Children's home run by Coventry City Council

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2529639 1

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Coventry City Council

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is registered to care for up to four young people, aged from 10 to 18 years, who may have social and/or emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since August 2019.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged requires improvement to be good at the full inspection in February 2020.

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This monitoring visit

An assurance visit took place between 14 and 15 October 2020. Serious and widespread concerns were identified in relation to the protection of children and the leadership and management of the home. Two compliance notices were issued under regulation 12 (the protection of children standard) and regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard). In addition, a notice to restrict accommodation was issued on 16 October 2020.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review progress in meeting the two compliance notices. The inspector found that managers had made significant progress.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have reviewed and updated young people’s risk assessments. Risk assessments have been simplified, which makes them easy for staff to use and young people to contribute to.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have completed additional training in key areas that will help them meet the needs of the young people living in the home. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2529639 2 Managers have reviewed monitoring systems in the home and introduced new weekly and monthly monitoring templates to improve oversight of key documents and staff practice.

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In addition, managers are addressing staff practice issues in regard to documentation and incident reporting.

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Managers are planning further staff training and development in the near future to make additional improvements.

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This monitoring visit

The compliance notices were considered met and on 17 November 2020 Ofsted took the decision to lift the restriction of accommodation.

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This monitoring visit

Requirements will be reviewed at a future inspection.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

06/02/2020 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2529639 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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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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help each child to develop resilience and skills that prepare the child to return home, to live in a new placement or to live independently as an adult.

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(Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(vi)) 30/11/2020

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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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manage and review the placement of each child in the home;

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that each child’s relevant plans are followed.

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(Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(ii)(c)) 30/11/2020

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The registered person must ensure that— 30/11/2020 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2529639 4 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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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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

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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; and

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retain the records for at least 15 years from the date of the last entry.

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The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to,

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious;

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a child protection enquiry involving a child—

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is instigated; or 30/11/2020 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2529639 5 concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry); or

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious.

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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: Coventry City Council

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Council House, Earl Street, Coventry CV1 5RR

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Inspector

Debbie Holder, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2529639 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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