Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Interim inspection report children’s home: SC457089 1 SC457089 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care for up to two young people. The statement of purpose indicates that young people are likely to have complex needs. A large national provider operates the home.

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Information about this children’s home

A new manager started in October 2018 and has yet to complete a management qualification.

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Judgement at last inspection: good

Date of last inspection: 6 November 2018

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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 sustained effectiveness.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the full inspection in November 2018, the same young person has remained in the home. She continues to benefit from continuity of care from a dedicated team of staff.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager and the staff have worked closely with the young person‟s therapist, and together have helped the young person to make significant progress in her emotional well-being since she arrived at the home. However, the manager does not always monitor all areas of the young person‟s care, such as the use of rewards and making Interim inspection report children’s home: SC457089 2 sure that all physical interventions are appropriate. As a result, the manager is missing an opportunity to develop and improve the quality of care the young person is receiving.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person told the inspector that she is happy and that she feels safe. She talks positively about the staff who care for her. Staff encourage the young person to contribute to setting day-to-day routines and boundaries as well as contributing to plans for her long-term future. This shows that staff do value the young person‟s views and actively encourage her to contribute to the quality of her own care.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

When significant incidents have occurred, the manager and staff have ensured that they have followed policy and procedures. They have worked closely with the different partnership agencies, such as the designated officer, to ensure that the young person is safeguarded. However, staff do not always make sure that her risk assessments are kept up to date with information about emerging areas of risk, such as in relation to her education or following a significant incident.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person has only just started to attend school for a limited period each day. Staff have been slow to raise concerns with her social worker over delays in the young person receiving a school placement. This absence of challenge has delayed the young person from receiving the right level of education support she needs.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Some requirements and recommendations from the last inspection have still not been met, and these have been reissued. Some occasional staff have still not read amendments to important documents before they work with the young person. The manager is not ensuring that the young person is given the opportunity to talk to someone following an incident of physical restraint, and that a recording is made of this conversation.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

06/11/2018 Full Good 19/03/2018 Interim Not judged 23/01/2018 Interim Not judged 20/12/2016 Interim Not judged

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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 Interim inspection report children’s home: SC457089 3 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.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— that staff—

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Requirement Due date

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)) 29/04/2019

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children‟s home that—

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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b)(2)(h)) 29/04/2019

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that— within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (“the authorised person”)— has spoken to the user about the measure; and has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35(3)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 29/04/2019

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Recommendations

 Where children placed in a home are not participating in education because they have been excluded or are not on a school roll for some other reason, the Interim inspection report children’s home: SC457089 4 registered person and staff must work closely with the placing authority so that the child is supported and enabled to resume full-time education as soon as possible. In the interim, the child should be supported to sustain or regain their confidence in education and be engaged in suitable structured activities. If no education place is identified by the placing authority, the registered person must challenge them to meet the child‟s needs under regulation 5 (engaging with the wider system to ensure children‟s needs are met). („Guide to the children‟s homes regulations including the quality standards‟, page 28, paragraph 5.15)

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Recommendations

 The registered person is responsible for leading a team which provides high quality care for all children living in the home. They must lead and manage the home in a way that delivers the ethos, outcomes and approach set out in the home‟s statement of purpose. („Guide to the children‟s homes regulations including the quality standards‟, page 52, paragraph 10.4)

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Recommendations

This is with regard to ensuring that all staff, including occasional staff, read amendments to important documents before they work with children.

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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: Cambian Childcare Limited Interim inspection report children’s home: SC457089 5 Registered provider address: 4th Floor, Waterfront Manbre Wharf, Manbre Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RH

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Inspector

Karen Gillingwater, social care inspector Interim inspection report children’s home: SC457089 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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Inspector

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