Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC457074 1 SC457074

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Cambian Childcare Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This is a privately owned children’s home that provides care and accommodation for four young people up to the age of 18 years old with social and/or emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager was registered with Ofsted in May 2020 and is currently working towards completing her level 5 diploma in leadership and management.

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This monitoring visit

The home was last inspected in June 2019. This monitoring visit was carried out to enable the regulator to obtain an up-to-date assessment of children’s experiences at the home since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Due to the COVID 19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Ofsted did not carry out a physical visit to the home. The inspector gathered evidence in several different ways, including gaining views from children, social workers, other professionals and staff, and talking to the manager and asking her to provide electronic documents for the inspector to review.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, there has been a change of manager at the home. The previous manager left in June 2019. A new manager is in post and is registered with Ofsted. She is a child-focused practitioner who advocates well for the children. Consequently, children feel well supported and listened to.

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This monitoring visit

During the COVID-19 pandemic, staff have needed to be creative in finding ways of keeping children busy. A gym has been created in the garage which has encouraged children to keep fit. Children have also benefited from having parties and themed weeks. For example, children have participated in a vegan week, pamper sessions, Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC457074 2 and have got involved in the weekly clap for carers, including making banners thanking the NHS.

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This monitoring visit

However, the prolonged nature of the COVID-19 pandemic is now resulting in children becoming increasingly frustrated. Consequently, children are becoming unsettled despite all the efforts made by the staff.

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This monitoring visit

When children have gone missing from the home, staff are diligent in following children’s safety plans and trying to find them. Managers have made sure that children are offered independent return home interviews. These help managers to fully evaluate and understand the reasons why children have decided to go missing.

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This monitoring visit

Staff understand the importance in helping children to stay in touch with their families and friends. When it has been necessary due to restrictions imposed by COVID-19, the staff have used technology to enable children to keep in touch with their families.

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This monitoring visit

Staff actively encourage school attendance. They have provided support in school to maintain children’s attendance and help with children’s learning at home when children’s schools have not been fully open due to COVID-19 restrictions. This encouragement has enabled children who have previously struggled to attend school to now attend and participate.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have worked hard to meet the requirement and recommendations from the last inspection. Managers now have greater oversight of incidents which required the use of physical intervention and are better at considering children’s cultural needs pre-admission.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have completed a review of the quality of care of the home but have omitted to send the report to Ofsted. This omission means that the regulator is unable to fully assess the quality of care given to children between inspections.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 03/06/2019 Full Good 09/10/2018 Full Good 15/11/2017 Full Good 14/02/2017 Interim Sustained effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC457074 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 registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months.

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Requirement Due date

In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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Requirement Due date

the quality of care provided for children;

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Requirement Due date

the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and

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Requirement Due date

any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children.

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Requirement Due date

After completing a quality of care review, the registered person must produce a written report about the quality of care review and the actions which the registered person intends to take as a result of the quality of care review (“the quality of care review report”).

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Requirement Due date

supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed; and

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Requirement Due date

make a copy of the quality of care review report available on request to a placing authority, if the placing authority is not the parent of a child accommodated in the home.

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Requirement Due date

The system referred to in paragraph (2) must provide for ascertaining and considering the opinions of children, their parents, placing authorities and staff. 28/04/2021 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC457074 4 (Regulation 45 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c) (3) (4)(a)(b) (5))

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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: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Cambian Childcare Ltd, Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 1AG

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Inspector

Debbie Bond, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC457074 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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