Children's Home run by Fair Ways in Hampshire

Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 1 SC066481 Registered provider: Fairways Care (UK) 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 is registered to accommodate up to four children. Its statement of purpose notes that children accommodated are likely to have experienced abuse, rejection, previous placement breakdown and exclusion from mainstream education. It is operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of a charity which also has its own educational facility nearby.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has not had a registered manager since 8 January 2018. The manager currently in day-to-day charge of the home is in the process of applying to Ofsted for registration.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers inadequate

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requires improvement to be good

The children‟s home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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requires improvement to be good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

22/05/2017 Full Good 18/10/2016 Full Good 14/07/2016 Full Inadequate 08/03/2016 Interim Declined in effectiveness Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 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—

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Requirement Due date

ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to— meet the needs of each child; and enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (2)(c)(i)(ii)) 28/10/2018

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Requirement Due date

The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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Requirement Due date

mutual respect and trust; an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and positive responses to other children and adults. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c)) 28/10/2018

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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.

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Requirement Due date

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)) 28/10/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must— keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(a)(b)) 28/10/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if— 28/10/2018 Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 4 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))

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Requirement Due date

The independent person must produce a report about a visit (“the independent person‟s report”) which sets out, in particular, the independent person‟s opinion as to whether—

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Requirement Due date

children are effectively safeguarded; and the conduct of the home promotes children‟s well-being.

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Requirement Due date

The independent person‟s report may recommend actions that the registered person may take in relation to the home and timescales within which the registered person must consider whether or not to take those actions. (Regulation 44 (4)(a)(b)(5)) 28/10/2018

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Recommendations

 Ensure that, after an episode of missing, when a child is found, they are offered an independent return interview. This should be an in-depth interview and is normally best carried out by an independent person (i.e., someone not involved in caring for the child) who is trained to carry out these interviews and is able to follow-up any actions that emerge. (Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care, January 2014, Paragraph 32, page 14). 

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improvement to be good

The home is subjected to a limited judgement due to not having a registered manager in place, resulting in an inadequate judgement in leadership and management.

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improvement to be good

The home needs to be redecorated internally and externally. The home currently is unappealing to the children due to lacking colour and age-appropriate toys and books that represent the current age range of nine to 12. The large garden has no on-site activities, such as playground or sporting equipment, to enable the children to play separately, with each other or staff.

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improvement to be good

The quality of relationships between the children is poor. They do not engage well together as conflict regularly occurs. When the children are in a group they have a negative impact on each other‟s behaviour, therefore interactions are currently limited, and children supervised on a one-to-one basis by staff. Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 5 When children first move into the home, the planning for them is sufficient. There is a structured plan devised by the manager that assesses how their needs will be met and how they will be introduced into the daily routine of the home.

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improvement to be good

There are regular opportunities for children to spend time with important people in their lives. The staff regularly support arrangements by transporting and supervising the children, in addition to documenting the quality of the time spent.

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improvement to be good

The current location risk assessment is poor. The manager has failed to take into accounts aspects of the surrounding community that pose a risk to the children, for example a large forest area nearby. By not evaluating this area properly, the staff cannot ensure the safety of the children when they use it.

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improvement to be good

The incidents of children going missing have been handled reasonably well by staff. They follow the home‟s missing from care policy and report children missing when their whereabouts are unknown. Unfortunately, return home interviews have not taken place.

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improvement to be good

There was an organised response by the senior managers to escalating behaviours by the children. Weekly management meetings were held, along with multi-agency professionals‟ meetings taking place in the home. The strategies implemented helped to manage and reduce risk to the children.

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improvement to be good

There is an extremely high number of physical interventions for children on record. The staff only intervene when it is determined that children are a risk to themselves or others. Each incident is quality assured by the manager, prompting discussion with the children involved and learning for staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The home has not had a registered manager for 26 weeks, which has resulted in the inadequate judgement in this section of the report. A new manager for the service has been in post for six months but his application for registration has yet to be submitted.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Notifications informing of serious incidents have been significantly late. There was no reasonable explanation offered by managers regarding the delay in notifying Ofsted.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Monthly monitoring by the independent visitor has not been purposeful or efficient for the managers. There have been several changes to the position in the last year, with each person being considered unsuitable. The reports provided to the management failed to offer useful appraisals for the quality of care being provided to the children. Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 6 An updated statement of purpose had not been submitted to Ofsted for a considerable period. The one provided on inspection did not adequately reflect the current staffing arrangements.

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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: SC066481 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Fairways Care (UK) Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Fairways House, Mount Pleasant Road, Northam, Southampton SO14 0QB

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Inspector

James Harmon, social care inspector Inspection report children‟s home: SC066481 8 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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