Children's home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd in Barnet

Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 1 SC470479 Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home can provide care for up to six children and young people, who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is operated by a private provider, which has three other homes in the area.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been registered with Ofsted since 31 January 2019

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Information about this children’s home

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 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

Arrangements for children moving into the home are well managed. Leaders and managers gather information about the child’s needs and they then visit the child on several occasions. This enables leaders and managers to make an informed decision about whether the child’s needs can be met in the home. Staff support the existing group of children to welcome a new child. Despite this robust process, a new child moving into the home changes the group dynamics. This has happened since the previous inspection and has led to one child leaving the home and another currently receiving respite care in another home. Leaders and managers are currently reviewing these occurrences in order to further improve this work.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the previous inspection, two children have successfully moved on from the home. Staff continue to provide ongoing support to these children where needed.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

It has been a challenging time at the home. Two new children have moved in, six staff have left and six new staff have begun working at the home since the previous inspection. Leaders and managers are carrying out a review of these events with the aim of using the outcomes to aid staff retention. To manage the staff changes, some staff have worked overtime, staff from the wider organisation have supported the home and a limited number of agency staff have been recruited. Leaders and managers acknowledge the impact this has on the children and have acted to address this.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Agency staff are now receiving regular supervision. However, the records of these important sessions are not of a good quality as they do not reflect the discussions held.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Safeguarding is managed effectively, and records of incidents and restraints are of a good quality. Leaders and managers use lessons learned from safeguarding events to further develop staff practice.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

In the main, behaviour is managed appropriately. However, on three occasions staff called the police because they were worried about the young people’s behaviour, especially the risks they presented to themselves and others. The registered manager has reviewed these incidents and continues to work with the staff team to prevent a reoccurrence of this. Leaders and managers continue to review and develop their strategies for managing children’s behaviour. Some children have found the use of social stories are helping them to understand their behaviours.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff ensure that damage made to the home is quickly addressed so that children continue to live in a comfortable, well-furnished home. Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 3 Currently none of the children are attending school. Leaders and managers are addressing this with each child’s placing authority. Some children have assigned tutors, but leaders and managers acknowledge that this is not enough to meet children’s educational needs. Staff are providing some educational activities for children and maintaining appropriate records of these activities.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home is well managed. Leaders and managers have a clear understanding of the home’s strengths and areas for improvement. Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

29/07/2019 Full Good 26/09/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 10/10/2017 Full Good 21/02/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 5

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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

8: The education standard 8.—(1) The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so. (2) In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— (a) that staff— (i) help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans; (ii) support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study; (iii) understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers; (iv) help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment; (vi) maintain regular contact with each child’s education and training provider, including engaging with the provider and

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Requirement Due date

the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement; (vii) raise any need for further assessment or specialist provision in relation to a child with the child’s education or training provider and the child’s placing authority; (viii) help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible; (x) help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans; and (b) that each child has access to appropriate equipment, facilities and resources to support the child’s learning.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 8 (1)(2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)(vii)(viii)(x)(b)) 01/06/2020 Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 6 In addition, ensure that children who are not in school are provided with good routines to support their integration back to school.

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Recommendations

 The capacity and competence of staff to build constructive, warm relationships with children that actively promote positive behaviour, provides the foundations for managing any negative behaviour. Staff should have the skills to respond to each child’s individual behaviour. Where necessary they should manage conflict, maintain constructive dialogues and react appropriately if challenged by a child in their care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 39, paragraph 8.14)

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Recommendations

In particular, ensure that the police are not used to manage young people’s behaviours.

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Recommendations

 The registered person must have systems in place so that all staff, including the manager, receive supervision of their practice from an appropriately qualified and experienced professional, which allows them to reflect on their practice and the needs of the children assigned to their care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.2)

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Recommendations

In particular, ensure that records of agency staff supervision sessions are of a good quality.

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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: SC470479 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Hollygrove Business Park, Verwood Road, Ringwood, Dorset BH24 2DB

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Jennifer Kendall

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Inspector

Wendy Anderson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 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

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