Children's Home run by Fair Ways in Hampshire

Inspection report children’s home: SC066481 1 SC066481 Registered provider: Fairways Care (UK) Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is registered to accommodate up to four children. Its statement of purpose notes that children accommodated are likely to have experienced abuse, rejection, previous placement breakdown and exclusion from mainstream education. It is operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of a charity, which also has its own educational facility nearby. There has not been a registered manager since 4 September 2019. The current manager of the home is in the process of applying to Ofsted for registration.

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Information about this children’s home

Inspection dates: 24 to 25 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

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: SC066481 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/07/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 22/05/2017 Full Good 18/10/2016 Full Good 14/07/2016 Full Inadequate Inspection report children’s home: SC066481 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 recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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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 requirements are that— 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)(d)) 31/10/2019

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Recommendations

 Managing medicines in care homes (March 2014) is a guideline that applies across both health and social care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 35, paragraph 7.17) In particular, follow good practice guidance when administering controlled medication.  The registered person should oversee the welfare of the children in their care through observation and engagement with: each child; the home’s staff; each child’s family/carers where appropriate; and professionals involved in the care or protection of each child including their social worker, Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO), teachers, clinicians and other health professionals etc. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 54, paragraph 10.23) In particular, use monitoring and review processes consistently to oversee the records kept within the home. Inspection report children’s home: SC066481 4

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children benefit from individualised care which meets their needs. They build excellent relationships with staff, who are nurturing and who adopt a family-style approach to the home environment. Children are settled and secure in the home. This has led to a decrease in incidents over time. Children have become more tolerant of one another. Strong relationships between children and adults have led to children becoming more emotionally secure.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are encouraged to participate in decisions and plans in place for them. For example, some plans are written with children and explore how they would like to be supported by staff. Children know how to complain and are confident that complaints they make will be acted on and taken seriously.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

All children attend education and make progress. For one child, securing an appropriate provision has been a significant challenge, but a school has been found and they are now attending.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy a broad range of activities in the home and in the wider community. Children are involved in the decision making around activities and report that they enjoy participating in them, for example attending the local trampolining park. This is good for their self-esteem and confidence.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to lead healthy lifestyles. Routine appointments are attended with staff support. Children are supported to spend time with their families and friends.

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

Children told the inspector that they feel safe and well cared for. Their behaviours have become safer over time. Children do not frequently go missing from the home. There are clear protocols in place for responding to going missing and the home’s staff have liaised effectively with the police when creating these protocols. Risk plans are appropriate and reviewed regularly and inform staff of how best to keep children safe. Children trust staff and will talk to them if they are concerned about anything.

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

Discriminatory behaviours are challenged in a safe and secure environment. For example, the use of inappropriate language and terminology is addressed effectively through well recorded key-work sessions.

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

Children are actively involved in creating plans about how to manage their behaviours at different stages. Staff take these into account when working with children. The child’s voice and opinions are clearly documented within these plans.

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

Incidents of restraint are recorded, but these records do not always contain the full information about debriefs with the child and they are not consistently reviewed by Inspection report children’s home: SC066481 5 managers within 48 hours.

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

The home has effective links with the local authority and any allegations or safeguarding concerns are shared with the relevant agencies appropriately. Effective internal investigations are carried out when required.

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

Medication practice has involved a child being given controlled medication by one staff member without a witness. This is despite good practice guidance recommending that there is a trained witness available when controlled medication is to be administered.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There has been no registered manager in the home since 4 September 2019. The provider has ensured that there is a manager in day-to-day charge of the home. An application for this manager to register with Ofsted was received on 15 July 2019.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Review and monitoring procedures around safe recruitment did not pick up, in one incident, the fact that a new member of staff had started work without having full safer recruitment checks in place. When this was highlighted on inspection, immediate steps were taken to effectively rectify this. This had not led to any negative impact on the children living in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers have recently decided to change their independent visitor as they did not feel that they were getting the right level of scrutiny and challenge.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The response to the requirements from the previous inspection has been effective and all of the previous requirements have been met. For example, children now have access to age-appropriate toys within the home. This was not the case at the previous inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive regular and effective supervision and are well supported by managers. Staff enjoy working in the home and one member of staff told the inspector, ‘I love my job.’ This was evident when observing staff interacting with children during the inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Careful pre-admission assessments are carried out before a child moves into the home. Leaders and managers take into account the views of the children, as well as whether the placement can meet the needs of the child. This means that children and staff are well prepared for new arrivals to the home. Inspection report children’s home: SC066481 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: SC066481 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Fairways Care (UK) Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Fairways House, Alpha Business Park, Mount Pleasant Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 0QB

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Inspector

Daniel Healy: social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC066481 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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