Children's Home run by Compass Children’s Homes Ltd in Herefordshire

Interim inspection report children’s home: 1247764 1 Registered provider: Compass Children’s Homes Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This service is a privately owned children’s home registered to provide care and accommodation for three young people who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Judgement at last inspection: good

Date of last inspection: 13 September 2017

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Judgement at last inspection: good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged good 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

At the time of this inspection, the registered manager was no longer working at the home but had not yet resigned his registration.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff continue to provide a high quality of care to young people. Young people are able to discuss issues that are important to them with members of staff. Staff conduct good quality key-work sessions around issues such as bullying, racism, child sexual exploitation and grooming. Staff also work with young people to help them to develop life skills. This helps young people to keep themselves safe and to develop in self- esteem.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people continue to progress in many areas of their development. Young people Interim inspection report children’s home: 1247764 2 are working well with staff and teachers to progress in their education. One young person has had 100% school attendance since Christmas, and another young person is working closely with staff to support her reintegration back into school.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff work closely with other professionals to promote young people’s health and development. They have actively sought specialist health services to support young people’s emotional and mental health.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Young people continue to enjoy an excellent range of activities that help to encourage their hobbies and interests. For example, staff have worked in partnership with one young person and her father to have a loan of a horse from a nearby stable. This has successfully promoted her interest and love of horses. Another young person enjoys regular weekly activities such as swimming and attending cubs.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home experienced a difficult period during November last year. This was primarily due to a high number of missing-from-home episodes involving one young person. This resulted in safeguarding concerns being expressed. Staff worked closely with other professionals during this period to stabilise the young person’s risk-taking behaviour and to put in place measures to safeguard all young people. Young people’s risk assessments have all been updated to reflect concerns, and staff are fully aware of the measures they need to take to keep young people safe.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Senior managers have commissioned external professionals to provide therapeutic and reflective supervisions with all staff to develop resilience within the staff group. The impact of this has meant that young people are being better safeguarded. Since December, there has been a dramatic reduction in the number of incidents, including missing-from-home episodes.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Monitoring of the home has improved. Day-to-day managerial oversight is good. The organisation’s new database supports this monitoring and is now fully embedded in practice. Monitoring feeds into the home’s development plan, which is reviewed on a monthly basis and which demonstrates continual development of the home. The recommendations made at the last inspection have both been met.

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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 Interim inspection report children’s home: 1247764 3 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: Compass Children’s Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Mountfields House, Off Squirrel Way Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3GE

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Inspector

Sue Young, social care regulatory inspector Interim inspection report children’s home: 1247764 4 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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