Children's home run by Shyne Together Limited in Rushcliffe

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC441865 1 SC441865 Shyne Together Limited

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Monitoring visit 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 for up to three children and young people. The home is owned by a private company.

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This monitoring visit

Following the interim inspection on 7 February 2018, Ofsted issued two compliance notices and a restriction notice. The restriction notice limited the current registration to provide care for the two current residents. Compliance notices were in respect of the leadership and management of the home and the protection of children.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted undertook this monitoring visit to assess how effective the provider has been in promoting improvement. This visit identified that improvements have been made in relation to management arrangements. However, the provider has not ensured that robust steps have been taken to improve safeguarding practice.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has ensured improvements to provide sufficient, adequately trained staff. This will ensure that day-to-day care is provided by suitably experienced and qualified staff, which will promote the welfare of children.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has ensured that staff understand and implement actions resulting from risk assessments. The responsible individual and staff have a better knowledge of the home’s child protection and safeguarding policies and understand how to implement them.

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This monitoring visit

The responsible individual has failed to ensure that staff receive practice-related supervision, with a focus on safeguarding knowledge. This means that the responsible individual does not know whether staff are competent and understand Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC441865 2 the safeguarding needs, risks and vulnerabilities of each child.

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This monitoring visit

The responsible individual has not taken a robust approach to ensure that children understand the content of their risk assessments. This means that children do not have a clear understanding of the reasons for safeguarding measures.

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This monitoring visit

A case review was held on 1 May 2018 to consider whether compliance notices have been met. The regional inspection manager and social care compliance inspector reviewed the evidence. A decision was made to reset one compliance notice. This is due to the provider failing to address two important steps of the protection of children compliance notice.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

07/02/2018 03/07/2017 Interim Full Declined effectiveness Requires improvement to be good 18/10/2016 Full Good 13/07/2016 Full Inadequate

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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.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (2) requires the registered person to ensure—

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (2) (b)) 29/06/2018 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC441865 3 This is with particular reference to ensuring that all staff have received practice-related supervision which addresses safeguarding knowledge and competence and that children understand the content of their risk assessments.

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Requirement Due date

* This requirement is subject to a compliance notice.

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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: Shyne Together Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 61 Stratford Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6AZ

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Charlotte Proctor

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Inspector

Amanda Ellis, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC441865 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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