Children's home run by Compass Children‟s Homes Limited

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1247765 1

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Compass Children’s Homes Limited

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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This monitoring visit

At the interim inspection in February 2018, the home was judged as declined in effectiveness. The concerns included:

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 The overall condition of the home was poor.

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 Staff did not have a shared understanding of the well-being of young people and were not always successful in working together to achieve positive outcomes.

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 There was a lack of joined-up working within the management team. This meant that opportunities to improve staff practice and to safeguard young people were missed.

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 One young person had raised a complaint about a member of staff. However, the complaint procedure had not been followed. This showed a lack of regard to the voice of the child.

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 Management oversight of paperwork designed to keep young people safe was poor.

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 There were occasions when staff had failed to follow young people’s safeguarding plans. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1247765 2  One staff member had not obtained the required level 3 qualification in residential childcare within the regulatory timescale.

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As a result of the high levels of concerns found during the inspection, a restriction of accommodation notice was issued to ensure that no further young people were admitted to the home.

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This monitoring visit has found that the managers have complied with the restriction of accommodation notice. As a result, no young people have been admitted into the home. The two young people living at the home at the time of the previous inspection have both moved out to new placements. This means that there are no young people currently living in the home.

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The previous registered manager has left. A new experienced manager has recently been appointed.

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Since the interim inspection, managers have continued to work hard to make sure that the premises are welcoming, comfortable and ready for new young people to be admitted.

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Managers have established a positive culture of learning. For example, managers have ensured that staff are supported, supervised and accountable for their work with young people. This has included strengthening the support staff receive from the organisation’s psychologist. This extra level of support means that staff are increasingly skilled, confident and competent in working with young people.

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All requirements made at the previous inspection will be fully considered at the next full inspection.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 08/02/2018 Interim Declined in effectiveness 18/07/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1247765 3

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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

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 6(2)(c)(i)) 30/03/2018

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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. 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. (Regulation 12(1)(2)(a)(i)) 30/03/2018

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate. (Regulation 13(2)(b)) 30/03/2018

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 13(2)(c)) 30/03/2018

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person 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. (Regulation 13(2)(f)) 30/03/2018 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1247765 4 The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received. (Regulation

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13(b)(2)(h)) 30/03/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that an individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform. An individual who works in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date, the individual has attained the level 3 diploma for residential childcare or a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the level 3 diploma. (Regulation 32(3)(b)(4)(a)(b)) 30/03/2018

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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. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1247765 5

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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

Louise Battersby, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1247765 6 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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