Children's home run by Keys Group Progressive Care & Education Limited in Birmingham

Inspection report children’s home: SC016124 1 SC016124 Registered provider: Keys Group Progressive Care & Education Limited Interim inspection 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 organisation and is registered to provide care and accommodation for three children who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been in post since January 2018.

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Inspection date: 21 January 2020

Date of last inspection: 24 September 2019

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Inspection date: 21 January 2020

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC016124 2

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged good at the last full inspection. At the interim inspection, Ofsted judges that it has sustained effectiveness.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children are provided with a good standard of care at this home. All three children who live at the home are making progress towards their own personal goals.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

All children are positively engaged in education. Children are also provided with enhanced learning opportunities such as horse riding and Turkish language lessons.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children’s bedrooms are not always maintained to a good enough standard. One child’s mattress was seen to be far too small for his divan, and several items of his bedroom furniture were broken.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff provide nurturing care for children, and children have good relationships with adults. However, boundaries for children are not always appropriate. For example, staff sometimes remove the television aerial at bedtime to stop one child watching television in his bedroom. This is restrictive practice and does not support the child to understand why he needs to turn it off himself.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Records of physical interventions are not easily accessible. However, once obtained practice seen was nurturing and management oversight effective. Inspection report children’s home: SC016124 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/09/2019 Full Good 13/02/2019 Interim Sustained effectiveness 31/07/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 16/03/2018 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC016124 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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Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need in order to live there comfortably. (Regulation 6(1)(a)(2)(vii)) 03/03/2020

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Information about this inspection

This inspection focused on the effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of children and young people since the most recent full inspection.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people, 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: SC016124 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Keys Group Progressive Care & Education Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Maybrook House, 2nd Floor, Queensway, Halesowen, Worcestershire B63 4AH

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Inspector(s)

Polly Soper, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC016124 6 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(s)

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Inspector(s)

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Inspector(s)

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