Children's home run by Keswick Care Limited in Wakefield

Inspection report children’s home: SC067865 1 SC067865 Registered provider: Keswick Care Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and operated by a private company. The home is registered to care for three children or young people who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

Judgement at last inspection: outstanding

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Information about this children’s home

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged outstanding at the last full inspection. At the interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has sustained effectiveness.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The children and young people living in the home continue to make progress and are achieving some positive outcomes. One child has been encouraged by the staff to pursue her love of singing and performing. As a result, she is attending castings and has been shortlisted to appear in a talent show. Another young person is passionate about figure-skating. The staff have supported the young girl to embrace this and she is making phenomenal progress with her lessons and exams.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The children and young people continue to make vast improvements in school. This is supported as the staff maintain regular contact with teachers and together they implement plans to enable the children and young people to achieve. One child has been helped by the staff to manage the difficult transition from primary to secondary school. Careful consideration was given by the staff to source the right school to meet her level of needs and provide the nurturing programme that she requires. The staff also utilise and implement other resources to support young people to make progress with their Inspection report children’s home: SC067865 2 education. For one young person, this includes additional GCSE tuition.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

One young person has experienced a well-planned and thought out move into the home. For new admissions, the manager completes a thorough impact assessment. It includes consultation with professionals, specialist agencies and the children and young people. However, the document does not evidence the full findings, including the current child’s impact on the new resident. Unfortunately, despite this matching process, this period of living together has identified that the child’s complex needs cannot be met within a group living environment.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The children and young people are helped by the staff to be safe. The staff work in partnership with the provider’s therapist to develop their strategies to further enable the children and young people to understand their behaviours and the risk that these pose to themselves and others. The staff are resourceful in their approach. In relation to heightening one child’s understanding of pertinent issues, they use dolls. The staff create new risk assessments to provide insight and guidance to others who are involved with and deliver care to the children and young people. However, not all completed risk assessments are being reviewed to demonstrate any changes in risk due to progress made or because of ongoing concerns.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home has a newly appointed manager who is in the process of registering with Ofsted. This manager has been employed from within the company and has management experience in a deputy role. A staff member said: ‘She is supportive and enables the staff to complete their roles, even during the complexities that we face and in times of crisis and challenge.’

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager has varying means of monitoring and is therefore able to identify the strengths and areas that she wishes to develop for the children and young people in the home. The manager is tracking the children and young people’s progress through a ‘colour my success’ document, which also helps the staff to identify how their care and attention are helping the children and young people to achieve their outcomes. However, there are elements of records that would benefit from further development, for example the depth and clarity of the recording contained in the restraint records.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The management team has responded to the requirement and recommendations previously set and continues to develop practices to improve the care that is afforded to the children and young people. Inspection report children’s home: SC067865 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

06/06/2017 Full Outstanding 13/12/2016 Interim Not judged 22/09/2016 Interim Not judged 15/02/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Recommendations

 Records of restraint must be kept and should enable the registered person and staff to review the use of control, discipline and restraint to identify effective practice and respond promptly where any issues or trends of concerns emerge. The review should provide the opportunity for amending practice to ensure that it meets the needs of each child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 49, paragraph 9.59)  The registered person should only accept placements for children where they are satisfied that the home can respond effectively to the child’s assessed needs as recorded in the child’s relevant plans and where they have fully considered the impact that a new placement will have on the existing group of children. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 56, paragraph 11.4) This is with particular reference to clearly documenting the risks

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Recommendations

that have been considered and the impact on all the children and young people in the home. This record and analysis will evidence the rationale for accepting the new admissions to the home.  Staff should continually and actively assess the risk to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them. Where there are safeguarding concerns for a child, their placement plan, agreed between the home and their placing authority, must include details of the steps the home will take to manage any assessed risks on a day-to-day basis. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 42, paragraph 9.5) This is with particular reference to the registered manager ensuring that the staff team reviews all risk assessments and that the review process is evident within the records. Inspection report children’s home: SC067865 4

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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

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

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’.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Keswick Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Hylton House, 150 Barnsley Road, Hemsworth, Pontefract WF9 4PQ

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Inspector

Jennifer Fenlon, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC067865 5 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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