Children's home run by Horizon Care and Education Group Limited

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256795 1

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Horizon Care and Education Group Limited

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is privately run. It is registered for four children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties and/or mild to moderate learning disabilities. The home offers short-, medium-, or long-term residential placements for children, irrespective of gender.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been in post since February 2019. However, they are currently absent from the home. Interim management arrangements are in place.

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This monitoring visit

At the quality assurance visit on 15 and 16 December 2020, the inspectors found serious and widespread concerns within several areas of practice relating to the care and support that children receive. As a result, children were found to be at risk of harm.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted issued two compliance notices under section 22 of the Care Standards Act 2000. These were in relation to Regulation 12 and Regulation 13. In addition, a condition was imposed, identifying that the provider must give Ofsted three months’ notice of its intention to admit any children.

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This monitoring visit

This inspection visit occurred to assess the provider’s response to addressing the two compliance notices. The inspector completed the visit remotely because the home is closed with no children living there.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has acknowledged the significant failings that were identified previously and has put in place an action plan to rectify these. During this visit, the senior manager provided the inspector with supplementary information, to show what progress has been made in response to the two compliance notices. Consequently, the provider was able to demonstrate that sufficient progress has been made. This means that the requirements set out in the two compliance notices have been met. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256795 2 Managers have introduced new ways of monitoring the quality of care provided for children. There is more senior management oversight and involvement in the home. The provider has made improvements in how staff are supported day to day, and new safeguarding protocols help staff to develop and maintain the knowledge and skills needed to reduce the risk of harm to children.

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This monitoring visit

The progress the provider has made and the impact of this on the quality of care provided for children will be assessed at the next inspection. The additional requirements raised at the last inspection have not been reviewed at this visit. These will be explored at the next inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The provider must still give Ofsted three months’ notice of its intention to admit any children to the home.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 03/03/2020 Full Good 11/04/2019 Interim Sustained effectiveness 09/01/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 28/11/2017 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256795 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 care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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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

that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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Requirement Due date

ensure the effective induction of each child into the home;

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Requirement Due date

manage and review the placement of each child in the home; and

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plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child’s placing authority. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(i)(ii)(iii))

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Requirement Due date

This particularly refers to the manager ensuring that effective evaluation has occurred, and only those children that can be suitably matched to those already living at the home are admitted. 28 March 2021

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if— 28 March 2021 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256795 4 there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(e))

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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: Horizon Care and Education Group Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Horizon Care and Education Group Limited, Venture House, Unit 12, Prospect Business Park, Longford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 0LG

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Inspector

Aaron Mcloughlin, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 1256795 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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