Children's home run by Cascade (Banks House) Limited

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2532131 1 Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides individually tailored care for children with autism spectrum conditions and learning disabilities. The home can care for up to six children aged between 13 and 18.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in February 2021.

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This monitoring visit

Following an inspection in August 2021, Ofsted served a compliance notice in relation to the protection of children standard. This monitoring visit was carried out to monitor the action taken by the provider to meet the steps that were set out in the compliance notice. The visit concluded that the provider has met the steps in the notice.

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This monitoring visit

At the time of the visit, three children were living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

Since the full inspection, the deployment of staff has been more effectively planned. This ensures that children are provided with care from staff who have the appropriate skills, experience and understanding of their needs to help them.

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This monitoring visit

Staff said that there had been positive changes in the management of the home since the last inspection. Staff receive greater support from the management team and the directors. Staff feel that they have increased guidance from managers and therefore have increased confidence when working with the children. Managerial oversight has strengthened. This improves staff’s care practices and children’s experiences.

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This monitoring visit

Systems to monitor restraint have been strengthened, with much improved oversight from the manager. Debriefs, in particular, have improved. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2532131 2 Staff’s responses to incidents have been better managed. Staff have followed the appropriate course of action to ensure that children’s welfare is promoted and that they are safeguarded effectively.

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This monitoring visit

Safer recruitment practices have improved. This ensures that only suitable staff are permitted to work at the home.

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This monitoring visit

Referrals to the designated officer and Ofsted have been made in line with regulation and the home’s safeguarding policy. This ensures that children at the risk of, or subject to, harm are appropriately safeguarded.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has met six of the requirements that were made at the last inspection. One requirement relating to the safe administration of medication has not been met. Staff have made further medication errors. This requirement is restated. Three further requirements and one recommendation made at the last inspection were outside the scope of this visit and have not been reviewed. They are therefore restated and will be reviewed at the next inspection.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 24/08/2021 Full Inadequate 07/01/2020 Full Good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2532131 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 make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children’s home.

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Requirement Due date

In particular the registered person must ensure that—

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medicine which is prescribed for a child is administered as prescribed to the child for whom it is prescribed and to no other child. (Regulation 23 (1) (2)(b))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the full inspection and is restated. 15 October 2021

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ensure that each employee completes an appropriate induction. (Regulation 33 (1)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the full inspection and is restated. 15 October 2021

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(b))

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In particular, provide agency staff with supervision.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the full inspection and is restated. 15 October 2021

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Requirement Due date

Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must establish a procedure for considering complaints made by or on behalf of children. 15 October 2021 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2532131 4 The registered person must ensure that a record is made of any complaint, the action taken in response, and the outcome of any investigation. (Regulation 39 3))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the full inspection and is restated.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should have a workforce plan which can fulfil the workforce-related requirements of regulation 16, schedule 1 (paragraphs 19 and 20). The plan should detail the processes and agreed timescales for staff to achieve induction, probation and any core training and detail the process and timescales for supervision of practice, including arrangements for agency staff. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.8)

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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 address: Unit 2, Therm Road, Hull, Yorkshire HU8 7BF

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Inspector

Lianne Bradford, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2532131 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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