Children's Home run by Nottinghamshire YMCA in Nottingham

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Nottinghamshire YMCA

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and run by a local charity. It provides care and accommodation for up to three children and young people who display behavioural difficulties and may have mild learning difficulties.

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This monitoring visit

The home was judged as inadequate at the full inspection on 18 November 2019. Ofsted issued a notice to restrict accommodation. In addition to this, a compliance notice was issued in respect of leadership and management at the home.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the actions taken to address the steps outlined in the compliance notice and to ensure that the provider has adhered to the restriction notice.

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This monitoring visit

The monitoring visit identified that the provider has implemented robust action plans. Consequently, there were clear signs of improvement, and the provider has met the steps set out in the compliance notice.

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This monitoring visit

At the time of the inspection, the home accommodated two young people.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has put effective systems in place to monitor and review significant incidents in the home. This oversight will enable managers to identify concerns about children and young people’s welfare and safety and then act promptly on those concerns.

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The provider has taken steps to ensure that staff have supervision and that they receive appropriate training. This will address the need for children and young people to be cared for by suitably skilled and experienced staff. Supervision will Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 2 provide staff with the oversight, support and direction required to enable them to practise safely and provide good-quality care.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has demonstrated clear evidence of improvement and has met the steps of the compliance and restriction notice. The home is no longer the subject of a restriction of accommodation notice. It was acknowledged that the improvements are relatively new. The sustainability of improvements will be reviewed at the next full inspection. Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 3

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 18/11/2019 Full Inadequate 14/01/2019 Full Good Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 4

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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;

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treat each child with dignity and respect; and

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make decisions about the day-to-day arrangements for each child, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans, which give the child an appropriate degree of freedom and choice.

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(Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(ix)) 03/02/2020

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The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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

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maintain regular contact with each child’s education and 03/02/2020 Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 5 training provider, including engaging with the provider and the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement; and

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help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans.

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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— that staff—

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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; and

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare.

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(Regulation 12 (1)(2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)) 03/02/2020

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The care planning standard is that children— 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— 03/02/2020 Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 6 that the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if—

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the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs;

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the child is, or has been, persistently absent from the home without permission; or

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the child requests a review of the child’s relevant plans.

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(Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b)(2)(e)(i)(ii)(iii))

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The registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child; are kept up to date; and are signed and dated by the author of each entry.

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Case records must be kept in cases not falling within sub- paragraph (a), for 75 years from the child’s date of birth and in a secure place after the child has ceased to be accommodated in the home.

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(Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c)(2)(b)(d)) 03/02/2020

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The registered person must review the appropriateness and suitability of the location of the premises used for the purposes of the children’s home at least once in each calendar year taking into account the requirement in Regulation 12(2)(c) (the protection of children standard). When conducting the review, the registered person must consult, and take into account the views of, each relevant person.

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(Regulation 46 (1)(2)) 03/02/2020 Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 7

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Recommendations

 Supervision of staff practice should ensure that individual adults in the home are engaged in the safeguarding culture of the home so they understand what they would need to do if they found other staff misusing or abusing their position to the detriment of the safety of a child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 43, paragraph 9.14)  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)  Sufficient staff means a home having enough suitably trained staff (including

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Recommendations

someone in a management role) on duty to meet the assessed needs of all children in the home, and that those staff are able to respond to emergency placements, where accepted. The registered person must demonstrate every effort to achieve continuity of staffing so that children’s attachments are not overly disrupted, including ensuring that the employment of any temporary staff will not prevent children from receiving the continuity of care that they need (regulation 31(1)). (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 51, paragraph 10.1)  The registered person should ensure that recording of recruitment checks for new employees is consistent and includes all necessary information. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.1)  Any individual appointed to carry out visits to the home as an independent person must make a rigorous and impartial assessment of the home’s

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Recommendations

arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in the home’s care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 65, paragraph 15.5) The independent person’s s report should be submitted to Ofsted within timescales stipulated in the ‘Social care common inspection framework’..

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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. Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Nottinghamshire YMCA

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: YMCA, 4 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG1 4FG

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Inspector

Amanda Ellis, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children‟s home - monitoring visit: 1271383 9 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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