Children's home run by Beacon Childcare Ltd in Cheltenham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482141 1 SC482141

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Beacon Childcare

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

A private company owns this home. It is registered for up to four young people who have social and/or emotional difficulties. The manager was registered with Ofsted in July 2018. Inspection date: 4 April 2019

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This monitoring visit

A head office monitoring visit took place on 5 November 2018 after Ofsted received concerns that the organisation was not recruiting staff safely. At that inspection, inspectors found that managers had failed to ensure that appropriate vetting procedures were in place when employing new members of staff. A compliance notice was issued. This related to:  a failure to ensure that appropriate references are obtained  a failure to ensure that a full employment history is provided  a failure to investigate gaps in a person’s previous employment history  a failure to obtain verification of the reasons why a person’s previous employment with either children or vulnerable adults has ended. In addition, the organisation’s safe recruitment policy was not clear about the level of checks needed for the range of professionals who also work for the organisation. A monitoring visit was conducted on 9 January 2019. Managers had brought the

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This monitoring visit

organisation’s safe recruitment policy up to date. However, progress to ensure that staff were appropriately vetted was still not safe to meet the compliance notice. Consequently, the compliance notice was reissued. To evaluate the progress that managers had made to meet the second compliance notice, a further monitoring visit was conducted on 4 April 2019. Inspectors found that managers had made significant progress in ensuring that the recruitment of staff was now safe. Inspectors judged that the compliance notice was now met. This visit has only looked at the compliance notice issued on 15 January 2019. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482141 2

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 15/01/2019 Interim Declined in effectiveness 02/07/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 05/12/2017 Full Requires improvement to be good 23/08/2017 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482141 3

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken and the progress made by the children’s home since its last Ofsted inspection.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482141 4

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Hazlewoods, Windsor House, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 3AT

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Inspectors

Alison Cooper, social care inspector Ms Battersby, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482141 5 to 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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Inspectors

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