Children's home run by Pathway Care Solutions Group Limited

Inspection report children's home: SC482275 1 SC482275 Registered provider: Pathway Care Solutions Group 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 children’s home is registered to care for up to four children. It is a part of a large national organisation.

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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 requires improvement to be good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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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: 13 December 2018

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: improved effectiveness

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/12/2018 Interim Improved effectiveness 16/05/2018 Full Good 07/02/2018 Full Inadequate Inspection report children's home: SC482275 2 11/10/2017 Interim Not judged Inspection report children's home: SC482275 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure-

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that staff- assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account the information in the child's relevant plans, and if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a) (i)) 26/07/2019

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The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children's home that-

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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on-

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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; and feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and use monitoring systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 13 (1)(2)(g)(i)(ii)(h)) 26/07/2019

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The registered person must ensure that all employees-

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience.

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The health and well-being standard is that-

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the health and well-being needs of children are met; 26/07/2019 Inspection report children's home: SC482275 4 children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and children are helped to lead healthy life styles.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home provides a warm and welcoming environment for children. There is a large garden, which provides an ideal space for outdoor games. The recent purchase of a trampoline has provided another activity for children. During the inspection staff and one child were seen to be having fun using the trampoline.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Two children have lived at the home for many months. They are both making significant progress from their starting points and are achieving their educational goals.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

A third child recently moved into the home. This child will soon be moving from the home. Not all the relevant information about this child’s needs was collected before he arrived at the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to spend time with their families and friends. Children also have good relationships with staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are encouraged to develop their independence. This includes staff supporting them both practically and emotionally.

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improvement to be good

Assessments completed when children are new to the home lack rigour. Important analysis regarding the impact of a new child moving in is lacking.

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improvement to be good

Children have recently told staff that they do not feel safe due to several incidents at the home. This information was not escalated effectively.

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improvement to be good

Overall, children are developing greater emotional resilience. For example, this can be seen in the significant reduction of one child’s self-harming behaviours.

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improvement to be good

The registered manager is not closely monitoring the use of physical interventions. This does not ensure that all of these are appropriate and not harmful to children.

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improvement to be good

Two children who live at the home smoke. Support to encourage them to stop is not Inspection report children's home: SC482275 5 effective.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Management oversight of practice is poor. Opportunities to learn from incidents are missed. Record-keeping systems are cumbersome. This means that important information is not always easy to find.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Concerns raised during supervision sessions are not escalated effectively. This means that managers are not always notified of significant concerns.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Written narrative regarding children’s progress and outcomes is not clear, which means that this information is not collated for children to take with them when they leave the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The registered manager is committed to the children in his care. He provides them with a nurturing environment, which is further emulated by his staff team.

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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: SC482275 6

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Pathway Care Solutions Group Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 1 Merchants Place, Bolton BL2 1BX

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Children's home details

Responsible individual: Patricia Gregory

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Inspector(s)

Polly Soper; social care inspector Inspection report children's home: SC482275 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(s)

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