Children's Home run by Stanfield Care Services Limited in Norfolk

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 1 SC451152

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Stanfield Care Services Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately owned home is registered to provide care for up to four children aged between eight and 17 who present with challenging behaviour. The registered manager left the home in October 2018. A new manager was in post and her registration was in progress at the of the assurance visit.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken following a request from the provider to vary the conditions of registration. The home has been closed since June 2020, and no children have been accommodated. The provider has requested a change of registration category from emotional and/or behavioural difficulties to learning disabilities. The provider also requested that the three-month condition, which requires them to give Ofsted three months’ notice before placing a child, is lifted.

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This monitoring visit

In the time that the home has been closed, the provider has made improvements to the environment. Many areas of the home have been repainted. Plans are in place to paint areas that still require redecoration. New carpets and lino have been laid, new windows have been fitted and damage has been repaired. The home is now child- friendly and well decorated and furnished. The children’s bedrooms have been redecorated and have new furniture in place. No lockable storage was available in the bedrooms.

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This monitoring visit

The location risk assessment requires updating to reflect the needs of the children who are intended to be placed at the home. Currently, the location risk assessment refers to the needs of previously placed children.

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This monitoring visit

The provider intends to offer a range of training to new staff in understanding and managing learning disabilities. The provider plans to transfer two staff to this home from another of its children’s homes. Other staff are yet to be recruited. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 2 Following the monitoring visit, the provider withdrew the request to vary the conditions of registration. Therefore, the three-month condition remains in place and the home remains closed.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements raised at the last inspection were not reviewed at this monitoring visit and are therefore restated.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 11/02/2020 Interim Declined in effectiveness 12/06/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 17/01/2019 Interim Sustained effectiveness 04/09/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 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 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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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(c)(i)) 29/01/2021

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Requirement Due date

The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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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. (Regulation 8 (1)(2)(a)(iv)(vi)(viii)) 29/01/2021

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Requirement Due date

The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— 29/01/2021 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 4 that staff—

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Requirement Due date

help each child to develop socially aware behaviour. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(2)(a)(ii))

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Requirement Due date

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm;

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that the premises used for the purposes of the home are located so that children are effectively safeguarded. (Regulation 12 (1)(2)(b)(c)) 29/01/2021

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

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)) 29/01/2021

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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Requirement Due date

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

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child. 29/01/2021 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 5 (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b)(2)(d))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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Requirement Due date

if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home, if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1)(2)(a)(b)(3)(d)).

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all employees— undertake appropriate continuing professional development. (Regulation 33 (4)(a))

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In particular, provide staff with training to enable them to meet the needs of each child. 29/01/2021

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Schedule 4 sets out the other information that the registered person must keep in relation to a children’s home. The registered person must—

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maintain in the home the records in Schedule 4;

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ensure that the records are kept up to date. (Regulation 37 (1)(2)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

This is in particular reference to maintaining an accurate record of the staff rota. 29/01/2021

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must review the appropriateness and suitability of the location of the premises used for the purposes of the children’s home at least once in each calendar year taking into account the requirement in regulation 12(2)(c) (the protection of children standard). 29/01/2021 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 6 When conducting the review, the registered person must consult, and take into account the views of, each relevant person. (Regulation 46 (1)(2))

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Recommendations

 Children should be provided with appropriate furniture, such as a lockable cabinet or drawers to securely store personal items, including any personal information. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 16, paragraph 3.19)

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Information about this inspection

This monitoring visit was undertaken following a request from the provider to vary the conditions of registration.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Stanfield Care Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 6, Cuckoo Wharf, 435 Lichfield Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire B6 7SS

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Inspector

Lianne Bradford, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC451152 7 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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