apply the home‟s statement of purpose, and ensure that staff provide personalised care that meets each child‟s needs, as recorded in the child‟s relevant plans, taking account of the child‟s background. (Regulation 6(1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(iv))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that staff have ease of access to up-to-date and accurate information about children and that they deliver individual plans. 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child‟s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child; and that the effectiveness of the home‟s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12(1) and (2)(a)(i)(e))

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Requirement Due date

This relates specifically to assessment of risk from self-harm, risk during restraint, and the manager‟s monitoring and review 23/01/2018 Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 5 of the effectiveness of risk assessment after any significant incident. The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children‟s home that helps children aspire to fulfil their potential and promotes their welfare.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person: to lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home‟s statement of purpose; to ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child; to ensure that the home‟s workforce provides continuity of care to each child; to understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home and use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13(1)(a)(b), (2)(a)(c)(e)(f)(h)) 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children receive effectively planned care in or through the children‟s home and have a positive experience of moving on from the home.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that arrangements are in place to plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child‟s placing authority, and that each child‟s relevant plans are followed. (Regulation 14(1)(a)(b), (2)(b)(iii)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, improve stability in children‟s placements by reviewing and learning lessons about early endings. 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that restraint in relation to a child is only permitted for the purpose of preventing injury to any person (including the child) or serious damage to the property of any person (including the child). Restraint in relation to a child must be necessary and proportionate. These Regulations do not prevent a child from being deprived of liberty where that deprivation is authorised in accordance with a court order. (Regulation 20(1)(a)(b)(2)(3)) 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children‟s home. Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 6 In particular the registered person must ensure that medicine which is prescribed for a child is administered as prescribed to the child for whom it is prescribed. (Regulation 23(1)(2)(b)) The registered person must make arrangements for persons working at the home to receive suitable training in fire prevention (Regulation 25(1)(c)) 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered provider must ensure that the responsible individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (5)(a) to (c); and has the capacity, experience and skills to supervise the management of the home, or the homes, in respect of which the responsible individual is nominated. (Regulation 26 (7) (a) (b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, that he does supervise the management of the home and is accountable for improvement. 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that any person who works as a nurse at the home is a registered nurse. (Regulation 31(2)(b)) 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must prepare and implement a policy („the behaviour management policy‟) which sets out the measures of control, discipline and restraint which may be used in relation to children in the home. The registered person must keep the behaviour management policy under review and, where appropriate, revise it. (Regulation 35(1)(b)(2))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, improve guidance about restrictions of liberty and movement and managerial review of effectiveness of measures of control. 23/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months. This review must meet all elements of this regulation: consultation, action planning, reporting and sharing the report of the review with placing authorities. (Regulation 45(1) (2)(b)(3)(4)(5)) 23/012018

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Recommendations

 Ensure that staff understand that a deprivation of liberty may only occur when a child is both under continuous supervision and control and is not free to leave the home. A children‟s home cannot routinely deprive a child of their liberty without a court order, such as a section 25 order to place a child in a licensed secure children‟s home. In the case of young people aged over 16 who lack mental capacity, a deprivation of liberty may be authorised by the Court of Protection following an application under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. („Guide to the children‟s homes regulations including the quality standards‟, page 50, paragraph 9.63) Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 7  Continually and actively assess the risks to each child and the arrangements that are in place to protect them. This is with respect to inclusion in risk documentation of all risks, such as actions in the event of self-harm, or for

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Recommendations

occasions where staff restrict children‟s movement. („Guide to the children‟s homes regulations including the quality standards‟, page 42, and paragraph 9.5)

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Recommendations

 Ensure that the home complies with relevant health and safety legislations (alarms, food hygiene etc.); however, in doing so homes should seek as far as possible to maintain a domestic rather than „institutional‟ impression. („Guide to the children‟s homes regulations including the quality standards‟, page 15, paragraph 3.9.) Specifically, ensure that the kitchen, new extension and partition meet the local authority health and safety and planning standards, and provide a garden area that takes account of children‟s need for active play and for fresh air.

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Recommendations

 The design of the home should provide staff who sleep in the home overnight with appropriate accommodation and facilities to do so. („Guide to the children‟s homes regulations including the quality standards‟, page 17, paragraph 3.26.)

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

The same two children who were living at the home at the last inspection are still living here. Out of the two children, one child has a deprivation of liberty order. Both children regularly attend school, have active social lives and remain in touch with families. They have therapeutic support from the organisation‟s consultant therapists. Both have one- to-one time with staff of their choice to help them develop independence skills. Children are making progress and the acting manager told inspectors that their placing authorities were happy with their care.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Despite this, the fundamental and continuing weaknesses in safeguarding, leadership and management threaten their stability and safety in the home. Care plans still do not make clear how staff will promote appropriate freedom and choice for children when their local authority has not obtained a deprivation of liberty order.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Care planning, risk assessment and behaviour management and health plans are still out of date and confusing. One child‟s care plan does not detail her legal status, and staff are unaware of it. Another child‟s care plan makes no mention of education or contact arrangements with family. Information about current day-to-day behavioural strategies is absent from children‟s plans and therefore is not available to staff. Children‟s ability to communicate their feelings is jeopardised by the high use of pool staff who may not know them or their care plans well.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

The absence of helpful information in children‟s care plans is compounded by the high number of pool staff used. This means that children may get an inconsistent response from staff. Since the October 2017 inspection, there have been at least two significant Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 8 incidents when the majority of staff involved were pool staff. One restraint occurred because staff had not followed the agreed plan for a structured bedtime routine.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

A member of the core staff told inspectors that they keep up to date with essential information by word of mouth. The acting manager communicates important confidential information about children to staff in a communal logbook. This information about children is lost to them, as it does not form part of their permanent records.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Health plans are out of date and inaccurate. Staff have had no information on how to work with the children when they do self-harm. Health plans do not link to placing authority plans. Plans contain inaccurate information about prescribed medication regimes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Children do not get their medication as prescribed by the doctor. Systems for recording and administering medication are chaotic. Staff had recently been trained in the care of medicine. However, this has not been effective in delivering a safe system to make sure that children get the medication they need for sleep, asthma and their mental health. Records showed that staff have not followed prescription advice to administer anti- psychotic, sleeping and asthma medication. The registered person has not made it clear that the learning disability nurse described in the statement of purpose is registered as a nurse. Furthermore, the registered person has not provided details in the statement of purpose for the arrangements for her professional supervision.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Children do form some positive relationships with a few staff. One child told inspectors, „Staff are fair, on the whole‟. The child thought she was making progress with less restraint and incidents. She said she could talk to the acting manager if she had a problem.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Staff encourage children to lead healthy lives, through active leisure pursuits and healthy eating. Children have attended community dance classes, go tobogganing and go to the cinema. Children equally do well in school, resulting in improved attendance and academic attainment. Social events happen at the end of the school day. For example, the whole organisation, staff, children and their families, took part in a Halloween party. Children follow their talents in choosing work experience. One child has reignited her passion for swimming, after work experience as a lifeguard. Staff now make sure that they bring their own swimsuits so they too can swim. This child can now go into the pool unsupervised and this means she is able to make friends without staff alongside her at all times.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Children now have better furniture in their bedrooms, and curtains are now hung in their living room to give greater privacy. Family contact has been important for both children. One child has had their first home trip for a year. Staff welcome families at the home and help to minimise distress and maximise children‟s enjoyment on these occasions. Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 9

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Ofsted has found significant shortfalls in how the registered person protects children at the last three inspections. Children are still at risk of harm because the registered person does not monitor or review their safe behaviour management and safety after children go missing to make sure their safety improves.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

The registered person has still not analysed the regular pattern of allegations made by one child about restraint to draw learning to improve the child‟s experience. This was also an action directed by the local area safeguarding officer in October 2017. A revised protocol is in place now, agreed by the local host and placing authorities to manage actions after any allegation. Both children have made allegations about restraint. These have been referred appropriately to the local safeguarding team, and all but one have not met the threshold for statutory investigation. However, there is no evidence of any formal outcomes arising from internal investigations into care practice, or subsequent alterations to how children are cared for, taking into account their experience. For example, one child‟s risk assessment has not been updated since an allegation during restraint in October 2017. The updated care plan makes no mention of this significant

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

event in this child‟s experience of life in the home. Their behaviour management plan still does not give staff guidance about when and how staff should physically intervene to support them.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

The registered person has still not produced a written review of staff practice after a serious incident when a member of staff allegedly sexually exploited a child in April 2017. The registered person has not reviewed another significant incident when a different child went missing in late August 2017. The fact that staff did not follow their procedure and liaise with the police at the time or afterwards has not been addressed. The registered person did not follow up the child‟s report to the independent visitor that all staff were asleep at the time. The home‟s formal report to the child‟s statutory review omitted the incident altogether. Children‟s individual details have still not been shared with local police. This is a missed opportunity to work for children‟s benefit with partner agencies and engage them with children to promote safety and reduce the risk of any harm in future.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

The registered person has not improved guidance for staff about restrictions of liberty and movement. Staff continue to be unclear about whether children they care for have their liberty restricted or deprived by legal order. Inspectors‟ discussions with staff showed that staff are still not clear about the different thresholds for intervention and protection for each child. Consequently, blanket restrictions are still applied.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

There is no distinction or individual guidance in children‟s plans for staff about the implications of children‟s legal status, whether a deprivation of liberty order is in place or not. For example, one child‟s behaviour management plan does not refer to her deprivation of liberty order at all. The plan for managing the behaviour of the other child cites similar restrictive supervision, yet the child is not subject to a deprivation of liberty order. This level of confusion results in the organisation applying the same approach to both children. Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 10 Information about children‟s behavioural and protection needs and how staff should reduce risk is still out of date and inaccurate. While the acting manager has reviewed key documents relating to children going missing from care, these remain unhelpful to guide staff if a child is to go missing from home. For example, records are missing

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

details about where staff should look first and what action they must take. Until the day of the inspection, staff did not have guidance about how to manage a child‟s significant risk of self-harming behaviour.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Children‟s plans do not contain helpful information to guide staff about risk assessing the legal threshold for physical intervention when children do not cooperate with instructions. Records show that staff are using restraint without being clear about the actual risk or whether harm or damage is evident or likely. One child‟s plan still directs staff to use restraint when this is clearly not appropriate. Children‟s plans do not help staff understand which restraint holds and positions are safest or most effective for the children, for example sitting, standing or lying down floor or bed restraints.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Managerial oversight of implementation of the behaviour management policy has not improved. A qualified, competent person with authority does not oversee staff practice of physical intervention. For example, senior residential care workers review and sign off restraint reports on behalf of the registered person, even when a director of the organisation has taken part. One of the seniors is not trained in the organisation‟s new scheme of restraint and so lacks expertise in reviewing the incidents. Neither the acting manager nor the organisation‟s restraint expert has reviewed or made comment on any of the restraint records since the last inspection, including those when an allegation has been made.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

This aspect of the organisation‟s core service to children with high level of behavioural and safeguarding needs has been a regulatory shortfall at repeated inspections. The registered person has failed to make improvements to promote good practice and child safety when physical intervention is used. The registered person remains unclear whether all interventions are necessary or proportionate.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

There have been some improvements in fire safety. However, there is still not at least one trained fire marshal on each shift as recommended in the internal fire risk assessment. This has been a recommendation and an Ofsted requirement to the organisation since August 2017. While staff have practised escape, they do not yet have the level of skill to marshal children and staff away from a fire hazard.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Since the last inspection, there have been improvements. Some staff are having meaningful conversations about children‟s behaviour and drawing out the child‟s perspective. Staff told inspectors that they are now familiar with the missing-from-care procedures and know they must alert the local police when children are missing. Hygienic management of children‟s continence issues is improved. The home is cleaner and safer. For example, hazardous materials are now safely locked away and adequate fire precautions are in place. Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 11

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The registered manager went on maternity leave in late August 2017. An acting manager has been appointed and began work in September 2017. She is suitably experienced and qualified. Ofsted requires an application to register the appointed manager because the absence of the registered manager is anticipated to extend beyond three months. At the time of the inspection, no application had been received by Ofsted.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

At the August 2017 full inspection, 11 regulatory shortfalls were raised. These included four priority requirements with early dates for action:

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

 Fire safety and an unsafe environment.  Staff lack of understanding of the application and recording of restraint, deprivation and the restriction of children‟s liberty of movement.  Poor risk management in planning, advising staff and recording how to help children if they self-harm or run away.  The absence of any external scrutiny by an independent monthly visitor.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The October 2017 monitoring inspection found that the registered person had not taken effective action to meet any of these four requirements.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

This inspection has found that the registered person has taken some action to partially meet four of the previous 12 requirements, including two of the priority requirements. These relate to better fire safety, ensuring authenticity of records and clarity in restraint records. The reports of the independent visitor, appointed in August 2017, are beginning to be sent in to Ofsted. The responsible individual gave formal notice of the absence of the registered manager in October. Four new requirements are made at this inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Supervision of staff is now more frequent to assist staff to improve their care practice, particularly after allegations. Only two of the 17 core staff have not had supervision in the last two months at the frequency required by the registered person. The impact of the acting manager‟s positive approach was also evident in recent evidence of imaginative consultation with children about their lives, their feelings and their plans by a senior residential worker. The acting manager also told inspectors how they had managed staff concerns about the quality of teamwork, especially at night. This is all positive progress.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Despite this, too many staff from other homes, called pool staff, still work with children. This is the registered person‟s staff deployment model. Pool staff rather than core staff work the majority of care hours. The manager does not supervise the majority of staff working with children. There are no „house meetings‟ when the manager can meet with the core staff to talk about the children and any changes to their care plans, or encourage consistent team work.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The lack of core staff on shift has had an impact. There have been incidents and Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 12 restraints, including an allegation, when a majority of or all staff have been pool staff. The registered person has not demonstrated professional curiosity in reviewing these incidents and sharing learning to improve practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Staff still do not have the experience, skills and qualifications to meet children‟s significant needs as described in the home‟s statement of purpose. Staff with supervisory responsibilities have not been trained. No staff have yet had training in the home‟s approach to protecting children who go missing from care or helping children who self- harm. There is no training yet in understanding child mental health. Three of the 17 core staff do not have current training in any scheme of physical intervention, including the acting manager and the senior signing off restraint records. A majority of staff have not undertaken any Prevent duty training. This specialist service is not supported by staff skilled in the specialism and neither are children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Internal and external monitoring and review systems are still not effective. Internal monthly monitoring continues to be carried out by an administrator and the manager does not evaluate the review. Reports of the independent visitor, appointed in August 2017, are too late to be of use to the regulator and lack scrutiny of the key issues about children‟s safety and well-being.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The registered person has not established any effective system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating the feedback of children, parents, placing authorities and staff as part of any timely six-monthly review of the quality of care. The registered person has not improved the likelihood of children‟s placement stability by reviewing and learning lessons about the placement ending of the two children who have left. The responsible individual has not shared any plan for improvement with Ofsted. He has relied upon the acting manager to respond with a delayed action plan for improvement in relation to the four priority requirements.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The registered person has not demonstrated that the responsible individual has the essential skills needed to develop the leadership and management of the home to ensure the capacity and capability to meet the Quality Standards. This is because improvement is too slow.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Ofsted has written three times to the responsible individual requesting information to evidence his capacity, experience and skills to supervise the management of the home. He has not supplied this to demonstrate his fitness to occupy the role.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There is still only room for one member of staff to sleep in at the home. Waking night staff sit on the floor of the landing outside children‟s bedrooms or in the small office for their waking night duty. Other staff are required to sleep on mattresses in children‟s lounges. The registered person has still not provided evidence of planning permission for the recent extension, or that the building is safe. Ofsted had referred this issue to the council‟s planning department and to the building control surveyor. The registered manager told inspectors in August about planned improvements to the small concrete yard to make it more child friendly. There is no change to the area. Opportunities to work together with partners outside the organisation are missed. One Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 13 placing authority has requested monthly summaries about their child and told the inspector they are still waiting for detailed reports of the missing-from-care incident.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The registered person has not improved the critical areas of regulatory failure linked to children‟s safety, and leadership and management.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people. Inspectors considered the quality of work and the differences made to the lives of children and young people. They watched how professional staff work with children and young people and each other and discussed the effectiveness of help and care provided. Wherever possible, they talked to children and 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 whom it is trying to help, protect and look after.

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Information about this inspection

Using the „Social care common inspection framework‟, this inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, 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‟. Inspection report children‟s home: SC464249 14

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Thoughts of Others Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Thoughts of Others, 99 College Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B73 5DL

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Inspectors

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