Children's home run by Keir Lock Children’s Homes Ltd in Wakefield

Inspection report children’s home: SC482415 1 SC482415 Registered provider: Keir Lock Children’s Homes 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

This home is owned by a private company. It is registered to provide care for four children or young people for a short-, medium- or long-term period.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager was registered with Ofsted in October 2015.

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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

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC482415 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

20/06/2017 Full Good 20/12/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness 25/04/2016 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: SC482415 3

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Recommendations

 Staff should be made familiar with the home’s internal whistleblowing procedures through the induction process. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.9)  Detail the process and agreed timescales for the staff to achieve induction, probation and any core training (such as safeguarding and health and safety and mandatory qualifications). (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.8)  The behaviour management strategy should be understood and applied at all times by staff and must be kept under review and revised where appropriate (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.34). In particular, ensure that individual behaviour support plans reflect the interventions used.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people enjoy excellent relationships with the staff. The staff invest time in getting to know the young people. The staff develop an in-depth understanding of each young person’s very complex needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people make good educational progress. The staff help the young people to pursue the education courses of their choice. As a result, the young people feel valued and develop career aspirations.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people’s physical and emotional health improves. The staff work in partnership with specialist mental health services, doctors and dentists to ensure that the young people’s health needs are met.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The range of activities the young people enjoy enhances their life experience. These activities include holidays, quad-biking and zip-wire experiences.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people learn a range of life skills that will help them to live independently. The young people gain confidence and self-worth from their achievements. Inspection report children’s home: SC482415 4

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

The induction process for new staff does not fully evidence that staff complete induction training. This potentially leaves the young people vulnerable if new staff are not familiar with the whistleblowing, safeguarding and health and safety policies in the home.

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

The young people’s individual behaviour support plans do not fully reflect the behaviour support approaches that are used by staff. This could cause confusion for staff about what individual behaviour management techniques should be used.

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

The staff promote trusting and respectful relationships between themselves and the young people. They use these relationships to help the young people in times of crisis. This effectively diffuses challenging behaviour before it escalates, and physical intervention is rare.

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

The young people do not often go missing from home. When they do go missing from the home, the staff respond quickly and go looking for the young person. The staff work closely with the police to find the young person quickly.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The staff are motivated and enthusiastic about the care they provide because they feel well supported and valued by the manager and the deputy manager. Recent improvements to staff supervision sessions are allowing the staff to reflect on their work. This helps the staff to develop their practice and improve their confidence.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

A new progress monitoring tool is helping the manager and the deputy manager to track the young people’s achievements. Any dips in the young people’s progress are quickly identified and addressed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The staff receive a range of training that enables them to understand the young people’s very complex needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The young people receive the specialist support they need. The manager and the deputy manager work closely with other professionals, such as mental health services, police, youth offending teams and teachers. Inspection report children’s home: SC482415 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: SC482415 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Keir Lock Children’s Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Thompsons Yard, New Street, Ossett, West Yorkshire WF5 8BH

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Inspector

Jamie Richardson: social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC482415 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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