Children's home run by Hennessy Living Group Limited in Kirklees

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 1 SC482418 Registered provider: Hennessy Living Group Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and managed by a private provider.

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Information about this children’s home

It is registered to provide care for up to four children who may have physical and/or learning disabilities. Two of the children may stay under short-break arrangements.

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Information about this children’s home

There were four children living in the home at the time of the visit.

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Information about this children’s home

There is currently no registered manager at this home.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was undertaken to investigate potential breaches of regulations, following information shared with Ofsted that indicated a potential risk of harm to children.

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This monitoring visit

The visit included a review of the children’s documents, a tour of the building, observations of the children, and discussions with the staff, manager and the responsible individual.

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There has been a deterioration in the standards of care that children receive. Some of the failures that have been identified are serious and affect the protection of children.

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The management of children’s medication is extremely poor. The registered provider has failed to ensure that the staff, including the manager, follow the provider’s medication policy. The inspector found numerous examples of poor practice, such as staff not being suitably trained to administer the children’s medication, poor record- keeping and inadequate management oversight. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 2 The provider has failed to improve the medication arrangements for the children. This is despite previous medication errors, and an occasion when the provider had failed to ensure that the emergency medication needed for one child was in stock. Some of the children’s medication records are not complete and are missing key information. For example, the dates when the children’s medication was administered are missing, staff signatures of those administrating the medication are

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missing, and the calculations of the amount of medication that should be available are not recorded. This poor practice has the potential to place the children at risk of harm.

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The quality of management oversight is poor. The manager’s monitoring systems have failed to identify the gaps and errors in the administration of the children’s medication, and in these records. The inspector found a medication error, which the manager was not aware of. The absence of thorough management oversight means that the children’s health needs are not met in line with their plans, as the shortfalls in the staff’s practice take longer to identify, and therefore go unchallenged.

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The registered provider has failed to ensure that the staff keep thorough records that show when the children have received their food and fluids. The manager could not provide any written documentation to demonstrate that one child’s feeding regime has been maintained in accordance with the child’s relevant plan. This is despite this issue previously being raised by the child’s parent and the independent visitor.

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Staff do not consistently maintain good home conditions. On the day of the inspection, the home was disorganised, and some of the floors were not clean. This was addressed by the end of the visit and improvements were made to the home’s cleanliness.

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Following this visit, three compliance notices have been issued. These have been issued to improve the leadership and management arrangements of the home to ensure that the children’s medication and healthcare arrangements improve.

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The previously issued requirements under regulations 35 and 37 were not fully reviewed during this visit. For this reason, they are reissued. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 3

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 06/12/2021 Full Good 12/11/2019 Full Good 17/07/2018 Full Good 07/02/2018 Interim Sustained effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 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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*The health and well-being standard is that—

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the health and well-being needs of children are met;

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children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and

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children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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

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achieve the health and well-being outcomes that are recorded in the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i))

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In particular, the provider must ensure that the staff follow and implement the children’s feeding regimes in line with the children’s current healthcare plans.

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In addition, the provider must ensure that there is an effective monitoring and reviewing system in place to ensure that the children’s healthcare is delivered in line with their healthcare needs. 27 March 2022

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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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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)(b)) 27 March 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 5 *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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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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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)(a)(c)(e)(h)

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In particular, the registered provider must ensure that there are sufficient trained and skilled staff on each shift, including night shifts, to match the identified staffing levels required to meet the range of needs of the children.

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The registered provider must ensure that all of the staff have read, understood and work in line with the provider’s medication policy and procedure.

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The registered provider must ensure that all staff receive sufficient training to administer emergency rescue medication. 27 March 2022

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*The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children’s home.

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In particular the registered person must ensure that—

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medicine which is prescribed for a child is administered as prescribed to the child for whom it is prescribed.

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a record is kept of the administration of medicine to each child. (Regulation 23 (1) (2)(b)(c)) 27 March 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 6 In particular, the registered provider must ensure that safe and effective procedures are in place for the handling, recording, safe keeping, safe administration, and disposal of medication.

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The registered provider must ensure that systems are in place to test staff’s knowledge and competence to ensure that they follow all of the children’s medication procedures in a safe and hygienic way.

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure;

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the name of the person who used the measure ("the user"), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure;

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(c))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is reissued. 7 June 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;

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ensure that the records are kept up to date. (Regulation 37 (1) (2)(a)(b))

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This specifically relates to the register of children who have moved in or out of the home. 7 June 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 7 This requirement was made at the last inspection and is reissued.

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*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice.

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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: SC482418 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Hennessy Living Group Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Rickleton 1B, Bowes Offices, Lambton Park, Chester Le Street DH3 4AN

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Inspector

Catherine Heron, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 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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