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

Inspection report children’s home: SC446325 1 SC446325 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 who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is privately run and managed.

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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 young person who currently lives at the home is making sustainable progress in relation to his starting points, across aspects of his physical, social, emotional and behavioural development. The young person feels safe and has a strong sense of personal safety. He benefits from continuity of care and has stability and consistency in his life. He enjoys good relationships with staff and he sustains his positive attachments. The young person benefits from well-planned, highly personalised care that promotes his needs effectively and contributes to change and improvement in his life.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person attends an alternative educational provision. However, he attends education less than 25 hours a week. Staff work closely with the provider of the young person’s education to promote his educational achievement. The young person is registered with a doctor, dentist and optician and there are effective arrangements in Inspection report children’s home: SC446325 2 place to promote the young person’s good health. Medical consent is in place, so staff are clear about the types of health decisions and responsibilities that are charged and delegated to them.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The young person knows how to make a complaint and his rights are promoted effectively. Staff actively listen to the young person and act on his reasonable requests. Evidence was seen to demonstrate that young people’s complaints are managed and addressed effectively. This includes a written acknowledgement of young people’s complaints and the outcome of any complaint investigation.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff maintain highly effective partnerships with the police, social workers and all other professional agencies to promote the safety and well-being of young people. Risks associated with the current young person are well known and understood by staff. The young person is increasingly safer because of the actions staff take to support and protect him. Staff have a good understanding of his specific needs and emerging vulnerabilities and take appropriate action to address them. The young person is kept safe and feels safe living at the home.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The use of restraint is rare. Restraint is only ever used as a last resort to protect young people from harm. Consequences used to address negative behaviour are fair and proportionate. The behaviours of young people are managed safely and effectively by staff. Staff actively look for young people if they are missing. They follow the home’s policies and procedures and work closely with the police to locate young people quickly and promote their safe return.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home has met and addressed the requirement and recommendation from the last inspection. Staff now receive regular practice-related supervision, and young people benefit from a comfortable, well-maintained, homely and domestic living environment.

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and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home benefits from an experienced and well-qualified registered manager who exercises strong and effective leadership of the operation of the home. He makes effective use of the home’s internal and external monitoring activities and he has a good understanding of the strengths and emerging weaknesses of the home. The registered manager tackles any identified weaknesses to secure the home’s continuing improvement.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

01/05/2018 Full Good 16/05/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good 20/02/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 27/09/2016 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: SC446325 3

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Recommendations

 Ensure that children are in full-time education whilst they are of compulsory school age, unless their personal education plan contained within the care plan or other relevant plan states otherwise. The home must aim to support full-time attendance at school unless the child’s relevant plan indicates this is not in their best interests. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 28, paragraph 5.14)

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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

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 4th Floor, Waterfront, Manbre Wharf, Manbre Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RH Inspection report children’s home: SC446325 4 Responsible individual: Asjad Mahmood

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Inspector

Anthony Kyem, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC446325 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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