Children's home run by Five Rivers Chid Care Limited in Wiltshire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC362965 1 SC362965

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Five Rivers Child Care Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is operated by a private national company of care and education services. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for one child or young person.

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Information about this children’s home

The current manager was registered with Ofsted on 19 February 2014.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the monitoring visit, no children or young people were living in the home, with the one resident having moved out the previous week.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 26 July 2018. Following this monitoring visit, Ofsted has made a new full inspection judgement in line with its inspection framework. The children’s home’s new full inspection judgement is: requires improvement to be good

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers promptly took urgent action to address the shortfalls identified at the full inspection. Changes in the home’s practice were made immediately that ensured that staff were safeguarding the young person better.

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This monitoring visit

At this monitoring visit, it was found that four of the six requirements made at the full inspection have been met. Although improvement plans are in place, more time is required to meet the remaining two requirements.

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This monitoring visit

Staff now accurately understand and correctly implement up-to-date risk assessments. The strategies described in these documents are effective and helped staff to take action to keep the young person safe.

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This monitoring visit

The home is now safe from avoidable dangers, risks and hazards to a young person. Immediate action was taken to address this matter at the end of the full inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC362965 2 Team meetings and supervision sessions are now used to reflect on practice, discuss a young person’s needs and agree the necessary boundaries and strategies to keep them safe.

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This monitoring visit

The manager ensured that all of the young person’s care plans and risk assessments were accurate.

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This monitoring visit

The manager requires further time to sufficiently embed monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided at the home. Agency staff have not been used since the full inspection. Therefore, further time is required to demonstrate that an improved system is in place to recruit agency staff safely.

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This monitoring visit

The young person had good opportunities to spend quality time with his staff team before moving out of this home. His day-to-day experiences were positive and he was helped to prepare for the move for a number of weeks beforehand. Staff have since kept in touch with the young person to maintain important relationships.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 25/07/2018 Full Inadequate 16/02/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness 12/10/2016 Full Good 02/02/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC362965 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

13: The leadership and management standard

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that—

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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) and (2)(h)) 31/12/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety. The registered person may only— employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home, if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

The requirements are that— the individual is of integrity and good character;

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Requirement Due date

the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform;

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Requirement Due date

the individual is mentally and physically fit for the purposes of the work that the individual is to perform; and 31/12/2018 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC362965 4 full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1)(2)(a)(b)(3)(a)(b)(c)(d))

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Requirement Due date

This relates specifically to the recruitment checks to be completed for agency staff.

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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: SC362965 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Five Rivers Child Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 47 Bedwin Street, Salisbury SP1 3UT

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Inspector

Guy Mammatt, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC362965 6 to 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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Inspector

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