Children's home run by PJL Healthcare Limited in Wealden

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC486879 1 SC486879

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PJL Healthcare Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately owned children’s home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to five children. The statement of purpose states that the home accommodates children and young people ‘with mild to moderate learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, social/emotional difficulties and associated challenging behaviours, to include attachment disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders and mental health problems’.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager is on maternity leave.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was conducted following Ofsted’s receipt of a safeguarding notification that raised serious concerns about the safety and welfare of two young people. A series of serious incidents had occurred in the home. These were not known by staff until one young person made a disclosure. The findings of this visit question the matching of the placement for one young person and the leaders’ and managers’ actions to ensure a suitable plan of care.

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This monitoring visit

At this visit, the inspector examined relevant records, including those of the actions taken, and spoke with staff, leaders and managers, as well as placing social workers

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This monitoring visit

The inspector identified the following shortfalls:

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This monitoring visit

 The initial referral information for one young person was not explored with sufficient rigour when there were grounds for doing so.  Safeguarding mechanisms were ineffective and not reviewed, despite additional information being received by leaders and managers during the full Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC486879 2 inspection in May 2018. This was a significant missed opportunity.  Leaders and managers delayed acting on their decision to end one young person’s placement. Consequently, young people with incompatible needs have continued to live together.  Following the disclosures, some work was completed to update risk assessments for the young people. This process is weak and has been completed in isolation; risk assessments are not linked to individual care plans nor to the home’s locality risk assessment.

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This monitoring visit

Gaps and omissions with regards to admissions’ practice, risk management and the delay in taking sufficient action to promote young people’s safety and well-being have resulted in a requirement being made under regulation 12.’

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 01/05/2018 Full Good 16/05/2017 Full Good 05/10/2016 Full Good 04/05/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC486879 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

that staff— help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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Requirement Due date

manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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Requirement Due date

take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare. (Regulation 12 (2)(ii)(iv)(vi)) 24/08/2018

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was for Ofsted to examine the safeguarding practices of the staff, following a series of serious incidents that occurred at the home.

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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: SC486879 4

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: PJL Healthcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Mayfield House, East Street, Mayfield, East Sussex TN20 6TZ

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Inspector:

Sarah Olliver, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC486879 5 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector:

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Inspector:

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Inspector:

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