Children's home run by Homes 2 Inspire Limited

Inspection report children’s home: 1258134 1 Registered provider: Homes 2 Inspire Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home is privately owned. It is registered to care for up to five young people who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

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

The home provides a supportive and nurturing environment in which young people make progress. Improved staff retention means that young people are cared for by staff who provide stability and consistency. A strength of this home is the positive relationships formed between staff and young people. Staff understand young people’s needs and their vulnerabilities. Staff set and maintain appropriate expectations and boundaries.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff understand the importance of family relationships and peer friendships. Where appropriate, staff support young people to rebuild and maintain these relationships. Staff promote age-appropriate friendships and social activities.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

A notable achievement is the reduction in incidents at the home. Social workers confirmed that young people’s risks had reduced. Examples of this include a reduction in Inspection report children’s home: 1258134 2 young people going missing from the home and a reduction in challenging behaviour requiring staff to physically intervene. Staff ensure that young people are provided with professional support to address substance misuse.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Managers and staff work effectively with stakeholders to promote good outcomes for young people. Social workers described staff and managers as being supportive. They said that staff fully contribute to young people’s plans.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home benefits from having an education coordinator. This provides a greater emphasis on ensuring that plans for education are in place at an early stage. There is also tailored support to get young people back into education when things go wrong. Progress in education for all the young people stalled in the weeks before Christmas. However, timely work with stakeholders has ensured that each young person has an appropriate plan to progress their education this term.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The requirements and recommendation made at the full inspection in June 2018 have been met. Matching and admission processes have improved. Risk assessments are more comprehensive. There is evidence of a restorative approach being used by staff. The manager has better oversight of how staff manage behaviour. Work to improve consistency and to reflect on the effectiveness of sanctions continues. The staff team is now stable, which means that progress can be made towards staff managing young people’s behaviour more consistently.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager is a good advocate for the young people. He is aware of the home’s strengths and weaknesses. Managers are in the process of updating and improving recording systems, including sanctions records. However, improvements are needed to ensure that records are completed fully and in a timely way. Staff also need to improve the way that they capture young people’s progress and make sure that young people participate more in their own care planning. Staff need to demonstrate that the views of young people are heard and acted on. A recommendation has been made to reflect this.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/06/2018 Full Good 09/01/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report children’s home: 1258134 3

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Recommendations

 Children should be encouraged by staff to see the home’s records as ‘living documents’ supporting them to view and contribute to the record in a way that reflects their voice on a regular basis (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 58, paragraph 11.9). This specifically relates to providing young people with opportunities to contribute to their care plans and to the plans for the home. This will help young people to recognise that they have a voice in the home.

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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’.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Homes 2 Inspire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Homes 2 Inspire Limited, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 1LT Inspection report children’s home: 1258134 4 Responsible individual: Mark Trinder

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Inspector:

Corrinne Barker, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: 1258134 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector:

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