Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Barnsley

Inspection report children’s home: SC482419 1 SC482419 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

A private company owns and runs this home. The home provides care for three children or young people whose plan is for them to receive short-term, medium-term or long- term care. The staff help the children and young people to recover from earlier disruptive life experiences. The staff prepare the children and young people for transition home or to independence. The registered manager is experienced and appropriately qualified. She has been registered at this home since January 2015, and has been managing this home since September 2014.

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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 outstanding

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good

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

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC482419 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/07/2017 Full Good 06/03/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness 29/11/2016 Full Good 01/02/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC482419 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, the 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 (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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Requirement Due date

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) and (2)(a)(i)

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that all risk assessments are up to date. 13/07/2018

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people enjoy good relationships with the staff team because they feel that staff listen to them and help them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people are helped to understand the importance of attending education. Some of the young people engage well and are making good progress at college. Other young people’s attendance varies.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people enjoy good health. They attend all routine medical appointments and learn how to keep themselves physically healthy.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people learn the skills they need to move into semi-independent living. For example, they learn to budget, cook and clean. When the young people move on from the home, the staff continue to help them. This enables the young people to settle quickly.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people maintain their sense of identity because staff work hard to facilitate contact between the young people and their families. Inspection report children’s home: SC482419 4

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

The police are notified as soon as new young people move into the home. This allows them to agree a clear plan of action should the young person go missing. The staff are quick to follow the missing from home protocol and the young people’s individual plan when they go missing from home.

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

Risk assessments are not always updated in line with company policy. Consequently, some risk assessments do not reflect the young people’s current situation. This could potentially lead to inconsistent practice when the staff are managing risk.

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

Incidents of challenging behaviour reduce because the staff have good relationships with the young people. The young people learn the importance of building respectful relationships with others. The staff successfully help rebuild relationships between the young people when challenging incidents occur between them.

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

Safeguarding procedures are effective and the young people feel safe. The staff are committed to protecting the young people and take immediate action when safeguarding concerns are raised.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager is extremely motivated and enthusiastic. The staff follow this example and they demonstrate high aspirations and expectations for the young people.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The staff feel extremely well supported by the manager and team leaders. The staff benefit from regular supervision, which includes individual, on-the-spot and group supervision. This helps staff to feel valued and confident in their practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

New staff are confident and happy in their work because they receive an in-depth induction and continuous support from the manager and their colleagues.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager strives for this service to continually improve. She uses research and draws on the expertise of others to help her improve care practice for the young people.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The young people receive the services they need because the manager is passionate about their care. She is persistent in escalating any concerns to ensure that the young people get the right support at the right time.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Issues about care practice or dips in the young people’s progress are identified effectively through robust management auditing. The manager is quick to address problems and she efficiently targets areas of development. Inspection report children’s home: SC482419 5

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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: SC482419 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: Waterfront, Hammersmith Embankment, Chancellors Road, London W6 9RU

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Susan Fitzsimmons

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Children’s home details

Registered manager: Amber Walker-O’Brien

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Inspector

Jamie Richardson: social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC482419 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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