Children's Home run by Time-Out Children’s Homes Limited in Calderdale

Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 1 SC450728 Registered provider: Time-Out Children’s Homes Limited

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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 accommodate two children or young people between the ages of six and 17. The aim of the home is to provide every child with nurturing and reparative experiences throughout their placement. The home specialises in treatment programmes for children presenting with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, as a result of attachment disruption experiences in early childhood.

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Information about this children’s home

The team around the child at the home provides an effective and integrated approach which is met by therapeutic carers, education provision and individual therapy. The in- house therapeutic service ensures that developmental needs of children and young people are assessed, and daily strategies implemented, in order to support the child towards recovery.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager of the service has over 10 years of experience working in residential childcare settings and is currently working towards a level 5 leadership diploma. She has been registered since 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

Date of last inspection: 5 June 2018 Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 2 Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

05/06/2018 Full Good 23/05/2017 Full Good 11/01/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness 18/10/2016 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and young people make good progress in this home. The staff take time to ensure that they know and understand children and young people’s behaviours to support them to make progress. Staff work hard to help children and young people to deal with their feeling and emotions. The staff seek advice from the company’s psychologist to help them to support children emotionally and with their behaviours.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and young people make very good progress in education. Children and young people have recently transitioned into mainstream school. Previously, they were educated at specialist settings. These arrangements have been effectively managed and have been successful for the children and young people, allowing one child to make friends for the first time.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and young people maintain good links with family and ex-carers where appropriate. Children and young people are well supported when, at times, seeing family members does not take place for reasons outside the home’s control. There are excellent links with the wider community and with a neighbouring home. Celebrations take place in the home to enable children and young people to understand how to entertain and receive guests. In addition, children and young people visit the other home, which helps them to learn how to behave in different settings.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and young people’s wishes and feelings are at the centre of the home. They choose meals and activities. These activities are documented in their journey books, which are well presented and are a lovely representation of the children’s lives and activities. Children and young people also have goal books to document achievements. These are issues-based books and show good progress in the children and young people’s key areas such as internet safety.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and young people are supported well with transition planning. Independence planning has been effectively coordinated and focused to ensure that one young person’s transition is as smooth as possible. Her wishes and feelings have been at the forefront of the changes, and she sees this as a positive move forward.

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

Children and young people’s positive behaviour is well promoted by staff. Staff work hard to build trusting relationships so that they can support children at times of emotional stress. Staff work to consistent boundaries and help children and young people to regulate their emotions and behaviours. Children and young people reported that they feel safe in this home.

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

The staff understand the procedures to follow if a safeguarding event occurs. Children Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 4 and young people rarely go missing from this home. The procedures for addressing any episodes of missing are regularly discussed with staff to ensure that they are clear about the action that is expected should this occur. Regular safeguarding checks of children and young people’s phones and social media accounts take place, to ensure that they are protected. This also enables staff to be proactive in supporting children and young people in situations in which they may become vulnerable.

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

Children and young people receive weekly therapeutic input, which supports them to address areas of concern in their lives and the influences of their past on current behaviour. Health appointments are all up to date, and children and young people are supported to attend appointments.

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

Proactive work takes place with children and young people to reinforce messages already given about risk-taking behaviour and how to keep themselves safe. This is to ensure that children and young people understand and can use these techniques in real- life situations rather than just learning what to say. These techniques are woven into daily life by using situations on the television or through general conversations.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager is very ambitious for all of the children and young people. The leaders and managers are outstanding because they are very strong advocates for the children and young people’s well-being and ensure that they receive an excellent holistic care package to support their individual needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager is a very strong leader who has enabled children and young people to make very good progress from their starting points. She leads by example both in her relationships with the children and young people and through her practice in managing the home. The staff stated that the manager is a strong, ambitious leader who challenges practice when it falls below the expected high standard, but is always encouraging, creative and supportive.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has been the driving force behind children and young people changing to their mainstream schools. It is through her advocacy acting on their wishes that this change occurred, and it has proved successful. The manager ensures that other professionals are working together for the children and young people’s continuous progress. She is creative in her methods of staff development both within the home and with the wider professionals, who the children and young people have daily contact with. For example, the manager trained and supported one child’s school to understand the child’s needs and emotional and behavioural issues. This has enabled the child to have a positive relationship with school staff, which in turn supports her learning and personal growth.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

There is a newly established staff group. Training takes place on all areas of children and young people’s vulnerability, even if it is not currently a concern that is proactive practice. A therapeutic framework has recently been introduced. It is too soon to Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 5 measure its effectiveness, but this is positive progression for the staff team, building on already extensive training.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Supervision takes place regularly, and staff are appropriately challenged if any inconsistencies arise with the children and young people’s care. This ensures that children and young people have consistent boundaries and care in line with their placement and therapeutic plans. This enables children and young people in this home to flourish in education, in community activities and through emotional development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The independent visitor who reports monthly to the manager is supporting the development and progression of the home. Consultation takes place with other professionals and wider family members, and the reports are, overall, positive. The manager understands the strengths and weaknesses of the home very well and has been proactive in seeking out additional management support to ensure that the staff are working together to provide the very best care for children and young people. The proactive approach to training, information sharing and leading the team by example has supported the staff to care for and help the children and young people to make good progress in all areas of their lives. The statement of purpose is up to date and clearly sets out the ethos and objectives of this home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Professionals involved with children and young people all reported very positively in relation to children and young people’s progress, the care that they receive and excellent communication and coordination with the home. The manager takes the lead in ensuring that working relationships are excellent, so that children and young people have their needs met. Recently, the manager has up-skilled her knowledge of transitions to adult services to ensure that she supported a young person to achieve the very best care for her future. Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 6

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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

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: SC450728 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Time-Out Children’s Homes Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Ripponden Mill, Mill Fold, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 4DH

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Dominic Macauley

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Inspector

Rachel Holden, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC450728 8 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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