Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 1 SC456959

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Information about this children’s home

This is a privately owned children’s home. The provider states in their statement of purpose that they provide care for children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There is a registered manager in post. He registered with Ofsted in June 2020.

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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 common inspection framework on 17 March 2020. We returned to routine inspections on 12 April 2021.

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Information about this children’s home

We last visited this setting on 14 December 2021 to carry out a full inspection. The report is published on the Ofsted website.

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This monitoring visit

On 14 December 2021, a full inspection was undertaken at the home when serious and widespread shortfalls were found.

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This monitoring visit

During the full inspection on 14 December 2021, inspectors identified poor practice relating to care planning, safeguarding and risk management. The quality of the leadership and management of the home was poor. The inadequacies in these areas had a significant and detrimental impact on children’s safety, welfare and progress.

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This monitoring visit

Therefore, the home was judged inadequate and a notice to restrict accommodation for a 12-week period was served. This was issued because Ofsted reasonably believes that a child may be at risk of harm if Ofsted allow further admissions.

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This monitoring visit

On 28 January 2022 a monitoring visit was undertaken to monitor the provider’s compliance with this notice.

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This monitoring visit

Since the full inspection, the provider has complied with this notice and there are no children currently living at the home. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 2

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

14/12/2021 Full Inadequate 31/07/2019 Full Good 03/10/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good 25/06/2018 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 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 quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background;

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help each child to understand and manage the impact of any experience and neglect;

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help each child to develop resilience and skills that prepare the child to return home, to live in a new placement or to live independently as an adult. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(v)(vi))

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This is particularly in relation to ensuring that staff consistently meet children’s needs as identified in their plans. 04 April 2022

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The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— 04 April 2022 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 4 that staff—

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help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study;

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understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child overcome any such barriers;

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help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally; and

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help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(viii)

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This is particularly in relation to the provider ensuring that children’s educational needs are met. If children do not attend education, then staff need to provide them with educational experiences.

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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 understand how to keep safe; 04 April 2022 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 5 have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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

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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)(v)(vi)(b))

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The provider needs to ensure that children have updated risk assessments that include all known risks and strategies to manage risk. Furthermore, the provider needs to ensure that all staff have the skills to take action to protect children.

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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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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home; and

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(f)(h))

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Requirement Due date

The registered manager needs to ensure that he manages the home in line with the statement of purpose. He needs to ensure that he has effective oversight of incidents so he can 04 April 2022 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 6 ensure that staff are meeting children’s needs. Furthermore, the manager needs to ensure that he reviews and evaluates children’s plans to identify any triggers to, or patterns in, children’s behaviour.

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The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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The registered person must maintain records ("case records") for each child which—

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include information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are signed and dated by the author of each entry.

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(Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c)) 04 April 2022

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Schedule 4 sets out the other information that the registered person must keep in relation to a children’s home.

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maintain in the home the records in Schedule 4. (Regulation 37 (1) (2)(a))

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The provider needs to demonstrate all hours that all staff have worked on rosters, including the registered manager. 04 April 2022

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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: SC456959 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 1AG

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Inspector

Catherine Fargin, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC456959 8 regulates and inspects 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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