Children's Home run by Netheredge Care Limited in Kirklees

Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 1 SC489226 Registered provider: Netheredge Care 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 owned by a private company. The home is registered to provide care for up to three children or young people. The children and young people can live here for a short-, medium- or long-term period. The registered manager is experienced and has been in post since January 2018.

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Information about this children’s home

Inspection dates: 10 to 11 September 2019

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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 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: 4 September 2018

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

04/09/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 10/05/2017 Full Good 11/01/2017 Interim Sustained effectiveness 10/05/2016 Full Good Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 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, the 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

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

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 6(2)(c)(i))

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This is specifically in relation to keeping all the children and young people’s bedrooms well maintained and clean. 26/09/2019

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time and location of the use of the measure;

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure;

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the name of the person who used the measure (“the user”), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure; 26/10/2019 Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 4 within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (“the authorised person”)—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35(3)) The registered person must keep the behaviour management policy under review and, where appropriate, revise it. (Regulation 35(2)) 26/10/2019

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months.

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In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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the quality of care provided for children;

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the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children. (Regulation 45(1)(2)(a)(b)(c)) 30/12/2019

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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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13(2)(h)) 26/10/2019 Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 5

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children and young people are happy and feel safe. They share their wishes and feelings with the staff, who listen to their views and help them to achieve their goals. The children and young people make excellent progress with their education. The staff are ambitious for the children and young people to achieve, and they work hard to make sure the children and young people get the right educational placements. The children and young people enjoy good health. The staff encourage them to maintain good physical fitness. The children and young people enjoy activities such as free running and trampolining, and are proud when they achieve awards for their sporting efforts. The children and young people maintain good emotional health, and the staff help them to access specialist mental health services. The children and young people have good relationships with the staff, and staff spend quality time with them. This promotes the

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

children and young people’s emotional well-being and helps them to feel a sense of value and belonging. The children and young people learn a range of skills to prepare for independence, including going into the community alone, crossing the road, shopping, cleaning, cooking and doing their laundry. The children and young people like their home and help to choose the decoration. The house is generally well maintained; however, monitoring by staff failed to identify some maintenance issues and a hygiene problem in one young person’s bedroom. The staff started to replace the broken furniture during the inspection, and plans were in place to wash the carpet to remove an unusual odour.

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

The staff manage risks effectively. They regularly update risk assessments to reflect the children and young people’s current risks. The risk assessments provide the staff with clear actions to take to reduce and manage risk. When the children and young people become upset, the staff use their positive relationships with the children and young people to help to calm them. Physical intervention is used as a last resort. Physical intervention is not always used in line with the children and young people’s plans, and the recording of physical interventions is not clear. The oversight and monitoring of physical intervention fail to identify shortfalls in practice. The staff prioritise the children and young people’s safety. When children and young people go missing from the home, the staff are quick to follow the missing from home procedures. They go looking for the children and young people and work with the police

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

to try to locate them. The procedures for keeping the children and young people safe are effective. The staff undertake regular training to help them keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date. The staff undertake additional training around risks, such as child sexual exploitation and Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 6 county lines.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager is ambitious for the children and young people to achieve. She is a strong advocate for the children and young people, and listens to their wishes and makes sure that they are involved in the planning of their care. The registered manager knows the strengths of the service. She is making positive improvements to some of the monitoring systems, particularly in relation to risk assessments and the children and young people’s progress. However, the registered manager is not consistently using effective monitoring systems in other areas to help her identify shortfalls in practice. The registered manager is not using her review of care practice effectively, nor is she fully reflecting on the quality and impact of the care provided. The registered manager is keen to improve care practice. She is developing a mentoring group with other managers from different homes. This group offers the opportunity to

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

share good practice and development ideas. The group is new, and its full impact cannot yet be fully assessed. The staff feel well supported by the registered manager. The staff receive regular supervision, which helps them to reflect on the children and young people’s needs. New group supervision is providing staff with an additional space to reflect on their practice and learn new skills to support the children and young people’s specific needs. To make sure children and young people’s specific needs are met, the registered manager has good working relationships with other professionals, such as teachers, social workers and the police. The registered manager shares information with other professionals effectively.

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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: SC489226 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Netheredge Care Limited

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Inspector

Jamie Richardson: social care inspector Inspection report children‟s home: SC489226 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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