Children's home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd

Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 1

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Beaufort Care Group

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

 The home provides care for up to four children who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.  The home is operated by a private provider who has three other children‘s homes in the area.  The registered manager has been registered with Ofsted since December 2016.

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This monitoring visit

This children‘s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection in June 2018.

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This monitoring visit

At that inspection, safeguarding arrangements were inadequate, staff were not managing children‘s high-risk behaviours effectively and three out of the four children living in the home were making insufficient progress. The inspector also found one child‘s bedroom to be in an unacceptable state; it was unclean and unkempt. Eleven statutory requirements were issued.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the actions taken by leaders and managers to improve the quality of care provided to children and to assess the progress made towards meeting the requirements.

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This monitoring visit

At this monitoring visit, inspectors found that practices in the home had declined. Children are not being kept safe because leaders, managers and staff are failing to protect them from the risk of harm and from actual harm.

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This monitoring visit

Although the home is being redecorated, insufficient action has been taken to clean and tidy children‘s bedrooms and keep them clean and tidy. Children are still allowed to live in bedrooms that are unclean, disorganised and unsafe. Children‘s clothing is left on the floor and there is evidence of children regularly smoking and misusing Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 2 substances in their rooms. This poor practice is neglectful, it shows that staff are not meeting children‘s basic care needs and does not demonstrate care and nurture of children.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are not managing medication safely. Staff did not know the possible implications of a medication that a child was taking and had no system in place to monitor the child for side-effects or changes in behaviour. In addition, prescription- only medication was found by inspectors in a child‘s bedroom, despite it not being prescribed to this child. Staff do not know how it came to be in the child‘s possession and took no action to remove it themselves.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are failing to safeguard the children from incidents and relationships that place them at risk of harm to their welfare. Staff are not taking sufficient action to protect a child who often stays away from the home, and neither did they respond effectively when two other children went missing together, resulting in them being exploited. Leaders and managers did not take action to protect a child who made an allegation about an adult that supports her.

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This monitoring visit

A decision was made to suspend the registration of the home with immediate effect on 8 August 2018.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

27/06/2018 Full Inadequate 05/12/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness 06/06/2017 Full Good Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 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

5: Engaging with the wider system to ensure children‘s needs are met. In meeting the quality standards, if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority‘s or a relevant person‘s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child‘s needs are met in accordance with the child‘s relevant plans. (Regulation 5(c)) 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

6: The quality and purpose of care standard. The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who— understand the children‘s home‘s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children; use this understanding to deliver care that meets children‘s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to— ensure that staff—

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Requirement Due date

 protect and promote each child‘s welfare;  provide personalised care that meets each child‘s needs, as recorded in the child‘s relevant plans, taking account of the child‘s background;  provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need in order to live there comfortably;  ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—  meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 6(1)(a)(b), (2)(a)(b)(ii)(iv)(vii)(c)(i)) 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

8: The education standard. The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are 21/09/2018 Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 4 helped to do so.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— that staff—  understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;  help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;  help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible. (Regulation 8(1), (2)(a)(iii)(iv)(viii))

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Requirement Due date

10: The health and well-being standard. The health and well-being standard is that the health and well- being needs of children are met, that children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and that children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure-  that staff help each child to achieve the helth and well- being outcomes that are recorded in the child‘s relevant plans;  that staff understand the child‘s health and well-being needs and the options that are available in relation to the child‘s health and well-being, in a way that is appropriate to the child‘s age and understanding. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(i)(ii))

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Requirement Due date

This relates to health concerns regarding smoking and substance misuse. 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

11: The positive relationships standard. The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on— mutual respect and trust; an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and positive responses to other children and adults.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— that staff— 14/09/2018 Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 5  meet each child‘s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child‘s relevant plans;  help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;  encourage each child to take responsibility for the child‘s behaviour, in accordance with the child‘s age and understanding;  help each child to develop and practise skills to resolve conflicts positively and without harm to anyone;  communicate to each child expectations about the child‘s behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child‘s age and understanding;  help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship;  understand how children‘s previous experiences and

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Requirement Due date

present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children;  are provided with supervision and support to enable them to understand and manage their own feelings and responses to the behaviour and emotions of children, and to help children to do the same. (Regulation 11(1)(a)(b)(c), (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vii)(ix)(x))

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Requirement Due date

12: The protection of children standard. 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;  help each child to understand how to keep safe;  have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;  understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person; 10/08/2018 Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 6  take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child‘s welfare; and  are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home‘s child protection policies.  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.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 12(1), (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In addition, safeguarding records need to be comprehensive and contain information about all activities related to the event and include minutes of meetings and guidance given by the designated officer. 13: The leadership and management standard. 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.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—  ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;  ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;  understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home.  use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13(1)(a)(b), (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(h)) 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

14: The care planning standard. The care planning standard is that children— receive effectively planned care in or through the children‘s home. (Regulation 14(1)(a)) 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

23: Medicines. The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording and safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children‘s home. Medicines kept in the home must be stored in a secure place so 31/08/2018 Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 7 as to prevent any child from having unsupervised access to them. (Regulation 23 (1)(2a) 33: Employment of staff. The registered person must ensure that all employees undertake appropriate continuing professional development; receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience; and have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once every year. (Regulation 33(4(a)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, records of the supervision and appraisal need to be of a good quality, reflect the discussion and any required actions to be completed. 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

35: Behaviour management policies and records. The registered person must ensure that— 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)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the person speaking to the child must not be a member of staff involved in the restraint. 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

36: Children‘s case records. The registered person must maintain records (―case records‖) for each child which— include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child; are kept up to date. (Regulation 36(1)(a)(b)) 31/08/2018

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Requirement Due date

40: Notification of a serious event. The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if— a child protection enquiry involving a child — is instigated; or concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry). (Regulation 40(4)(d)(i)(ii)) 31/08/2018 Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 8 *These requirements are 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. Inspection report for children‘s home – monitoring visit: 1246831 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 42 Lytton Road, New Barnet, Barnet EN5 5BY

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Jennifer Kendall

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Inspectors

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