Children's home run by Cherished and Devoted Care

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 1

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Cherished And Devoted Care

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home was registered in May 2019. The home is one of two operated by a private provider. The home is registered to offer care and accommodation up to five children who have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

There is currently no registered manager for this home.

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This monitoring visit

A suspension notice issued on 22 November 2019 is in place for this home. This notice will run until 3 February 2020, at which point it will be reviewed by Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

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

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This monitoring visit

The inspectors met with the director of the home. There continues to be no registered manager for the home. However, the director informed inspectors that a new manager had been interviewed and was in the process of going through the organisation’s recruitment process. Furthermore, there is no responsible individual registered with HMCI. Again, the director informed inspectors that the process of recruiting a responsible individual had started but had not been completed.

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This monitoring visit

The home continues to be compliant with the suspension notice. No young people are accommodated at the home and no steps have been taken to introduce any new young people during the ongoing suspension.

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This monitoring visit

There is a plan in place for required training to be undertaken by all staff, however the training has not yet been completed. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 2 There is evidence of progress, however the plans for improvement are not yet fully embedded in practice.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted will undertake a further monitoring visit to monitor the provider’s compliance with the suspension notice.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 06/11/2019 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 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 health and well-being standard is that—

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the health and well-being needs of children are met;

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children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and

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children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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

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that each child has access to such dental, medical, nursing, psychiatric and psychological advice, treatment and other services as the child may require. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c)(2)(c)) 03/02/2020

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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; 03/02/2020 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 4 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

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies. (Regulation 12 (1)(2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)) 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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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b)(2)(h)) 03/02/2020

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The care planning standard is that children—

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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)) 06/12/2019

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The registered person must ensure that— the privacy of children is appropriately protected;

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children can access all appropriate areas of the children’s home’s premises; and any limitation placed on a child’s privacy or access to any area of the home’s premises— 03/02/2020 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 5 is intended to safeguard each child accommodated in the home; is necessary and proportionate; is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and allows children as much freedom as is possible when balanced against the need to protect them and keep them safe. (Regulation 21 (a)(b)(c)(i)(ii)(iv)) The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children’s home. (Regulation 23 (1)) 03/02/2020

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The registered provider must appoint a person to manage the children’s home if—

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there is no registered manager in respect of the home; and

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the registered provider— is an organisation or a partnership; does not satisfy regulation 28; or is not, or does not intend to be, in day-to-day charge of the home.

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If the registered provider appoints a person to manage the home, the registered provider must, without delay, give HMCI notice of— the name of the person so appointed; and the date on which the appointment takes effect. (Regulation 27 (1)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(2)(a)(b)) 03/02/2020

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time and location of the use of the measure;

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure; 03/02/2020 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 6 the name of the person who used the measure (“the user”), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure;

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within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (“the authorised person”)—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c)(iv))

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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: 2503316 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cherished and Devoted Care

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 102 Mill Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L8 5UD

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Inspector(s)

Elaine Allison, social care inspector Michelle Edge, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2503316 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector(s)

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Inspector(s)

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