Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Stockport

Inspection report children’s home: SC476236 1 SC476236 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a private company. The home provides care for up to four children who are aged 11 to 18 years old and who have experienced adverse childhood experiences that have led to associated trauma and presenting complex needs.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since 16 February 2019.

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Inspection date: 11 February 2020

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC476236 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.

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children and young people since the most recent 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 continue to make good progress. One child has become increasingly independent and has successfully secured a part-time job. Another child is attending school full time and has recently completed their mock GCSE exams.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff make sure that new children are made to feel welcome to the home and have a sense of belonging from the start.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children are given the opportunity to personalise their bedrooms and to make suggestions about how the home should be furnished. As a result of this engagement, children have been involved in designing a new reading area that has lighting, seating and a selection of books of their choice.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager ensures that staff maintain well-informed placement plans and risk assessments. However, care plans do not always include children’s views. This represents a missed opportunity to enable children’s decisions about their day-to-day care to be formally captured.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff ensure that children receive high levels of supervision and support. Occasionally, a child will go missing from the home. When this happens, staff search for the child and use all resources to secure the child’s whereabouts.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff receive a wide range of training to help them to develop the skills to work with children and meet their needs. However, one member of staff has not completed their level 3 diploma in residential childcare within the required timescale.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

09/07/2019 Full Good 12/09/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 06/02/2018 Full Good 24/01/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC476236 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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Requirement Due date

The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who–

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develop positive relationships with them;

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take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives.

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

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ascertain and consider each child’s views, wishes and feelings, and balance these against what they judge to be in the child’s best interests when making decisions about the child’s care and welfare;

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help each child to express views, wishes and feelings;

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help each child to understand how the child’s views, wishes and feelings have been taken into account and give the child reasons for decisions in relation to the child; and

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regularly consult children, and seek their feedback, about the quality of the home’s care. (Regulation 7(1)(a)(b)(c), (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv))) 08/04/2020

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Requirement Due date

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), an individual who works in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date, the individual has attained–

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Requirement Due date

the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) (“the Level 3 Diploma”); or 08/04/2020 Inspection report children’s home: SC476236 4 a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma.

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Requirement Due date

in the case of an individual who starts working in a care role in a home after 1st April 2014, the date which falls 2 years after the date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home; or

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Requirement Due date

in the case of an individual who was working in a care role in a home on 1st April 2014, 1st April 2016.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person may defer the relevant date if the individual–

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does not work, or has not worked, in a care role in a home for a prolonged period; or

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works, or has worked, in a care role in a home on a part- time basis. (Regulation 32(4)(a)(b), (5)(a)(b), (6)(a)(b))

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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: SC476236 5

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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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Inspector

Debbie Bond, social care inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC476236 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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