Children's home run by What's Out There Limited

Inspection report children’s home: SC465120 1 SC465120 Registered provider: What’s Out There Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

 The home can provide care for up to three children aged over 11 who may have previously experienced family separation, repeated placement breakdown, abuse, neglect and exclusion.  The home is part of a private organisation that solely operates this home.  The registered manager has been registered with Ofsted since 2016.

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Judgement at last inspection: good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged good at the last full inspection. At the interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has improved effectiveness.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Leaders and managers took effective action following the previous inspection to review their admission processes. Now, the registered manager more rigorously considers the impact that new children may have on the current children. Because of this careful consideration, the home has become more stable, which has a positive impact on children.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The quality of care is good. Staff nurture and care for children consistently well, providing them with good support and positive relationships. Staff successfully create a family-style environment where children have fun and join in with lots of exciting and beneficial activities. Inspection report children’s home: SC465120 2 The depth to which staff understand the needs of children has improved. Additional training is helping staff to understand how trauma and previous experiences can have an impact on children. Staff use this knowledge to effectively care for children. This positive practice links well to records about children, including their care plans and risk assessments.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children feel safe in this home and are becoming increasingly safer. The care that staff provide to them helps the children to reduce high-risk behaviours such as going missing, self-harming and misusing substances. Staff work effectively with external agencies to provide children with the right support at the right time. One serious safeguarding incident has occurred since the previous inspection and this incident was managed appropriately by leaders and managers.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff are good advocates for children. For example, with regards to children’s education, staff appropriately challenge professionals when education is not provided to children as required. Because of this good advocacy, one child is now back in school and another child has a planned date to commence education.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Overall, leaders and managers have good oversight of the home. The registered manager critically challenges practice and supports staff to reflect and to learn. However, more work is required to ensure that staff obtain professional medical advice concerning a medication that a child is currently deciding not to take. In addition, the independent visitor does not conduct unannounced visits to the home. While this practice meets the letter of regulation, a recommendation has been made to consider undertaking unannounced visits to increase the rigour of the monitoring.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

15/08/2018 Full Good 15/02/2018 Interim Improved effectiveness 08/08/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good 02/11/2016 Full Requires improvement

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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. Inspection report children’s home: SC465120 3

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Requirement Due date

The health and well-being standard is that—

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Requirement Due date

the health and well-being needs of children are met.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that a review into one child’s medication is conducted imminently with the appropriate health professionals. 30/01/2019

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Recommendations

 Any individual appointed to carry out visits to the home as an independent person must make a rigorous and impartial assessment of the home’s arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in the home’s care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 65, paragraph 15.5) In particular, increase the rigour of this monitoring by undertaking unannounced visits.

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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

This inspection focused on the effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of children and young people since the most recent full inspection.

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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: SC465120 4

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: What’s Out There Limited

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Inspector

Nicola Lownds, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC465120 5 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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