Children's home run by Salford City Council in Salford

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC040511 1 SC040511

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Salford 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 an adolescent support service provided by a local authority. It provides short- and medium-term care for up to four children who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. It also provides emergency or overnight care for up to a further two children. In addition, the service provides intensive, time-limited support to children on the edge of care. This includes planned day visits for children and outreach support for their families.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has an established and experienced registered manager.

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This monitoring visit

Young people benefit from a multi-agency bespoke package of care that promotes their needs.

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This monitoring visit

The home meets its aims and objectives, as set out in the statement of purpose document. This contributes to change and improvement in young people’s lives. Transitions to and from the home are well managed, and children are involved in their plans and decision-making.

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This monitoring visit

Staff work with a high number of vulnerable young people and complex families. A specialist team of professionals works together to bring experience and expertise to young people in the hub. This ensures that young people and their families receive the right help and support in a timely and effective way. Young people’s access to education is also supported by a specialist education staff member who is a qualified teacher. During the COVID-19 restrictions, young people have benefited from this service, and they continue to access education.

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Young people benefit from positive relationships with the skilled staff team. For example, one young person with no previous experience of residential care, told the Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC040511 2 inspector, ‘Staff show me respect. When I talk they listen to me. So, when they talk to me I listen to them.’

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This monitoring visit

Multi-agency meetings are being held weekly to monitor and identify any shortfalls in services to young people. During the COVID-19 restrictions, meetings have continued to take place with the use of technology. This helps prevent drift for young people, and placements are focused and purposeful.

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Young people have significant safeguarding needs. These include going missing from home, self-harm and displaying aggressive and violent or harmful behaviour. These risks are clearly identified in care planning documentation, and individual risk management plans help guide staff on how to keep children safe and manage risk- taking behaviour. Significant incidents are reported to the appropriate authorities to safeguard young people.

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Young people’s behaviours are managed safely and effectively by staff. The use of restraint is rare and, if used, is only ever a last resort to protect young people from harm.

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The home is run by an enthusiastic, positive manager who has high aspirations for young people and their families. There is a stable, well-qualified and experienced staff team that consistently meets the needs of young people and their families. A core team of staff provides consistent care to young people.

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Staff at all levels of the service receive regular supervision from their managers. This provides good support, challenge and opportunities for staff to reflect on their work with young people.

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This monitoring visit

There are no requirements or recommendations from this monitoring visit. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC040511 3

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 05/03/2019 Interim Not judged 08/02/2019 Interim Not judged 19/07/2017 Full Good 15/02/2017 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC040511 4

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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: Salford City Council

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester M27 5DA

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Inspectors

Tracy Mese, Social Care Inspector Dawn Parton, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC040511 5 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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