Children's home run by Hennessy Living Group Limited in Kirklees

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 1

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Hennessy Living Group Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is registered to accommodate up to five children, including two under short-break arrangements, who have physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities. It is operated by a private company

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken to review the actions taken by the provider to meet compliance with a notice suspending the registration to provide care and accommodation at the home. The inspection was carried out on 26 February 2018 and confirmed that the home has no children accommodated and, therefore, is not operating. The provider is actively engaged in the identification and recruitment of a registered manager for the home. Staff recruitment is currently on hold while investigations into allegations of a serious safeguarding nature are ongoing by the police and other agencies. The recommendations made at the recent interim inspection on 22 January 2018 are in progress and are repeated here. The home has in place a paperless system with records and recordings being electronic. The responsible individual is updating policy guidance on supervision of staff and standards of recording. The outcome of this visit is that compliance with the notice of suspension is being

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This monitoring visit

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 22/01/2018 Interim Sustained effectiveness 05/09/2017 Full Good 09/02/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness 08/11/2016 Full Requires improvement Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 3

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Recommendations

 Some records may be kept electronically (regulation 38) provided that this information can be easily accessed by anyone with a legitimate need to view it and, if required, be reproduced in a legible form. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 14.2)  Records must be kept detailing all individual incidents when children go missing from the home (regulation 36 (schedule 3(14)). In particular, evaluation of missing incidents should be undertaken to identify any gaps in training, skills or knowledge for staff or to record and retain evidence of what worked well. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.31)  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 the staff member have a copy of the record. (‘Guide to the children’s

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Recommendations

homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.4). In particular, ensure that actions are highlighted and timescales for completion are recorded.

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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: Hennessy Living Group Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Helme Hall, Helme Lane, Holmfirth HD9 5RL

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Christopher Goundry

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Inspector

Michael Dack, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 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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Inspector

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Inspector

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