Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 1 SC389649

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Cambian Childcare Ltd

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This private home provides care and accommodation for up to three young people who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties and/or learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager was approved by Ofsted in August 2017. The manager is also registered to manage another of the organisation’s homes.

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This monitoring visit

A suspension notice issued on 2 October 2019 is in place for this home. This notice will run until 24 December 2019, at which point it will be reviewed by Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken to assess the home’s compliance with the suspension notice. The requirements from the last inspection were not reviewed at this visit, therefore they remain in place.

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This monitoring visit

The inspectors confirmed with the registered manager that no young people have lived at the setting since 2 October 2019. Therefore, the home remains compliant with the suspension notice.

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This monitoring visit

Significant improvements have been made to the home environment. These include a full refurbishment, with new furniture and interior redecoration. The home presents as clean and tidy. Young people’s bedrooms have been repainted and some windows replaced which are now designed to prevent young people climbing out of them to access the rear roof area.

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This monitoring visit

There is now a full staff team in place to support young people when the home reopens. Staff have attended various training courses to develop the knowledge and skills that they will require to safeguard young people and promote their welfare. The registered manager has completed a reflective learning journal, both to analyse Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 2 and consider the failings in the home and to identify what action could have been taken at an earlier stage to prevent the concerns around children’s safety from escalating. This has been an honest reflection that has provided the registered manager with key learning points to improve practice within the home.

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This monitoring visit

The new monitoring tools and systems at the home help to ensure that patterns and trends are identified. These systems will help staff to provide more proactive care to young people.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 08/08/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 19/06/2018 Full Good 06/06/2017 Full Good 01/11/2016 Full Good Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 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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The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who–

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child’s welfare; and

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treat each child with dignity and respect. (Regulation 6(1)(a)(b), (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)) 12/11/2019

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on–

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set 12/11/2019 Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 4 out in the child’s relevant plans;

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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship;

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strive to gain each child’s respect and trust;

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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children. (Regulation 11(1)(a)(b)(c), (2)(a)(i)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix) The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies; 12/11/2019 Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 5 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;

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that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed, furnished and maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health. (Regulation 12(1), (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(b)(d)) 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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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;(Regulation 13(1)(a)(b), (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)) 12/11/2019

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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 helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b)(2)(f)) 12/11/2019

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The care planning standard is that children– 12/11/2019 Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 6 receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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

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that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose. (Regulation 14(1)(a)(b), (2)(a)) The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children’s home.

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In particular the registered person must ensure that–

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medicines kept in the home are stored in a secure place so as to prevent any child from having unsupervised access to them;

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medicine which is prescribed for a child is administered as prescribed to the child for whom it is prescribed and to no other child; and

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a record is kept of the administration of medicine to each child. (Regulation 23(1), (2)(a)(b)(c)) 12/11/2019

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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005(a) applies to the home–

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the registered person must ensure that the requirements of that Order and any regulations made under it, except for article 23 (duties of employees), are complied with in respect of the home. (Regulation 25(2)(b))

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In particular, this relates to the provision of functioning smoke alarms, door closure mechanisms and the positioning of fire extinguishers. 12/11/2019

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Schedule 4 sets out the other information that the registered person must keep in relation to a children’s home.

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The registered person must– 12/11/2019 Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 7 maintain in the home the records in Schedule 4; and

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ensure that the records are kept up to date. (Regulation 37(1), (2)(a)(b))

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken and the progress made by the children’s home since its last Ofsted inspection.

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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: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Road, Potters Bar EN6 1AG

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Inspectors

Michelle Edge, social care inspector Elaine Allison, social care inspector Inspection report for children's home – monitoring visit: SC389649 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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