Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Lincolnshire

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 1 SC456347

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Cambian Childcare Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately owned children’s home cares for children and young people who have challenging behaviours and/or complex needs.

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Information about this children’s home

An acting manager is in place. She has applied to Ofsted to be registered.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at its full inspection on 9 May 2019. Significant shortfalls were identified in the home’s safeguarding systems and the management of the home. Ofsted imposed two compliance notices and a notice to restrict accommodation on 16 May 2019.

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This monitoring visit

At a subsequent full inspection on 25 and 26 June 2019, inspectors judged that, despite some improvement, weaknesses in both safeguarding and management still existed. These weaknesses included an unnecessary delay in reporting safeguarding concerns to the appropriate agencies.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was prompted by a concerning safeguarding notification, which Ofsted received on 10 July 2019. The visit confirmed the following safeguarding shortfalls:  On 5 July 2019, a male member of staff reported in the home’s records that he had driven a female child to an activity. However, he did not take the child as stated. Details of how he and the child spent the day are unclear. Managers and staff became aware of this dishonesty later in the day on 5 July, when mileage records were checked. The failure of the staff member to give honest information about his activities with the child was not recognised as a safeguarding concern by managers. This meant that safeguarding agencies and the child’s social worker were not informed of the issue. The member of staff continued to work in the home. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 2  On 6 July 2019, further safeguarding concerns were raised about the same staff

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This monitoring visit

member. Again, safeguarding agencies or social workers were not informed. The member of staff continued to work in the home.  On 7 July 2019, a child made a partial disclosure that indicated the possibility of abusive practice by the same member of staff. Again, this information was not passed on to safeguarding agencies or social workers. The member of staff continued to work in the home. During this time, the member of staff spent time alone with another female child. He was then transferred to work in another children’s home. The manager of the other children’s home was not informed of the concerns.

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This monitoring visit

These shortfalls demonstrate that improvements have not been made or sustained since the previous inspections. The previous requirements that related to safeguarding and the management of the home have been repeated.

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This monitoring visit

During this monitoring visit, inspectors also found shortfalls in recruitment practices. One staff member’s recruitment file showed that the staff member started working at the home without sufficient vetting of his previous work history. An additional requirement has been made about safer recruitment.

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This monitoring visit

A previous requirement made in relation to care planning was not reviewed at this visit and has been carried forward. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/06/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 09/05/2019 Full Inadequate 28/08/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 08/01/2018 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 4

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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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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day to day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1)(2)(b)) 31/07/2019

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b)) 31/07/2019

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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Requirement Due date

have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b)) 31/07/2019

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety. The registered person may only—

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home, if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

the individual is of integrity and good character;

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Requirement Due date

the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification 15/08/2019 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 5 and skills for the work that the individual is to perform;

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Requirement Due date

the individual is mentally and physically fit for the purposes of the work that the individual is to perform; and

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Requirement Due date

full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1)(2)(a)(b)(3)(a)(b)(c)(d)) Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 6

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to investigate information received which suggests there may be a breach of regulations.

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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: SC456347 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 4th Floor Waterfront Manbre Wharf, Manbre Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RH

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Inspectors

Caroline Brailsford, social care inspector Davinia Lawton, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456347 8 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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Inspectors

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