Children's home run by Evolve Childcare Ltd

Inspection report children’s home: 2623790 1 Registered provider: Evolve Child Care Ltd Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care for up to four girls who experience behavioural and/or emotional difficulties. It is part of a larger organisation.

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Information about this children’s home

The home does not have a registered manager currently. The manager in day-to-day charge of the home is submitting an application to register.

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Inspection date: 24 January 2022

Date of last inspection: 15 September 2021

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Inspection date: 24 January 2022

Judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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Inspection date: 24 January 2022

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: 2623790 2

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged requires improvement to be good at the last full inspection. At this interim inspection, Ofsted judged that it has improved effectiveness.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the previous inspection, the registered manager has left the home. The deputy manager has stepped up to take on the role of interim manager and provides a good standard of parenting of the children. Staff support her application to become the registered manager and see this as a positive development at the home.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The new team structure has increased morale and inspired creativity in the home. For example, team meetings now include a training topic that is relevant to meeting the children’s needs.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager and staff are now more diligent at record-keeping. They have addressed the requirements made at the previous inspection. However, leaders and managers are still working on how to present the children’s care plans to make sure that they are helpful to staff and support the children’s progress.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Leaders and managers have a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the home but have not provided this information in a recent review of the quality of care.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The core staff team has shown resilience during the change in management. Staff are good role models for new staff. They provide consistent and kind parenting to the children. The children said that they are happy at the home.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, managers recognised that they could not meet one child’s needs in this home. Staff appropriately helped her with moving to her new home and have since visited her. They have created a detailed memory book for her which shows some of her positive experiences with staff and children at the home.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The other children have made important progress over the past few months.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff have developed trusting relationships with one child whereby she is now more able to talk to staff about her wishes and needs. As a result, the child has increased her attendance at college by 30% because she is more settled at the home and her episodes of going missing from the college have reduced.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager has worked with other professionals to make sure that one child returns to mainstream education. The child has received effective tutoring at the home to reach a level of education where she is ready to study for her exams.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection report children’s home: 2623790 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

15/09/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report children’s home: 2623790 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 registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months.

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Requirement Due date

In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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Requirement Due date

the quality of care provided for children;

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Requirement Due date

the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and

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Requirement Due date

any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children.

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Requirement Due date

After completing a quality of care review, the registered person must produce a written report about the quality of care review and the actions which the registered person intends to take as a result of the quality of care review (“the quality of care review report”).

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Requirement Due date

supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed; and

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Requirement Due date

make a copy of the quality of care review report available on request to a placing authority, if the placing authority is not the parent of a child accommodated in the home.

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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. (Regulation 45 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c) (3) (4)(a)(b) (5)) 25 February 2022 Inspection report children’s home: 2623790 5

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that the plan for each child is recorded consistently in one format which is helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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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: 2623790 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Evolve Child Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Rumwell Hall, Rumwell, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1EL

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Inspector

Justine Hosking, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: 2623790 7 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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