Children's Home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd in Dorset

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 1 Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children's home

This children’s home provides care for up to three children with emotional and social difficulties. The home is operated by a private provider which has several other homes in the area.

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Information about this children's home

There has been no registered manager since 17 December 2021.

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This monitoring visit

During an interim inspection on 10 December 2021, Ofsted judged the home to have declined in effectiveness. A compliance notice was issued due to significant concerns about the leadership and management of the home. This monitoring visit was to review the steps the provider has taken to meet the compliance notice.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have made changes to the leadership and staffing provision in the home. An interim manager is now leading the home, supported by other managers from within the organisation. Agency staff are no longer used. Instead, two permanent staff members from other homes have been temporarily redeployed to fill staffing vacancies. This provides consistency of care for children. Staff report that the home is calmer and more settled. One child told the inspector that the home is better and that they now feel more listened to.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers undertake frequent audits of case records and review the quality of documents. There is now clear evidence of documents being revised in response to audit findings. Documents contain relevant information and are updated in response to safeguarding incidents. Clear planning is now in place for a child who is due to move out of the home. Action has been taken to obtain a copy of their pathway plan. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 2 Following this monitoring visit, a case review was held, which determined that sufficient action has been taken to comply with the notice and no further enforcement action will be taken at this time. The requirements issued at the last inspection under regulation six and regulation 13 are now met. The additional requirements and recommendations previously raised will remain in place to be reviewed at the next full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

10/12/2021 Interim Declined in effectiveness 30/06/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 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

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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Requirement Due date

seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child’s needs;

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if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (a)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 21 January 2022

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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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Requirement Due date

have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm; 21 January 2022 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 5 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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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In addition, ensure that records of safeguarding events are consistently of good quality. Ensure that they clearly evidence all actions taken to protect children and actions taken to prevent a reoccurrence of the event.

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Requirement Due date

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

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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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Requirement Due date

In addition, the responsible individual should ensure that they retain a copy of the registered manager’s supervision records.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 January 2022

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

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a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation;

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious; 21 January 2022 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 6 there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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Requirement Due date

a child protection enquiry involving a child—

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Requirement Due date

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.

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A notification made under this regulation—

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the other persons, bodies or organisations (if any) who or which have been notified; and

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any actions taken by the registered person as a result of the matter must be made or confirmed in writing. (Regulation 40 (4)(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(e) (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii))

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Requirement Due date

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

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Recommendations

 The registered person should only accept placements for children where they are satisfied that the home can respond effectively to the child's assessed needs as recorded in the child's relevant plans and that the staff have the skills and qualifications to meet these needs. They must also fully consider the impact that the placement will have on the existing group of children and vice versa. ('Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards', page 56, paragraph 11.4)  Leaders and manager must ensure that records of any investigation into staff practice are legible. ('Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards', page 61, paragraph 13.2)  Records and documents may be kept electronically but leaders and manager must ensure they are easily accessible for anyone with a legitimate need to Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 7

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Recommendations

view it. This includes inspectors at the point of inspection. ('Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards', page 61, paragraph 14.2)

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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. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 8

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Hollygrove Business Park, Verwood Road, Ashley, Ringwood BH24 2DB

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Inspector

Clare Nixson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2623130 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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Inspector

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