Children's home run by Tulip Care Two Limited in Redbridge

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC411832 1 SC411832

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Tulip Care Two Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This is a privately run children’s home. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to four young women who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is also registered to provide education.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has not had a registered manager since September 2016

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This monitoring visit

The main purpose of this monitoring visit was to assess the home’s readiness for reopening, it having been non-operational for two years. The monitoring visit focused on the management and staffing arrangements, and the physical environment.

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This monitoring visit

The main outcome of this visit is that the home is in a good position to start considering placements. The provider has agreed to review the locality risk assessment before making any decisions on admitting young people to the home.

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This monitoring visit

A new manager has been appointed. They have applied to register with Ofsted. Appropriate arrangements are in place to ensure that the manager receives additional support and supervision while new to the post.

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This monitoring visit

Staffing is in place to enable shifts to be covered at the home. The provider has recruited five new staff members. Additionally, some staff members who have been working in a sister-home will return to this service. A comprehensive induction and training programme is in place to upskill the new staff and to ensure the consistency of the whole team’s approach to the care of young people.

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This monitoring visit

The physical environment has been refurbished to a very high standard. Everything Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC411832 2 in the home is new and is of high quality. The provider has created a homely environment, while ensuring that all health and safety requirements are satisfied.

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This monitoring visit

The requirement regarding staff qualifications and the recommendations from the last inspection are repeated in this report. The compliance and progress with these will be checked at the next full inspection, once the home reopens.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 12/03/2019 Interim Not judged 09/01/2019 Interim Not judged 19/03/2018 Interim Not judged 15/11/2017 Interim Not judged Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC411832 3

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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 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 registered person must ensure that the staff members are fit to work at the home. The requirement is:

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Requirement Due date

The individual has the appropriate experience, qualifications and skills for the work that the individual is to perform.

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Requirement Due date

The relevant date is— in the case of an individual who starts working in a care role in a home after 1 April 2014, the date which falls 2 years after the date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home; or in the case of an individual who was working in a care role in a home on 1 April 2014, 1 April 2016. (Regulation 32(3)(b)(4)(a)(b)(5)(a)(b)) 01/09/2019

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must review the appropriateness and suitability of the location of the premises used for the purposes of the children’s home at least once in each calendar year taking into account the requirement in regulation 12(2)(c) (the protection of children standard).

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Requirement Due date

When conducting the review, the registered person must consult, and take into account the views of, each relevant person. (Regulation 46(1)(2)) 01/08/2019

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Recommendations

 Staff should continually and actively assess the risks to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them. Where there are safeguarding concerns for a child, their placement plan, agreed between the home and their placing authority must include details of the steps the home will take to manage any assessed risks on a day to day basis. In particular, staff should receive uniform training in relation to assessing the risks of child sexual exploitation which takes account of the vulnerability of each young person. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 42, paragraph 9.5)  Please see regulation 23. Care must be taken to ensure prescribed medicines Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC411832 4 are only administered to the individual for whom they are prescribed. Medicines must be administered in line with a medically approved protocol. In

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Recommendations

particular, each young person should have an individualised record of all of the over the counter medicines that are administered. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 35, paragraph 7.15)  Staff should be familiar with the home’s policies on record keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. In particular, records should be clearly written and unambiguous in order to minimise any risks to the young people through staff misunderstanding or misinterpretation. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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Information about this inspection

The main purpose of this monitoring visit was to assess the home’s readiness for accepting placements following a voluntary temporary closure.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Tulip Care Two Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 19−20 Bourne Court, Southend Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 8HD

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Inspector

Seka Graovac, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC411832 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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