Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Leeds

Inspection report children’s home: SC428895 1 SC428895 Registered provider: Cambian Plc

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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 up to three children or young people for a short-, medium- or long-term period. The manager was registered with Ofsted in June 2018.

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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

Date of last inspection: 21 November 2017

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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: SC428895 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

21/11/2017 Full Good 05/01/2017 Interim Sustained effectiveness 20/09/2016 Full Outstanding 17/03/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC428895 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 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. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)) This specifically relates to Schedule 3. A copy of any plan for the care of the child prepared by the child’s placing authority, and of the placement plan. 20/09/2018

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Recommendations

 All staff in a care role, including external agency or bank staff, must have the qualification in regulation 32(4) within the relevant timescales listed in regulation 32(5). (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.12)

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children and young people enjoy good relationships with the staff. The staff have a nurturing approach towards the children and young people. The children and young people’s self-esteem grows because the staff take an individualised approach towards the level of care being provided to children and young people. The children’s and young people’s attendance at school improves, and this is helping them to gain essential skills for later life. The staff work hard to promote daily school routines. The staff work with teachers to help the children and young people make progress with their education. The children and young people feel valued as individuals. They enjoy a range of personalised activities, such as holidays to Spain, trips to log cabins, spas and theme parks. The children’s and young people’s health has improved. They learn how to stay healthy and they start to understand the dangers of smoking. As a result, some of the children

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Inspection report children’s home: SC428895 4 and young people have stopped smoking. When new children or young people come to live at the home, essential plans are not always in place to help staff to care for them consistently. Delays in receiving essential plans lead to confusion for the children, young people and staff around care expectations.

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

The children’s and young people’s behaviour improves, and they start to learn how to regulate their own emotions. The children and young people are motivated by new behaviour reward systems. The children and young people feel proud of their achievements from the new system. The staff have a good knowledge of how to manage risks for the children and young people. The staff work with the children and young people to help them identify danger and the staff help the children and young people to learn ways to keep themselves safe. The children and young people rarely go missing from home. The staff are familiar with missing from home procedures and they feel confident to act if a child or young person does go missing.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager is new to the post and is motivated to make continuous improvements to the care that the children and young people receive. The registered manager is ambitious for the children and young people. She monitors the children’s and young people’s progress to make sure that they continue to achieve. The staff team feels well supported by the manager. The staff receive regular supervision as well as on-the-spot supervision, which helps them to feel confident about their work. The staff team undertakes regular training which is bespoke to the children’s and young people’s very individual needs. Not all staff are within timescales to complete one mandatory training course. This does not fully meet a requirement set at the last inspection. The registered manager works closely with other professionals, such as therapists, reviewing officers, teachers and social workers to make sure that the children and young

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

people receive a complete package of care.

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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 Inspection report children’s home: SC428895 5 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: SC428895 6

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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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Inspector

Jamie Richardson: social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC428895 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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Inspector

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