Children's Home run by Social Care Services (Clayton) Limited in Stockport

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1263425 1

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Social Care Services (Clayton) Limited

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 provide care and accommodation for two young people who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is part of an independent company. The home has been in operation since September 2018. The registered manager is suitably qualified and experienced.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit took place due to inspection activity having been significantly delayed because of COVID-19 restrictions. It focused on the experiences and overall progress of children since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was completed off-site due to COVID-19 restrictions. No serious of widespread safeguarding concerns were identified as a result of this visit.

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This monitoring visit

The home provides a high standard of care for young people. Young people’s needs are well understood by staff. As a result, young people receive care which supports them to make progress.

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This monitoring visit

Pre-admission assessments are thorough and support effective decision-making. Despite this, one young person’s placement has come to an end in an unplanned manner as the home has not been able to meet her needs. This has led to further change and instability for the young person.

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This monitoring visit

Young people’s specialist health needs are being met. Appropriate services are in place in the community. One young person’s epilepsy nurse has attended a team meeting with staff. This has ensured that staff have all the information they need to respond to his needs and keep him safe. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1263425 2 Arrangements are in place during the continuing COVID-19 restrictions to support young people’s education. One young person has made significant progress through the provision of one-to-one tuition which is taking place in the home. As a result, he is being provided with the knowledge and skills he needs to return to formal education.

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This monitoring visit

Young people are being supported to maintain family relationships through face-to- face meetings where this is safe to do so. Where this family time cannot take place in person this is being facilitated remotely. This helps young people to maintain their sense of identity and belonging.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are well supported through regular supervision and team meetings. One member of staff has started an additional qualification which is being progressed through online classes. This means that staff are being provided with the information and guidance they need to undertake their care of young people effectively.

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This monitoring visit

A requirement was made at the last inspection in respect of the regular review of the statement of purpose. This requirement is met. The recommendations from the last inspection have not been considered fully due to the focused nature of this visit. They are therefore still in place and will be considered in the next full inspection. There are no new requirements or recommendations as a result of this monitoring visit.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 4/11/2019 Full Good 5/3/2019 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1263425 3

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Recommendations

These recommendations are carried forward from the last inspection.

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff are familiar with the home’s policies on record keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective, and clear recording. Staff should record information on individual children in a non-stigmatising way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party information. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4) Specifically, this refers to the use of acronyms and jargon.  The registered person should follow regulations 35–39 which detail the records that must be kept in children’s homes. All children’s records must be kept up to date and stored securely whilst they remain in the home. Case records must be kept up to date and signed and dated by the author of each entry. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations, including the quality

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Recommendations

standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.3)  The registered person should have regard to regulation 11(2) which sets out the expectations on staff in building a positive relationship with each child and helping the child develop skills to have positive relationships with others. ‘Others’ includes individuals both inside and outside the home such as other children in the home, staff, family members, siblings, previous carers and friends (in accordance with their relevant plans). (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations, including the quality standards’, page 38, paragraph 8.6) This is with reference to practice in relation to equality and diversity.  The registered person must ensure that records of restraint are kept and these should enable the registered person and staff to review the use of control, discipline and restraint to identify effective practice and respond promptly where any issues or trends of concern emerge. The review should

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Recommendations

provide the opportunity for amending practice to ensure that it meets the needs of each child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations, including the quality standards’, page 49, paragraph 9.59) This is with particular reference to trends in individual staff involvement in restraints.  The registered person should ensure that staff can access appropriate facilities and resources to support their training needs and should understand the key role they play in the training and development of staff in the home. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations, including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.11) This is with particular reference to life story work. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1263425 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: Social Care Services (Clayton) Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Social Care Services Group, 31 Shaw Road, Stockport, SK4 4AG

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Inspector

Dawn Parton, social care inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1263425 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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