Children's Home run by Kingston upon Hull City Council in Kingston upon Hull

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC034746 1 SC034746

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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council

Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to four young people. The home is operated by a local authority. The service can accommodate and care for up to four children or young people aged between 12 and 17, who may display a range of emotional, social or behavioural difficulties. The service is for children and young people whose care plan is to live in a medium- to long-term residential setting. Staff continue to support young people who turn 18 and require further support to help their transition into independence be successful. The registered manager has been registered since 22 August 2017.

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This monitoring visit

At the interim inspection on 6 March 2018 the home was judged to have declined in effectiveness. There were some breaches in regulation. This included deficiencies in record-keeping practice relating to physical interventions, notifications to Ofsted, taking effective action when there were serious concerns about a child’s welfare and training for the staff team.

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This monitoring visit

As a result, four requirements were made. Two of the requirements were the subject of compliance notices that were served to the provider under regulation 12 and 13 of the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015).

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was carried out to establish whether any progress has been made in addressing the compliance notices served under regulations 12 and 13. In particular, to ascertain whether steps have been taken to ensure that effective action had been taken to address the risks to an individual young person’s welfare.

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This monitoring visit

The monitoring visit was also to ensure that the staff team has the experience, qualifications and skills to demonstrate competence in meeting the needs of young Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC034746 2 people who may display self-injurious behaviour, which includes the use of ligatures.

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This monitoring visit

During the visit, the manager provided evidence that the concerns relating to the welfare of one young person had been escalated to senior leaders in the placing authority. He had satisfied himself that appropriate steps were being taken to assess and minimise any potential and identified risks to the safety of the young person.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has also worked with a training coordinator in the organisation to source and commission appropriate training on self-harm and ligature use awareness for all staff working in the home.

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This monitoring visit

The staff team has also accessed another internally provided self-harm course. Half of the team has completed this course and the other half is scheduled to complete it in the near future.

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This monitoring visit

The regulator is satisfied that the compliance notices under regulations 12 and 13 are met. The actions taken by the management in relation to the other requirements made at the last inspection, under regulations 12, 35 and 40, will be examined at the next full inspection of this service.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 06/03/2018 Interim Declined in effectiveness 09/05/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good 25/01/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 19/09/2016 Full Requires improvement Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC034746 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 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)) 08/04/2018

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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 that– helps children aspire to fulfil their potential, and promotes their welfare. 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 (1)(2)(c)) 30/04/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that– within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes– the name of the child; details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure; the date, time and location of the use of the measure; a description of the measure and its duration; details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure; the name of the person who used the measure (‘the user’), and of any other person present when the measure was used; the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the 30/04/2018 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC034746 4 measure; and a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered as a result of the measure; within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered

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Requirement Due date

person to do so (‘the authorised person’)– has spoken to the user about the measure; and has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if– an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious; there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(b)(e)) 30/04/2018

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Recommendations

 Staff should continually and actively assess the risks 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)  When a child returns to the home after being missing from care or away from the home without permission, the responsible local authority must provide an opportunity for the child to have an independent return home interview. Homes should take account of information provided by such interviews when assessing risks and putting arrangements in place to protect each child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 45, paragraph 9.30)

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Recommendations

 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. This evaluation should inform the review of the quality of care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.31) Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC034746 5

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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: Kingston-upon-Hull City Council

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AA

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Inspector

Nicola Thomas, social care inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC034746 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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