Children's home run by Keys Care Limited in Belfast

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066469 1 SC066469

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Keys Care Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home is operated by a private company. It provides care and accommodation for up to three children or young people who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged good at the full inspection on 19 February 2019. A monitoring inspection visit has taken place after a fire at the home. This is to check that the home is safe and suitably furnished before the children and young people return.

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This monitoring visit

The electrical, gas and fire installations in the home have been inspected and deemed to be in good working order. Individual risk assessments and the fire risk assessment have been reviewed and updated with clear guidance for the staff to follow.

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This monitoring visit

All communal rooms and bedrooms have been cleaned, decorated and are furnished to a suitable standard throughout. All carpets have been cleaned to remove smoke damage.

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This monitoring visit

The home’s environment is safe and in an appropriate condition to re-admit one child back into residence.

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This monitoring visit

One bedroom is still having ongoing repairs and refurbishment. The responsible individual has the work planned to renovate this room without delay.

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This monitoring visit

The manager and staff have completed direct work with the children and young people in relation to fire safety. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066469 2 The requirements and recommendations made at the last inspection have not been checked on this visit. Therefore, they will be carried forward to the next inspection.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 19/02/2019 Full Good 07/06/2017 Full Good 30/01/2017 Interim Sustained effectiveness 12/07/2016 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066469 3

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered persons 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 persons must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

Before implementing, or making an amendment which the registered person considers to be substantive to, the missing child policy, the registered person must—

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Requirement Due date

have regard to any relevant local authority or police protocols on missing children in the home. (Regulation 34 (5)(b)) 31/03/2019

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Recommendations

 When a child returns to the home after being missing from care or away from the home without permission, the responsible local authority must provide an opportunity for the child to have an independent return home interview. Homes should take account of information provided by such interviews when assessing risks and putting arrangements in place to protect each child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 45, paragraph 9.30) In particular, ensure that the manager requests that the placing authorities carry out return home interviews.  The registered person should ensure that staff can access appropriate facilities and resources to support their training needs and should understand the key role they play in the training and development of staff in the home. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraphs 10.8 and 10.11)

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Recommendations

In particular, ensure that staff receive training so that they understand the risks relating to county lines and other forms of criminal exploitation.  Staff should be familiar with the home’s policies on record keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective, and clear recording. Staff should record information on individual children in a non-stigmatising way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party information. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066469 4 Children should be actively encouraged to read their records and to add further information to them. They should be regularly reminded of their rights to see information kept about them and be given information about how they might be supported to access their records in later life. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 42,

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Recommendations

paragraphs 14.4 and 14.6) In particular, ensure that key-work sessions and daily observations are consistently recorded in ways that are meaningful to the child or young person.  Under regulation 46, the registered person should review the appropriateness and suitability of the location and premises of the home at least once a year. The review should include the identification of any risks and opportunities presented by the home’s location and strategies for managing these. Providers should refer to the non-statutory advice about the location assessment process. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 64, paragraph 15.1) In particular, ensure that the location risk assessment includes any information or intelligence on criminal exploitation, including county lines.

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken after a recent fire in the home.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: C/o Pinsett Mason Llp, The Soloist Building, 1 Lanyon Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT1 3LP

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Inspector

Debbie Foster: social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066469 5 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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Inspector

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