Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Warwickshire

Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 1 SC476249 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care and accommodation for up to five young people aged between eight and 18 years old, who have complex behaviours due to childhood trauma. Staff work therapeutically in a nurturing environment. The home is privately owned.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since December 2017.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children‟s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: 1 November 2017

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: declined in effectiveness

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

01/11/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 23/05/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good 16/01/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 02/08/2016 Full Good Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 3

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person 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 registered person must ensure that any limitation placed on a child‟s privacy or access to any area of the home‟s premises is necessary and proportionate; is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and allows children as much freedom as is possible when balanced against the need to protect them and keep them safe. (Regulation 21 (c)(ii)(iii)(iv)) 20/06/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that staff who work in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date. The Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) (“the Level 3 Diploma”); or a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma. The relevant date is in the case of an individual who starts working in a care role in a home after 1st April 2014, the date which falls 2 years after the date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home; or in the case of an individual who was working in a care role in a home on 1st April 2014, 1st April 2016. (Regulation 32 (4)(a)(b) and (5)(a)) 11/07/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all employees receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(b)) 20/06/2018

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people are encouraged by staff to contribute their thoughts and ideas in young people‟s meetings. For example, young people have come up with new ideas for different types of activities and meal choices. These opportunities enable young people to express their opinions and to have the confidence that their views are valued.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people enjoy positive relationships with staff and each other. Staff are patient, Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 4 caring and understanding of young people‟s individual needs. As a result, young people experience positive and healthy relationships.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work in close partnership with the clinical team to deliver individualised care to each young person. Young people engage well in key-work sessions. These sessions focus on identifying and prioritising areas of need and risk, which are based on ongoing assessment and review. Young people are helped to improve their behaviour and have the chance to discuss any worries.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The staff have good links with schools. This support means that most young people access appropriate education. Staff are proactive in helping young people to address any issues that arise in school. This approach supports young people to overcome barriers to their learning so that academic success can be achieved.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people who have complex needs are able to live together and learn from their differences. Staff encourage restorative practice when harmful incidents have occurred.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The environment has improved since the last inspection. The communal rooms have been redecorated and are now a comfortable space for young people to relax. Young people take pride in their bedrooms, enjoy their own personal space and have an array of personal possessions.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Safeguarding concerns are well managed by the registered manager, with prompt monitoring of incidents and quick referrals to safeguarding agencies. The registered manager works in partnership safeguarding agencies. Concerns about young people‟s welfare are routinely notified to Ofsted and show that appropriate safeguarding action is taken as concerns arise.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

There are good relationships with key partners. Staff work with the local police to promote the safety of young people. Police call in to meet young people. They become a familiar face and someone young people can talk to who is independent of the staff.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Young people are safe at the home. Risk assessments are clear and updated after incidents.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff use bedroom door alarms to provide additional security to the home. However, current risk assessments surrounding this practice are not reviewed to consider young people‟s individual needs.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Safe recruitment practice ensures that anyone employed in the home is safe to work with young people.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Young people rarely go missing from the home. However, when these incidents do occur, staff talk to the young people to try to understand the reasons behind their change in behaviour. This positive work means that young people receive the help they Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 5 need to stay safe.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager and staff are committed to helping young people to make progress in all areas of their lives. The stability of the team has increased staff morale and a desire to improve outcomes for children. Staff feel supported by the registered manager. The registered manager has worked hard to meet the requirements made at the last inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff do not always receive good-quality supervision that focuses on the needs of young people. There has been a lack of management oversight to ensure that this takes place. This is a missed opportunity for staff to be able to reflect on their practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager has not ensured that all staff are qualified to level 3 in residential childcare within the required period. Without this qualification, staff cannot show that they have had the opportunity to develop the skills required for working with young people in residential childcare. More positively, staff do receive training that enables them to meet young people‟s day-to-day needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager works well with families and professionals. This approach is central to practice in the home and ensures that the staff deliver the aims and objectives contained in the home‟s statement of purpose.

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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 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

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‟. Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Cambian, Waterfront, Hammersmith Embankment, Chancellors Road, London, Middlesex W6 9RU

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Inspector

Lisa Walsh, social care inspector Inspection report children‟s home: SC476249 7 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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Inspector

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