Children's home run by Resilience North East Limited

Inspection report children’s home: 1254371 1 Registered provider: Resilience North East Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is run by a private organisation and is registered for the short-break care and accommodation of up to seven children who have learning disabilities and/or emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The manager was registered in August 2017 and is appropriately qualified.

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Information about this children’s home

Date of last inspection: 6 December 2018

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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

In the short period since the previous inspection, the registered manager and the staff team have continued to improve the service. The service is still relatively new and is growing steadily. No children or young people have been admitted and none discharged during this period. The staff team has remained unchanged and this provides consistency for the children. The staff have developed their work around the use of sensory experiences and have developed a wider range of activities for the children to use. They have also developed closer relationships with children’s schools and with parents and this has helped with consistency of care and has helped children make more progress. The staff produce Inspection report children’s home: 1254371 2 good placement plans and have clear goals and targets in place for each child. The children using the short-break service have made progress and clearly enjoy the

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

experience of staying at the home. The rate of progress made varies across the children, but all have developed. Staff are patient and tenacious and have made an in-depth assessment in order to fully understand the children’s needs. This approach is now starting to produce good results. The children are kept very safe. Staff ratios are high, the supervision of the children is good, and children are always accompanied when they are out of the home. The staff will use physical interventions when they are needed to keep children safe. This practice is always appropriate and always carried out safely. There have been no safeguarding concerns at all. There have also been no complaints. The registered manager is confident, knowledgeable and experienced and she leads her staff team well. She offers good support to staff through supervision and through regular training. She continues to manage the development of the service by making good

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

relationships with other professionals and other agencies. She works closely with families and continues to build up the resources at the home.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

06/12/2018 Full Good 23/01/2018 Interim Not judged

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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: 1254371 3

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Resilience North East Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Tribley Farm House, Tribley Farm, Chester Le Street, County Durham DH2 3JU

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Inspector

Colin Imrie, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: 1254371 4 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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