Children's home run by Your Chapter Limited

Inspection report children’s home: 1240844 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Children 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 privately owned and run. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for two children who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager is suitably qualified and experienced, and registered to manage the home in April 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: 18 September 2018

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: 1240844 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

18/09/2018 Full Good 16/02/2018 Interim Improved effectiveness 03/05/2017 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: 1240844 3

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Recommendations

 Staff should be familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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Recommendations

In particular, ensure that advice offered by the home’s psychologist and subsequent actions by staff are clearly recorded.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people at the home enjoy a warm and caring environment, and as a result they are successfully supported to make positive changes in their lives. Staff offer predictable and stable care, and this stability underpins the positive relationships that develop between staff and young people.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Young people appreciate and value the time that staff spend with them and they quickly learn to trust the adults who care for them. Staff promote positive life experiences through developing young people’s interests and providing regular fun activities.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

A particular strength of the home is the sense of permanence and belonging that young people develop. This enables them to settle into their wider community, and they eventually make positive transitions into semi-independence.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Planning for young people to join the home is thoughtful, and is focused on the appropriate matching of young people’s needs, temperaments and risks.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The progress that young people make is supported through timely and ongoing access to individual therapeutic support. This is offered in line with young people’s emerging and changing needs. Both young people meaningfully engage with this support and can discuss with the therapist and staff the difficulties that they may face.

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

Since the last full inspection, there have not been any incidents of missing from home or incidents that have necessitated the use of physical intervention by staff. For some young people, their propensity to misuse drugs has significantly diminished since living at the home.

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

Staff understand well young people’s individual vulnerabilities, and care is offered in line Inspection report children’s home: 1240844 4 with this understanding.

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

Young people say they feel safe at the home, and the consistent care they receive contributes to their feeling of well-being.

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

Clear boundaries and routines support young people to explore and better manage their feelings. As a result, incidents of conflict are rare and are resolved through reflective discussion.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is suitably qualified and experienced and was registered to manage the home in April 2019. He leads a dedicated and experienced team of staff who understand the young people well.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are clear about their roles and how best to work with each young person. They are supported in this by regular supervision and informal managerial support.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has good insight into each young person’s needs, risks and strengths, and ensures that care given is in line with local authority plans. As a result, young people have well-planned and successful transitions into and out of the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The staff team is well established and its members work in collaboration with each other to ensure that young people are given good individualised care. This is maintained through a very low turnover of staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are further supported through regular consultation with the home’s psychologist. This support is responsive to the changing needs of young people and enhances the care given by staff. However, there are some gaps in the records regarding the psychologist’s advice and the staff team’s response to this advice.

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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: 1240844 5 Inspection report children’s home: 1240844 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Children Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 1 Stuart Road, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SR

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Inspectors

Pauline Yates, social care inspector Karen Forster, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: 1240844 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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Inspectors

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