Children's Home run by Pathway Care Solutions Ltd 04004053 in Nottinghamshire

Inspection report children’s home: 1212117 1 Registered provider: Pathway Care Solutions Ltd

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is registered to care for three young people who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. It is owned and managed by a private organisation. The manager was registered with Ofsted in June 2017.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers outstanding

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: 1212117 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/07/2018 Full Good 03/08/2017 Full Good 20/12/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 10/05/2016 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: 1212117 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people are supported to make good progress from their starting points. The home is warm and welcoming, and staff work hard to maintain a safe and nurturing environment.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff develop strong relationships with young people and this supports the stability of placements. Young people experience longer-term placements at the home in comparison to their previous placements.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff are able to reflect on young people’s behaviours. They use a therapeutic model of intervention, which helps them to understand the emotions underpinning young people’s presenting behaviour.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work well with other agencies to promote young people’s emotional health and well- being needs. Staff consult with young people regularly and make sure that young people are central to their plans. Key-working sessions are structured and form part of the daily routine.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people are engaged in education. Staff have gone to great lengths to support one young person to maintain their educational provision. A newly admitted young person has been supported to engage in education after not being in education for some time.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people maintain connections with people who matter to them. This has led to some young people returning home to live with family.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people have developed positive and trusted relationships with staff. A key strength of the staff is their ability to be resilient and provide secure placements for young people. A social worker commented that staff provide a secure base for the young person.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff have a good understanding of the risks posed to young people. Staff work tirelessly with young people to support them in reducing their risk-taking behaviours. Partner agencies have commended the manager in keeping young people safe.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff understand their safeguarding roles and responsibilities. They work effectively with young people, other agencies and family members to reduce risks.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff are relentless in their efforts to engage young people with other agencies to try and effect change for them.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff help young people to develop the understanding and skills to keep themselves safe. Staff follow missing-from-care protocols. They are diligent in maintaining contact with Inspection report children’s home: 1212117 4 young people and implementing safe-and-well checks.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

There is little use of physical intervention at the home. Physical intervention is only used as a last resort and is only used in line with young people’s care plans and risk assessments.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

When necessary, the manager has escalated safeguarding matters to relevant agencies. This has promoted young people’s welfare with a view to reducing potential risks to them.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The requirement and recommendation set at the last inspection have been met.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The home is led by an inspirational, confident and ambitious manager. She leads by example and goes above and beyond to make sure that young people feel connected to the staff team. The staff team is very stable. Staff are committed to their roles.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The staff team consists of people with a range of experience and skills. New staff are provided with a good-quality induction. Staff have access to a broad range of training. Team meetings and regular supervision help staff to feel fully supported in their roles. Staff speak about young people confidently and positively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The staff members work together effectively. There are effective support networks in place for staff and good communication between team members. A social worker said, ‘The home offers nurturing, consistent care. There are clear boundaries and the young person is flourishing.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Most staff are qualified or are working towards attaining relevant qualifications. Staff turnover is low, and this means that there is a consistent staff team. This enables staff to provide consistent care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has a proactive approach to performance management and she follows processes diligently. Whistle-blowing processes are well understood in this home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Systems are in place to track the progress of young people, as well as any concerns. Staff are able to provide timely reports about young people’s progress. Tracking systems provide staff with a very good oversight of the care provided. This helps staff to look at potential triggers for young people’s behaviours and supports them in addressing these.

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Information about this inspection

Inspection report children’s home: 1212117 5 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

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: 1212117 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pathway Care Solutions Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 1 Merchant’s Place, River Road, Bolton, Lancashire BL2 1BX

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Inspector:

Bev Allison, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: 1212117 7 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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Inspector:

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