Children's Home run by Netheredge Care Limited in Kirklees

Inspection report children’s home: SC489226 1 SC489226 Registered provider: Netheredge Care 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 up to five 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 January 2018.

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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 requires improvement to be good

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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: SC489226 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

10/05/2017 Full Good 11/01/2017 Interim Sustained effectiveness 10/05/2016 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: SC489226 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 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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare.

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

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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))

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Requirement Due date

This is in relation to monitoring the quality and impact of the training undertaken by staff. 06/10/2018

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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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare.

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

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b), (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This is in relation to staff receiving training, and putting into practice, learned skills to be alert to, and respond to, risk. This also refers to risk associated with wider contextual safeguarding issues such as gang affiliation. 06/10/2018

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The protection of children standard is that children are 06/10/2018 Inspection report children’s home: SC489226 4 protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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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;

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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare.

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

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This is in relation to helping each young person to understand how to stay safe and identify risk which is specific to them. Ensure that risk assessments detail individual risks to young people and provide staff with clear guidance of how to respond if the risk occurs. Ensure that staff are able to identify risk and respond immediately where necessary.

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The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

This is in relation to only accepting placements for children when the home can respond effectively to the child’s assessed needs as recorded in the child’s relevant plans and when the impact that the placement will have on the existing group of children and young people has been properly considered. 06/11/2018

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Inspection judgements

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improvement to be good

Some young people experience placement breakdowns because the planning process for new young people coming into the home is not effective. This is a negative life experience which is likely to affect their emotional well-being.

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improvement to be good

Some of the young people have recently disengaged with the staff by isolating themselves. Other young people enjoy good relationships with staff. The staff team is responsive to the individual needs of the young people and the staff team understands the young people’s levels of ability.

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improvement to be good

The staff monitor the young people’s health and help them to attend routine appointments. Some of the young people are supported to work with specialist therapists. As a result, the young people’s emotional health improves.

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improvement to be good

The young people are supported to attend education. They make good progress and achieve qualifications which will help them to gain employment in later life.

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improvement to be good

Some of the young people enjoy a range of leisure activities, which improves their social skills and confidence.

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improvement to be good

The young people’s individual risk assessments do not reflect the young people’s current risks. As a result, the staff do not have a clear understanding of the individual risks the young people face and how to manage them.

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improvement to be good

Some of the young people frequently go missing from the home. When this occurs, the staff actively look for the young person. They work with other professionals, such as the police, to try to locate the young person.

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improvement to be good

The staff complete courses around safeguarding the young people. Although the staff have completed safeguarding courses, they are not yet demonstrating their learning in practice. Training related to gang affiliation has not been completed. Consequently, the staff are not always able to identify signs of danger in relation to gangs.

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improvement to be good

The young people undertake work which helps them to identify risk. For some of the young people, the work is targeted well but for others, key risks are not always addressed. This does not help some of the young people understand the danger they could be in.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Inspection report children’s home: SC489226 6 The manager has not fully met all requirements and recommendations from the last inspection. This has led to the shortfalls identified at this inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager’s systems for identifying and monitoring risk are ineffective. However, the manager is monitoring the young people’s developmental progress and she tailors care packages appropriately.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager is ambitious for the young people. She is a strong advocate. She challenges other professionals when necessary, to make sure that the young people receive the services they need.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The staff feel well supported by the manager. They have regular supervision. One member of staff said: ‘It helps us to reflect on our practice and helps to reassure us.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager ensures that there is good communication with the regulatory body and that the regulatory body is kept informed of safeguarding concerns.

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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: SC489226 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Netheredge Care Limited

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Inspector

Jamie Richardson: social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC489226 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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