Foundations Carlton

Inspection report for residential family centre - monitoring visit: Foundations Carlton 1 Foundations Carlton

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this residential family centre

This service is privately run and is registered to provide parenting assessments for up to 13 families.

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Information about this residential family centre

The registered manager is experienced and appropriately qualified. She has been the registered manager for the service since 22 April 2020.

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Information about this residential family centre

Not all requirements and recommendations made at the last monitoring visit have been fully checked as part of this visit. These will be checked at the next inspection.

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Information about this residential family centre

Date of previous inspection: Not applicable

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This monitoring visit

The service has been registered since April 2020. A full inspection has not taken place during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. This visit was undertaken to assess whether children living at this service are safe. This is because concerns have been raised with Ofsted about aspects of the service being provided to families.

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This monitoring visit

The staff interviewed explained that they receive regular supervision and feel well supported by the management team. Suitable staffing levels are provided to the 10 families in residence. This enables the staff to provide the oversight, supervision and support to families during their assessment.

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This monitoring visit

The staff employed have the relevant experience in working with vulnerable families or children. Staff undertake induction training which covers the essential training in child safety, attachment and parenting. Most staff have a level 3 qualification or above. In addition, new social workers have recently been employed or have joined the team from other services. This ensures that there are enough trained and qualified staff to undertake parenting assessments. Inspection report for residential family centre - monitoring visit: Foundations Carlton 2 Staff are aware of the support and monitoring required for each family. Records demonstrate that parents are monitored to ensure that they are caring for their children safely. This is detailed in observation and daily log records.

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This monitoring visit

Residential support staff undertake parenting skills key-work sessions, and social workers carry out specific work on identified areas with parents. The quality of the key work sessions sampled are a good standard. However, this direct work is not always undertaken at the frequency set by the service. This could reduce the evidence of the parents’ ability to continue to care for and safeguard their children. Furthermore, this shortfall could negatively have an impact on the quality of the parenting assessment undertaken.

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This monitoring visit

Action has been taken to address shortfalls previously detected in the environment. The service now has fence to separate the car park area from the garden. There is a storage facility for the prams. The entrance carpet is in good repair. This improves the facilities provided to parents and children. Inspection report for residential family centre - monitoring visit: Foundations Carlton 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, Residential Family Centre Regulations 2002 and the national minimum standards. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person shall, before providing a family with accommodation in the residential family centre, or if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as possible thereafter, draw up in consultation with the placing authority a written plan (in these Regulations referred to as "the placement plan") setting out, in particular—

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Requirement Due date

The registered person shall keep under review and revise the placement plan as necessary. (Regulation 13 (1) (2))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the manager should robustly monitor that each family's assessment plan is implemented in full and the quality of this is of a high standard. This includes the stipulated observations of parenting tasks and direct work that is undertaken by the support staff and social workers. Quality assurance systems must be improved. Immediate action must be taken to address any omission and shortfall detected. 28 August 2020

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Requirement Due date

The registered person shall ensure that there is, having regard to—

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Requirement Due date

the statement of purpose of the residential family centre, its size and the numbers and needs of its residents; and

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Requirement Due date

the need to safeguard and promote the health and welfare of residents, a sufficient number of suitably qualified, competent and experienced persons working for the residential family centre. (Regulation 15 (a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that there is a full staff complement as set out in the home’s statement of purpose. 28 August 2020

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Requirement Due date

The registered person shall establish and maintain a system for— 28 August 2020 Inspection report for residential family centre - monitoring visit: Foundations Carlton 4 reviewing at appropriate intervals; and

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the quality of care provided at the residential family centre. (Regulation 23 (1)(a)(b))

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the overall number, competence and deployment of staff, both as a staff group and on individual shifts, can fulfil the centre's statement of purpose and meet the individual needs of all the parents and children resident at the centre. In particular, ensure that there are sufficient staff to limit the number of long shifts being worked by individuals. This is to make sure that staff’s well-being is promoted and the continuity of care and support to children and families. The appointment of an ancillary staff support should be given serious consideration for cleaning communal areas internally and externally, when the service is near to full capacity and taking the additional demands for the heightened hygiene rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. (National minimum standard, 15.1)  The registered person should ensure that the centre provides a comfortable and homely environment and is well maintained and decorated. Avoidable hazards are

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Recommendations

removed as is consistent with a domestic setting. Risk reduction does not lead to an institutional feel. In particular, ensure that all kitchen cupboard safety catches are working correctly.(National minimum standard, 11.2)  The registered person should ensure that the centre implements an effective policy that clarifies the purpose, format and content of information to be kept on the registered person's files and information to be kept on the parents' and children's files. Records may be kept in electronic form, provided the information is capable of being reproduced in a legible form. In particular, ensure that the stipulated number of weekly social work sessions and key-work sessions are undertaken and recorded. This is to further evidence that a full and good-quality parenting assessment has been undertaken. (National minimum standard, 20.1)

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to assess whether parents and children living at this service are safe. This is because concerns have been raised with Ofsted about aspects of the service being provided to families.

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Information about this inspection

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

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Residential family centre details

Unique reference number: 2585362 Inspection report for residential family centre - monitoring visit: Foundations Carlton 5 Registered provider: Progressive Care Limited

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Residential family centre details

Registered provider address: 51 Attercliffe Common, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S9 2AE

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Inspectors

Debbie Foster, Social Care Inspector Catherine Sikakana, Social Care Inspector

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Inspectors

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