Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Stockport

Inspection report children’s home: SC476261 1 SC476261 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare 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

The home provides care and accommodation for up to five young people aged between eight and 18 years old, who have complex behaviours due to childhood trauma. Staff work therapeutically in a nurturing environment. The home is privately owned.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager came into post at the children’s home in April 2018. She has submitted her application to Ofsted to become the registered manager. The manager has completed her diploma 5 in leadership and management.

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Information about this children’s home

Inspection dates: 18 to 19 September 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

Overall judgement at last inspection: declined in effectiveness

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC476261 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

05/03/2018 Interim Declined in effectiveness 05/12/2017 Full Good 31/01/2017 Interim Sustained effectiveness 09/11/2016 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: SC476261 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

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that uses monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (h)) 11/10/2018

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard requires the registered person to ensure that staff help each child to access and contribute to the records kept by the registered person in relation to the child. (Regulation 14 (2)(f)) 11/10/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that any limitation placed on a child’s privacy or access to any area of the home’s premises is intended to safeguard each child accommodated in the home; is necessary and proportionate; is kept under review and, if necessary, revised. (Regulation 21 (i)(ii)(iii)) 11/10/2018

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety. In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff have attained the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) by the date which falls 2 years after the date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home. (Regulation 32 (1)(4)(a)(5)(a)) 11/12/2018

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Requirement Due date

Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must establish a procedure for considering complaints made by or on behalf of children. The registered person must ensure that a record is made of any complaint, the action taken in response, and the outcome of any investigation. (Regulation 39 (3)) 11/10/2018 Inspection report children’s home: SC476261 4

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure that children’s key-work sessions are focused on identifying areas of need and risk. Children are helped to improve their behaviour and to have the chance to discuss their worries. Children are also supported to contribute their thoughts and ideas to children’s meetings. These include ideas for trying new activities and about meal choices. This means that children feel that they are valued members of the household.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children’s placement plans are not designed in a child-friendly way which considers a child’s age and understanding. This does not therefore ensure that children are provided with sufficient opportunities to be involved in decisions that affect them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy positive relationships with staff. Staff are patient, caring and understanding of children’s individual behaviours. As a result, children experience positive and healthy relationships with staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff are good at helping children to address any issues that arise in school. This approach supports children to overcome barriers to their learning so that academic success can be achieved.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy a good range of activities to help them to develop their hobbies. For example, children make the most of their local community and often visit local farms and attend community events. Children are actively encouraged and supported to try new things.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to see their families. This support is helping to strengthen relationships with family members.

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

Children are safe at the home. Children do not go missing from the home and they are not at risk of child sexual exploitation or radicalisation.

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

Safe recruitment practice ensures that anyone employed in the home is safe to work with children.

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

Staff use bedroom door alarms to provide additional security to the home. However, current risk assessments surrounding this practice are not reviewed in order to consider children’s individual needs.

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

Managers review the suitability of the location of the home. This provides staff with clear information to support them in protecting the children from harm in the community.

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

The home has received one complaint since the last inspection. This complaint was not appropriately recorded, for example by noting the details of the action taken. This does Inspection report children’s home: SC476261 5 not provide complainants with a satisfactory outcome or enable the managers to monitor and learn from complaints.

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

Staff are trained in fire safety procedures and ensure that children take part in fire evacuation drills, so they understand what to do in the event of a fire or other emergencies.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The new manager and her team have worked hard to make the necessary improvements since the last inspection. The recent stability of the team has increased staff morale and desire to improve outcomes for children. Staff feel supported by the manager.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff have good-quality supervision, which focuses on the needs of children. This means that there are opportunities to reflect and learn from staff members’ current practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Although staff have completed a variety of training, the current system for reviewing training does not provide accurate up-to-date data. This hinders the manager in reviewing staff training needs effectively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has not ensured that all staff are qualified to level 3 in residential childcare within the required period. Without this qualification, staff cannot show that they have had the opportunity to develop the skills required for working with children in residential childcare.

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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: SC476261 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Cambian Childcare Limited, Waterfront, Hammersmith Embankment, Chancellors Road, London, Middlesex W6 9RU

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Inspector

Lisa Walsh, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC476261 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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