Children's Home run by Loyal Care Limited in Suffolk

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2652939 1 Registered provider: Loyal Care Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

A private organisation runs this children’s home. It is registered to provide care for up to five children with social and emotional difficulties and who may have suffered from severe trauma.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager and the home registered with Ofsted in October 2021.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was undertaken to follow up concerns that were raised with Ofsted. These concerns related to the admission of a child to the home, staffing levels, recruitment practices and arrangements for the supervision of staff.

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This monitoring visit

One child has moved to the home since it opened. This was an emergency placement, although a good level of information was received from the child’s placing authority before the child moved in.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have failed to ensure that staff are suitably skilled and experienced to meet the child’s needs. Some staff have not undertaken the training needed, including first aid, medication and physical intervention training, to enable them to provide appropriate care for the child. Consequently, there have not always been suitably trained staff working with the child. Some incidents which have required the use of restraint have not been managed appropriately due to not all staff having undertaken this training.

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This monitoring visit

Since the home opened, the manager and some support staff and agency staff have not received supervision. The manager has worked regular shifts and this, plus a lack of other senior staff, has affected her ability to undertake necessary management tasks, including supervisions. The staff team is new, and some staff Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2652939 2 lack experience in similar environments. Lack of supervision has meant that they have not been adequately supported to meet the needs of the child.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers follow good recruitment processes, with appropriate checks being undertaken before staff start working at the home. This has helped to ensure that staff are suitable to work with vulnerable children.

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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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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that there are suitably experienced and trained staff on shift at all times. 10 January 2022

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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Requirement Due date

receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(b)) 10 January 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2652939 3

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to follow up concerns raised with Ofsted.

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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: 38c High Street, Leiston IP16 4EW

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Catalin Condurat

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Inspector

Joe Cox, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2652939 4 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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