Children's Home run by Sheffield City Council in Sheffield

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 1 SC066747

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Sheffield City Council

Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This local authority children’s home provides care for up to five children who may have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since 25 May 2021.

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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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Information about this children’s home

We last visited this setting on 4 May 2021 to carry out a monitoring visit. The report is published on the Ofsted website.

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This monitoring visit

A monitoring visit carried out on 25 March 2021 found that there were serious failings that had an impact on the care, well-being and safety of children. As a result, compliance notices were issued. Two further monitoring visits took place on 4 May 2021 and 23 June 2021 respectively. On both visits the compliance notices were re-issued. The purpose of this visit was to assess and monitor the home’s compliance with the notices served.

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This monitoring visit

No new children have left or moved into the home since the last visit.

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This monitoring visit

This visit found that the home has taken appropriate steps to ensure that the two compliance notices are fully met. Practice has improved and ensures that children are better protected, safer and consistency of care is being provided.

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This monitoring visit

Children’s risk assessments now include all known risks and vulnerabilities and the actions required to be taken by staff to reduce or eliminate those risks. The documents have been reformatted and individualised and are accessible to all relevant staff across children’s services. Regular reviews and updates are carried out by staff and are overseen by managers to ensure that they remain relevant. Staff Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 2 understand the risks to children, and each child has a detailed step-by-step safety plan for staff to follow.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager has completed a review of all the children living at the home. Two of the children have plans to transition from the home in accordance with their care plans. The provider has also recognised that one child needs to move to an alternative home as they are unable to keep her safe.

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This monitoring visit

The impact risk assessment is now fit for purpose. The document now includes a section on the impact and compatibility of children living together. The value of this addition has not been tested as no new children have moved into the home.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements in relation to leadership and management, the manager’s quality of care review, physical intervention records and the timeliness of notifying Ofsted about significant incidents have not been reviewed. These requirements will be monitored at the next inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 3

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 14/08/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 12/02/2019 Interim Improved effectiveness 13/06/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 01/11/2017 Interim Declined in effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 4

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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 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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(h))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is carried over from the previous monitoring visit. 25 October 2021

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Requirement Due date

within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time and location of the use of the measure;

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure;

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the name of the person who used the measure (‘the user’), 25 October 2021 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 5 and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure;

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within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (‘the authorised person’)—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is carried over from the previous monitoring visit.

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

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a child protection enquiry involving a child—

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concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry); or

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(d)(i)(ii)(e))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is carried over from the previous monitoring visit. 25 October 2021

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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. 25 October 2021 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 6 (Regulation 45 (5))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is carried over from the previous monitoring visit.

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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: Sheffield City Council

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Sheffield City Council, Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield S1 2HH

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Inspector

Cath Sikakana, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC066747 7 If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 1231, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk . You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence , write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

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Inspector

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Inspector

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