Children's home run by Aspris Children’s Service in Hammersmith and Fulham

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Priory Education Services Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is run by a large national organisation. The home provides care for up to five children who have emotional, behavioural, social and mild mental health difficulties. The manager was registered by Ofsted in April 2020.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit has been undertaken remotely due to guidance relating to COVID-19 (coronavirus). The purpose of the monitoring visit was to establish if the provider has made suitable arrangements for the home to resume operating following a six-month period of closure.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged good at the full inspection on 13 September 2018.

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This monitoring visit

The home continued to be registered with Ofsted during the period of closure. No children have lived at the home since. External monitoring has been maintained and the new responsible individual has kept Ofsted up to date about the developments at the home.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has demonstrated, through the information they have supplied to the inspector and the virtual tour of the home, that they have suitable resources to resume operation in line with the home’s statement of purpose.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements and recommendations from the last full inspection remain and will be reviewed at the next full inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1234621 2

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 13/09/2018 Full Good 10/08/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness 31/05/2017 Full Good 23/11/2016 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1234621 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

within 48 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (‘the authorised person’)—

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Requirement Due date

has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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Requirement Due date

has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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Requirement Due date

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.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 35 (3)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 28/08/2020

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children ("a quality of care review") at least once every 6 months.

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Requirement Due date

supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed. (Regulation 45 (1)(4)(a)) 29/01/2021

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Recommendations

 Staff must help each child to prepare for any moves from the home, whether they are returning home, moving to another placement or adult care, or to live independently. This includes supporting the child to develop emotional and mental resilience to cope without the home’s support and, when the child is moving to live independently, practical skills such as cooking, housework, budgeting and Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1234621 4 personal self-care. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 17, paragraph 3.27)  Children must be consulted regularly on their views about the home’s care, to inform and support continued improvement in the quality of care provided. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 22, paragraph 4.11) In particular, gather the children’s views effectively.  As set out in regulations 31-33, the registered person is responsible for

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Recommendations

maintaining good employment practice. They must ensure that recruitment, supervision and performance management of staff safeguards children and minimises potential risks to them. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.1) In particular, ensure that the records of all safe recruitment checks are easily accessible.

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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: 1234621 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Priory Education Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Priory Group, 80 Hammersmith Road, Middlesex W14 8UD

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Inspector

Cathy Russell, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1234621 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

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