Children's Home run by Capital Children’s Care Ltd in Essex

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2575372 1

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Capital Children’s Care Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home registered in June 2020 and is run by a small private organisation. The home provides care for up to three children with social, emotional and behavioural needs.

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Information about this children’s home

The current manager took up post on 28 August 2020 but has yet to submit to Ofsted a valid application for registration.

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This monitoring visit

The home was judged as having serious and widespread concerns at the assurance visit on 1 October 2020. The concerns led to Ofsted serving a compliance notice in respect of the leadership and management of the home. The primary purpose of this monitoring visit was to monitor actions since the compliance notice was served. There were no children living at the home during this visit. Ofsted is satisfied that the provider has met the actions specified in the compliance notice.

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This monitoring visit

At the assurance visit in October, the children who had lived at the home had recently moved on. Following the assurance visit, the provider decided not to admit any children while they undertook a fundamental review of the systems at the home. This has given the new manager and the responsible individual the space to start again. As a result, day-to-day systems to promote effective care are clearer and organisational monitoring arrangements have improved.

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This monitoring visit

The responsible individual and new manager have brought in systems to improve the admissions process. The manager has scrutinised referrals to ensure careful matching of future placements to the staff skill base and any other children living at the home. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2575372 2 There has been a real drive to provide the staff with the training that they need. The provider has ensured that all staff have undertaken training in important areas, including safeguarding, managing self-harm, first aid and behaviour management and restraint. Further training in attachment, gang awareness, managing child exploitation, managing self-harm and removing ligatures is scheduled. The manager has undertaken workshops with staff on the prevention of and response to children who go missing from care, and behaviour management. As a result, the staff show a greater understanding of how to meet children’s individual needs, are more

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This monitoring visit

confident and have an improved understanding of their role.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has undertaken a workshop with staff on the newly updated statement of purpose. Consequently, the staff have a better understanding of the ethos of the home and how to deliver care and support in accordance with it.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has provided the staff with clear guidance and training in records management. The streamlining of records has helped the staff to be clear on how they will record children’s information and the importance of maintaining consistently high record-keeping standards. However, as no children have been admitted to the home, the staff have yet to translate this new knowledge into practice.

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The manager has introduced guidance for young people and staff on the use of vapes. This promotes consistency of practice among staff.

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The staff duty roster is now clearly maintained. The manager has changed the staff duty roster to ensure that the staff do not work excessive hours without a break.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has begun to introduce regular monitoring at the home and the responsible individual has introduced monthly management monitoring systems. These new monitoring arrangements promote improved organisational oversight.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date No previous inspection Inspection type Inspection judgement Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2575372 3

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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.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Capital Childrens Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 4 Pike Way, North Weald, Epping, Essex CM16 6BL

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Inspector

Joanna Heller, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2575372 4 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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