Children's Home run by Pure Care Homes Ltd in Trafford

Inspection report children's home: 2541033 1 Registered provider: Pure Care Homes Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This private children’s home provides care and support for up to five young children who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager was registered with Ofsted in June 2020.

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Information about this children’s home

Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), at the request of the Secretary of State, we suspended all routine inspections of social care providers on 17 March 2020.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: 15 January 2020

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: Good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: None Inspection report children's home: 2541033 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

15/01/2020 Full Good Inspection report children's home: 2541033 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make good progress in relation to their individual starting points. They attend school regularly and receive good support and encouragement from staff. Personal education plans are obtained to promote the learning, progress and educational achievements of the children. A teacher reported, ‘The home is brilliant with communicating with school. I have a good, productive thread of communication with the home which means we can provide wraparound support quickly, when the student needs this.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are registered with a doctor, dentist and optician. They have access to a range of health services when they need them. Children with additional needs receive more specialist help and support to promote their emotional and psychological well-being. Medical consent is obtained, and staff are familiar with the types of health decisions that are delegated to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff maintain strong partnerships with social workers, schools and other relevant professionals to ensure the children benefit from the best possible help and all- round support. A social worker reported, ‘I have no concerns about the level of care offered by the home. The staff appear to genuinely care for [the child] and have their best interests at heart. They work in a child-centred way and value the voice of the child. A recent issue has been dealt with sensitively and multi-agency working has been effective to try and support [the child] with this and resolve the matter.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure children are able to spend time with their friends and families. This ensures they maintain their familiar relationships with the people who are important to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy good relationships and have developed positive attachments with staff. They benefit from continuity of care and have consistency and placement stability. Children’s views about their lived experiences at the home are positive. They reported: ‘I have lived here for more than a year, this home is amazing’; ‘It’s a good staff team’; ‘It’s lovely and friendly here and no one judges anyone’ and ‘It’s genuinely good.’

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Children are kept safe and feel safe. They know how to make a complaint if they feel unhappy. There have been no complaints, and no concerns were raised by the children spoken to.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Children raised no issues about bullying and stated they enjoyed positive relationships with staff and each other. Children reported, ‘We all get along’, ‘We are literally like brothers and sisters’ and ‘It’s safe, supportive and staff are very trustworthy.’ Inspection report children's home: 2541033 4 The children’s safety is consistently at the centre of the staff team’s practice. Significant incidents are reported to the appropriate authorities to ensure children are protected from harm.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The frequency with which children go missing has reduced in relation to their starting points. Children are protected if they are absent or go missing. Staff follow the home’s procedures to locate children quickly and secure their safe return.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

A social worker reported, ‘Staff have reported [the child] as missing when needed without delay and have been proactive to locate them by sending workers to look for them. Staff have quickly become wise to [the child’s] behaviour. Staff have been proactively involved in safety planning.’

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff have a good understanding of the children’s specific needs and emerging vulnerabilities and take appropriate action to address them. Children become increasingly safer because of the actions staff take to support and protect them. The use of restraint is extremely rare. Restraint is only ever used as a last resort to protect children from harm.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

A social worker reported, ‘I feel this home genuinely has a trauma-informed approach. They have a high level of patience responding to challenging behaviours, from what I have seen. The child has talked about liking the staff team.’

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff are trained in child protection and this ensures children are protected from abuse and all other forms of significant harm. Staff maintain highly effective partnerships with the police and other safeguarding agencies to promote the safety and well-being of the children.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

However, on one occasion, staff did not ensure a child had their mobile phone on them, to ensure they could be contacted in the event of them going missing. The same child’s risk assessment also contained inaccurate information about them.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Not all staff signatures are evident in children’s risk assessments, to show that these are understood and followed by all staff. Risk impact assessments are completed prior to a child’s admission. However, one risk impact assessment lacked consultation with the child’s previous carers to inform placement compatibility and decision-making.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Health and safety within the home is managed effectively to ensure a safe environment for children and staff. Children benefit from a warm, cosy, spacious, comfortable and homely living environment. The accommodation provided for children is consistently maintained to a high-quality standard. However, minor damage was observed in a child’s bedroom, caused the previous evening. And a water pipe in the bathroom needs boxing in for safety reasons. Inspection report children's home: 2541033 5

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home has addressed and met the requirement and recommendations from the previous inspection. These related to the employment of a permanent registered manager, improving children’s educational attendance and children receiving continuity of care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Since the last inspection, the home has been properly resourced and staffed to meet the needs of the children. The home has recruited two new members of staff, a registered manager and responsible individual.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager has high expectations of staff and he prioritises the needs of the children effectively. He ensures the home is managed efficiently and effectively. He leads by example and ensures staff are well managed, supported professionally and regularly receive supervision.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager and staff work in close partnership with placing authorities, parents and other professionals to improve the progress and experiences of the children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff meet the aims and objectives set out in the home’s statement of purpose. They deliver a good-quality service for children and can demonstrate positive change and improvement in the children’s lives. Staff provide children with a supportive and caring environment that meets their needs effectively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

A social worker reported, ‘The manager in particular is an excellent communicator. He understands what I need to know and is able to provide this in a timely way. He checks decisions with me appropriately but is also proactive when it’s appropriate for him to be around the child’s care.’ The child’s mother has also commented positively about the professionalism and communication from staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The performance of the home is monitored effectively. The home is visited each month by an independent professional who scrutinises the conduct of the home and the arrangements made to safeguard children and promote their well-being. This helps the registered manager to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the home. The registered manager uses the home’s internal and external monitoring activities to secure continuing improvement. Inspection report children's home: 2541033 6

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

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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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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare;

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and are familiar with and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii) (iv)(v)(vi)(vii))

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Requirement Due date

This relates specifically to staff following children’s risk assessments and ensuring these are factually accurate, signed, understood and kept up to date. 28 May 2021

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children— 28 May 2021 Inspection report children's home: 2541033 7 receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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

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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. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This relates specifically to risk impact assessments recording the experience of staff to demonstrate how they can meet the needs of the children. Also, to the recording of the outcome of any consultations held by the manager with relevant professionals to inform the home’s decision-making, including what contact was made with the child, social worker and previous carers.

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The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c)(i)(ii))

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Requirement Due date

This relates specifically to the boxing in of the exposed pipework in the bathroom and repairing a child’s damaged bedroom wall. 28 May 2021 Inspection report children's home: 2541033 8

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people, using the ‘Social care common inspection framework’. This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, and to consider how well it complies with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pure Care Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Pure Care Homes, Jactin House, 24 Hood Street, Manchester M4 6WX

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Inspectors

Anthony Kyem, Social Care Inspector Mandy Williams, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children's home: 2541033 9 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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