Children's home run by Compass Children‟s Homes Limited

Inspection report children’s home: 1247765 1 Registered provider: Compass Children’s Homes Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a private company. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to three children who have a variety of challenging behaviours and complex needs. The manager was registered with Ofsted in July 2018 and is in the process of completing her level 5 qualification in leadership and management. At the time of this inspection, there were no children living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

Date of last inspection: 28 November 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 declined in effectiveness.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

At the time of this inspection, there were no children living in the home. The registered person does not have any immediate plans to admit children to the home.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, the home did not keep children safe. Children’s challenging behaviour increased. They put themselves at risk by going missing from the home and engaging in activities requiring police intervention and resulting in criminal prosecution.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Risk assessments did not help to support children to be safe in the home. They do not cover all areas of concern and do not adequately make staff aware of the measures to take to keep children safe. Inspection report children’s home: 1247765 2 The manager is monitoring the activities of the home on a day-to-day basis, but this is not effective as she has not identified poor and/or incomplete records made by staff. As a result, oversight of the home is not effective.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager does not recognise the seriousness of incidents that require her to notify events to Ofsted, for example, when children carried knives, barricaded themselves in bedrooms while smoking cigarettes and attempted to climb out of first-floor bedroom windows, which required the assistance of the fire brigade.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

On a more positive note, managers and staff work in partnership with others. They have provided significant challenge to education professionals to try to ensure that children were given access to formal education. The home environment continues to be a pleasant comfortable home for children to live in. The manager has been swift to ensure that all damage caused has been repaired.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

28/11/2018 Full Good 08/02/2018 Interim Declined in effectiveness 18/07/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good

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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 themselves safe. In particular the registered person must ensure that staff assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans and if necessary make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child. (Regulation 12 (1)(2)(a)(i)) 30/04/2019

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person should use monitoring and review systems to make 30/04/2019 Inspection report children’s home: 1247765 3 continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (2)(h)) The registered person must notify HMCS and each other relevant person without delay of any incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(e)) 30/04/2019

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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: Compass Children’s Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Mountfields House, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3GE

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Children’s home details

Registered manager: Margaret Jameson Inspection report children’s home: 1247765 4

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Inspector

Sue Young, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: 1247765 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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