Children's Home run by Country Care Children’s Homes Ltd in Derbyshire

Inspection report children’s home: SC020151 1 SC020151 Registered provider: Country Care Children’s Homes 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 privately owned. It is registered to provide care for eight females. The accommodation is made up of seven registered beds at the main site and one bed in a separate provision. The provider has a registered independent school on site. This provides education to those children and young people resident in the homes.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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outstanding

How well children and young people are helped and protected outstanding

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outstanding

The effectiveness of leaders and managers outstanding

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outstanding

The children’s home provides highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the children’s home contribute to significantly improved outcomes and positive experiences for children and young people who need help, protection and care.

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outstanding

Date of last inspection: 22 November 2017

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outstanding

Overall judgement at last inspection: outstanding

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outstanding

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC020151 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

22/11/2017 Full Outstanding 14/02/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness 26/10/2016 Full Good 03/02/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC020151 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

This home provides exceptional care to young people who have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect. A multi-disciplinary staff team provides cohesive long-term care. This collaborative approach is successful in improving and sustaining outcomes for young people.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff have extensive knowledge, skills and experience. They develop strong and warm relationships with young people. This means that young people trust staff to nurture and care for them. These trusting relationships enable young people to flourish.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The provider has a highly performing on-site school. From the point of admission to the home, the educational attendance and attainment of young people is outstanding. This means that young people have improved life chances when they leave the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Therapy is central to the operation of the home. A qualified therapy team works alongside the care and education team. In addition, young people enjoy time with the therapy dogs and the horses. The integration of therapy into daily life promotes improved emotional and psychological well-being.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Young people have access to plenty of enrichment opportunities. Stimulating indoor and outdoor activities ensure that young people develop new skills and interests. This increases confidence and self-esteem.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The multi-disciplinary staff team works in partnership with external professionals and families. Families and professionals all report high levels of satisfaction with the home.

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

Safeguarding arrangements are excellent. Staff manage a range of complex safeguarding behaviours effectively. Safeguarding practice and incidents are rigorously audited. This ensures that there are high safeguarding standards.

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

The multi-disciplinary staff team teaches young people to keep themselves safe. Young people benefit from individual and group work. This involves young people identifying alternative ways to understand and manage their behaviours. Consequently, safeguarding incidents reduce over time.

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

From the point of admission, risks are well understood. Staff put clear strategies in place to manage risk. Risk reduction is not linear. However, from their starting points, risks posed to young people significantly reduce. When risks reduce, young people gain a higher level of independence. This is a great motivator for young people to keep themselves safe.

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

Staff have excellent safeguarding knowledge. They benefit from a comprehensive Inspection report children’s home: SC020151 4 training programme. This ensures that staff understand and can respond to a range of complex issues, including eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance misuse, self-harm and sexual exploitation.

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

Incidents of young people going missing from the home are isolated and reduce over time. Safeguarding professionals and the police confirm that safeguarding situations, including incidents of going missing, are well managed.

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

Partnership work with safeguarding agencies is robust. Allegations are managed in line with procedures and show robust safeguarding practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Leadership and management arrangements are exceptional. The management team is highly effective. Leaders and managers have secured improvement and have plans in place to further develop the service.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager is a tenacious and accomplished professional. She leads by example and has high expectations of her team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The staff team is highly qualified, skilled and experienced. The staff members form a motivated and committed team. One professional said: ‘This is not a job to them, this is a passion.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Managers and staff are aspirational for young people. They have an in-depth understanding about the young people, their needs and progress. They advocate on behalf of young people. They challenge responses which they feel are not in young people’s best interests. Staff are effective in working in partnership with professionals to enable young people to achieve their potential.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Meticulous internal and external quality assurance provides detailed analysis of care provision. Leaders and managers have a clear understanding of the home’s strengths and weaknesses. They have development plans in place to promote continued improvement.

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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. Inspection report children’s home: SC020151 5 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

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Information about this inspection

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: SC020151 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Country Care Children’s Homes Limited

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Inspector:

Amanda Ellis, social care regulatory inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC020151 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector:

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