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

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 1 SC456959

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Cambian Childcare Ltd

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. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for one child with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There is a registered manager in post. He also manages another setting within the organisation.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was arranged due to escalating concerns from recent notifications, specifically in relation to self-injurious behaviour.

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This monitoring visit

One child lives at this home. The child told the inspector that she likes living at the home and that this is the best home she has lived in. She said that she feels safe at home and that she gets on well with staff.

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This monitoring visit

Staff demonstrate an understanding of the child’s current risks and how to manage them. This is specifically in relation to self-injurious behaviour. Staff describe strategies used to support the child. For example, a member of staff has a friend who owns a horse. The child enjoys seeing the horse and staff take her to spend time with the horse and use this as an opportunity to talk to the child.

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This monitoring visit

Although staff demonstrate an understanding of the child’s risks, risk assessments are not up to date and do not include specific strategies for staff to use to reduce risk. For example, a clear trigger for the child is when she feels anxious. The child told the inspector that she feels anxious at night-time and that she often struggles to sleep. However, there is no clear plan in place to guide staff to support the child and reduce this risk of self-injurious behaviour at night-time.

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This monitoring visit

The manager needs to improve his overall monitoring and review systems. This is in respect of his oversight and evaluation of incidents to understand the impact that Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 2 the quality of care is having on the child. This is necessary to ensure that the manager and staff can improve the quality of care for the child. For example, the manager needs to evaluate incidents to try to understand the triggers for the child that can lead to self-injurious behaviours.

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This monitoring visit

Although the manager does notify Ofsted about serious incidents that have occurred in the home, he did not notify Ofsted about a recent serious incident. This means that Ofsted cannot monitor what is happening in the home effectively.

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This monitoring visit

The statement of purpose is not sent to Ofsted as per regulation. This means that Ofsted does not have the most up-to-date information in relation to the children’s home.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 31/07/2019 Full Good 03/10/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 25/06/2018 Full Inadequate 06/11/2017 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm.

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Requirement Due date

This is particularly in relation to the registered manager ensuring that the child’s risk assessment is up to date and includes clear strategies for staff to manage risk, taking into consideration specific information about the child. This is specifically in relation to self-injurious behaviour. 30 April 2021

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that—

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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to— 30 April 2021 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 4 lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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Requirement Due date

understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home;

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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home.

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Requirement Due date

This is particularly in relation to the registered manager’s oversight and evaluation of children’s plans and any incidents within the home. Furthermore, the manager needs to ensure that he reviews and evaluates children’s plans to identify any triggers/patterns to children’s behaviour.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must compile in relation to the home a statement (“the statement of purpose”) which covers the matters listed in Schedule 1.

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Keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and

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Requirement Due date

Notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 16 (1) (3)(a)(b)) 30 April 2021

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 5 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 Ltd

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Children’s home details

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

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Inspectors

Catherine Fargin, Social Care Inspector Judith Birchall, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 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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Inspectors

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