Children's Home run by Care 4 Children Residential Services Ltd in Lancashire

Inspection report children’s home: 2581237 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Children Residential Services Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is one of a number operated by a private company. The home provides care for up to eight children who may have emotional and/or social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home does not have a registered manager.

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Information about this children’s home

Due to COVID-19, at the request of the Secretary of State, we suspended all routine inspections of social care providers carried out under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF) on 17 March 2020. We returned to routine SCCIF inspections on 12 April 2021.

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Information about this children’s home

We last visited this setting on 3 March 2021 to carry out a monitoring visit. The report is published on the Ofsted website.

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Inspection date: 20 December 2021

Judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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Enforcement action since last inspection:

Ofsted conducted an assurance visit to this home on 22 October 2020. Serious and widespread concerns in relation to the care or protection of children were identified. Following the visit, Ofsted issued a restriction of accommodation notice, prohibiting the placement of additional children at the home for a period of 12 weeks. This was to allow time for steps to be taken to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm to children, and to make the improvements required to ensure that children receive safe, effective care that meets their needs and helps them to progress. In addition, nine breaches of regulation were identified, with Ofsted issuing compliance notices in relation to four of these.

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Enforcement action since last inspection:

Three further compliance notices were served in December 2020. Two notices were deemed met at the monitoring visit in January 2021 and one compliance notice in relation to leadership and management was deemed met in March 2021. Inspection report children’s home: 2581237 2

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home has not yet had a full inspection.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

At this interim inspection, the home was ‘not judged’.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home has been closed since the last child left in March 2021.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home does not have a manager and the staff team has been redeployed across the organisation.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The provider has made the decision not to move any new children into the home until a new manager is recruited and there is a stable staff team. Inspection report children’s home: 2581237 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

Not yet inspected Inspection report children’s home: 2581237 4

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Information about this inspection

This inspection focused on the effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of children and young people since the most recent full inspection.

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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’. Inspection report children’s home: 2581237 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Children Residential Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Care 4 Children, 1 Stuart Road, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SR

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Inspector

Michelle Edge, Social Care Inspection Manager Inspection report children’s home: 2581237 6 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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