Children's home run by Bright Futures Care Limited in Bolton

Inspection report children’s home: SC456149 1 SC456149 Registered provider: Bright Futures Care Limited T/A Cornerstones

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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 registered to provide care and accommodation for up to six young people who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, learning disabilities and sensory impairments.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is part of a private organisation that also offers specialist education provision and care and accommodation for adults who have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

There is a permanent registered manager in post. He was registered with Ofsted on 10 March 2016.

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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: 11 October 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: SC456149 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/10/2017 Full Good 08/03/2017 Full Outstanding 18/11/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 24/03/2016 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC456149 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

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, ensure that staff— if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (c)) 17/01/2018

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Requirement Due date

In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating any action that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided to children. (Regulation 45 (2)(c)) 17/01/2018

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people all have excellent individualised care and there is a dedicated staff team for each young person. Young people with complex needs make good progress across all areas of their development. This is due to the excellent care they receive from the staff team. The staff team understands the complex needs of each young person.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff know the young people well and have positive relationships with them. Staff have good relationships with professionals and parents. One parent said, ‘My child benefits from having the same staff team and she knows who is caring for her each day. Communication with the home is outstanding’.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

All young people have made progress from their starting points in their education. Young people have individualised sensory diets. This helps to improve their sensory processing and includes a number of physical activities in the home. The staff have the support of a specialist service to devise and develop these. All young people have a health passport. Inspection report children’s home: SC456149 4 Staff ensure that young people attend their medical appointments and all health needs are met.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The young people are regularly consulted on their views in weekly time with keyworkers. They also take part in their young people’s meetings. All young people living in the home have their own individual children’s guides. These individualised guides are extremely child focused and have pictures in them. This helps the young people to recognise their own guide which is personal to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The experience of living in this home enhances young people’s lives. Staff are committed to supporting the young people to enjoy positive experiences in a safe way. Staff ensure that risks relating to activities are assessed and managed, so that young people can enjoy a variety of experiences. Young people are taken to places of interest, such as the Chill Factor, an indoor ski centre, Conwy and Llandudno. Young people also take part in sporting activities, including football and swimming, and youth clubs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Transitions are well managed for young people moving on from and moving into the home. Independence work is ongoing for some of the young people living in the home. The young people have targets set for them. Their independence folders have photographs of the young people achieving their targets. This visual record of achievement helps to encourage the young people in their independence work.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff meet the needs of young people who live a long way from home very well. They transport young people to see their family members. This helps the young people maintain important family relationships.

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

Young people become increasingly safer in this home due to highly effective planning and risk management. The young people in the home have positive relationships with their keyworkers. Young people are supported to take age-appropriate risks as part of their development of independent living skills. For example, one young person now attends the local youth club by himself. Staff take him there and collect him afterwards, so he can enjoy time with his peers in the youth club.

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

The young people in this home do not go missing. This is because of high levels of staff supervision, which ensure that young people are safe in their home and their community. However, there are risk assessments in place with clear actions for staff to follow if young people were to go missing.

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

Staff are effective in managing young people’s challenging and complex behaviour. Staff receive support to manage young people’s behaviour from a private multi-agency consultancy service. Young people are rewarded for positive behaviour. Staff use creative de-escalation techniques which are based on young people’s needs and their sensory diet.

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

The home environment for the young people is safe. Staff recruitment is rigorous and is Inspection report children’s home: SC456149 5 carried out in accordance with safer recruitment policies. This helps to ensure the safety and well-being of the young people living in the home. The staff ensure that medication for the young people is stored safely and securely. Medication is given to the young people according to their individual health plans, and staff double sign the records.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has high expectations for what young people can achieve. He ensures that staff provide an excellent standard of care, which contributes to the young people making significant progress. The manager has a very child-focused approach and knows the young people very well. He has high but clear standards for his staff and, as a result, the home is fully meeting the aims and objectives in its statement of purpose .

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager ensures that plans for individual young people identify their needs. He works positively with other agencies and professionals. The manager monitors the progress of the children and can demonstrate the positive impact that living in the home has had on them. Case recording is good and reflects the young people’s children’s everyday lives. However, the manager has not ensured that the correct legal documentation is in place for two of the young people. This relates to restrictions on the young people’s free time. Two requirements have been made to address this shortfall.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff feel supported in their roles. They receive regular supervision, training and development. Staff are all up to date with mandatory training and most have training specific to the needs of the young people.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is aware of areas for development and takes steps to achieve these. The home requires redecoration, and this is planned to take place early in the new year. The home has introduced a new independent visitor, and this will improve scrutiny and monitoring. The manager responds to feedback from young people. He has addressed all requirements and recommendations raised at the previous inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has positive relationships with the professionals and family members involved with the young people living in the home. He has taken steps to improve the arrangements for one young person who sees his family. The manager set up a meeting with the local authority and parent and has ensured that the young person now has a better quality of family time.

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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 Inspection report children’s home: SC456149 6 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: SC456149 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Bright Futures Care Limited T/A Cornerstones

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Regency House, 45–51 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 4QR

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Inspector

Jenny Brady, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC456149 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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