Children's home run by Five Rivers Child Care Limited in Wiltshire

Inspection report children’s home: SC025938 1 SC025938 Registered provider: Five Rivers Child Care Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately owned children’s home provides care and accommodation for up to five children. The home provides short-term crisis or emergency placements, initially for 17 days and up to a maximum of 28 days.

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Information about this children’s home

There has not been a registered manager since February 2018.

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Information about this children’s home

Judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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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 requires improvement to be good at the last full inspection. At this interim inspection the home was ‘not judged’.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home closed in January 2019. As the home does not have a manager, staff or any children placed, the interim inspection focused on the suitability of the premises should the provider start to operate the service again.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager of another of the provider’s homes visits the home monthly to conduct fire and health and safety checks. The independent visitor monitors the premises.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The premises are in a mostly reasonable condition, although attention would be required Inspection report children’s home: SC025938 2 regarding the tidiness and cleanliness of some bedrooms and the maintenance of the front and rear gardens before the home operates again.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Requirements and recommendations made at the last inspection have been carried over to this report. Progress against meeting these will be judged when the home is operating again.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

03/07/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 12/03/2018 Interim Sustained effectiveness 21/11/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 02/02/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness

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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 safe. In particular, the standard requires the registered person to ensure— that staff— assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plan and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child. (Regulations 12(2)(a)(i))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the home must ensure that risk assessments contain all identified risks in relation to using doors as ligature points, hugging staff and access to knives. 01/05/2019

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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. In particular, the standard requires the registered person to ensure— that the premises used for the purposes of the home are 01/05/2019 Inspection report children’s home: SC025938 3 maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health. (Regulations 12(2)(d))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the home must ensure that the loose wiring at the side wall of the house is secured and that the gas meter cupboard is locked. The registered person must keep the statement of purpose under review and where appropriate revise it. (Regulation 16(3)(a)) 01/05/2019

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that each employee completes an appropriate induction. (Regulation 33(1)(a))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the home must ensure that the staff induction includes the ‘Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’. 01/05/2019

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Requirement Due date

The system referred to in paragraph (2) quality of care review must provide for ascertaining and considering the opinions of parents, placing authorities and staff. (Regulation 45(5)) 01/05/2019

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Recommendations

 Ensure the review of premises includes the identification of any risks and opportunities presented by the home’s location for managing these. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 64, paragraph 15.1) In particular, consider the risks from gangs and predatory males.  Staff should receive supervision of their practice from an appropriately qualified and experienced professional, which allows them to reflect on their practice and the needs of the children assigned to their care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.2) In particular, supervision must be on a regular basis.  All staff must have their performance and fitness to carry out their role formally appraised at least once annually. This appraisal should consider, where reasonable and practical, the views of other professionals who have worked with

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Recommendations

the staff member over the year and children in the home’s care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.5)  Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.5) In particular, ensure that records are meaningful, and that they include a child’s feelings and the impact of the therapeutic intervention. Inspection report children’s home: SC025938 4  Ensure that staff are ambitious for every child. In particular, help children to set short goals for the duration of their placement. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 52, paragraph 10.7)  Where children placed in the home are not participating in education, in the interim the child should be engaged in suitable structured activity. (‘Guide to the

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Recommendations

children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 28, paragraph 5.15)

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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: SC025938 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Five Rivers Child Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 47 Bedwin Street, Salisbury SP1 3UT

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Inspector

Jacqueline Graves: social care regulatory inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC025938 6 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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