Children's Home run by Progress Children’s Services Ltd in Sandwell

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 1 SC437486 Registered provider: Progress Children’s Services Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is run by a private company. It provides care for up to three children who may have physical disabilities or learning difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in 2019. She is working towards her level 5 qualification in leadership and management.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 10 and 11 January 2022. Following this monitoring visit, we have made a new inspection judgement in line with our inspection framework. The children’s home’s new full inspection judgement is: requires improvement to be good.

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This monitoring visit

As a result of the concerns identified at the full inspection, three compliance notices were issued, in relation to regulation 12, regulation 13 and regulation 32 of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015.

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This monitoring visit

This visit examined the progress made by the registered manager and staff in meeting the three compliance notices. The inspector found that the compliance notices have been met and, as a result, children’s safety is no longer compromised.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have ensured that the home is sufficiently staffed. As a result, there are now enough staff to meet the complex needs of children, both in the day and during the night. Staff are also no longer sleeping in the children’s lounge.

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This monitoring visit

There is now good partnership working with health professionals and social workers. Children’s health needs have been reassessed and any changes to children’s care are now agreed with their social workers. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 2 The registered manager has ensured greater scrutiny of agency staff recruitment records. All the necessary checks have been completed. As a result, recruitment is now safe.

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This monitoring visit

Improvements have been made to the home’s environment. The activity room and relaxation room are now rooms children can enjoy. They were previously being used as storage rooms. The film on one of the children’s bedroom windows has been replaced. This is a temporary measure until a specialised spray can be applied to the window. This will help to protect the child’s dignity.

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This monitoring visit

The statement of purpose has now been sent to Ofsted. This requirement is therefore met. The other requirements will be considered at the next inspection. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

10/01/2022 Full Inadequate 19/06/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 22/01/2019 Full Good 13/02/2018 Full Good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 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 children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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Requirement Due date

develop positive relationships with them;

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Requirement Due date

take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives.

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Requirement Due date

keep the children’s guide and the home’s complaints procedure under review and seek children’s comments before revising either document. (Regulation 7 (1) (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that the children’s guide contains information about how to access advocacy services and that the information about the sensory room is removed. 27 February 2022

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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Requirement Due date

if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home,

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Requirement Due date

if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform. 27 February 2022 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 5 For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), an individual who works in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date, the individual has attained—

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Requirement Due date

the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) ("the Level 3 Diploma"); or

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Requirement Due date

a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(b) (4)(a)(b))

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff seek to meet the child’s basic needs in the way that a good parent would, demonstrating that the staff care for the child and value them as an individual. This is in regard to the peeling privacy glass in one child’s bedroom. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.7)  The registered person should ensure that they review the appropriateness and suitability of the location and premises of the home at least once a year. The review should include the identification of any risks and opportunities presented by the home’s location and strategies for managing these. Providers should refer to the non-statutory advice about the location assessment process in the Children’s homes regulation amendments 2014: Advice for children’s homes providers on new duties under amendments to regulations that came into effect

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Recommendations

in January and April 2014. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 64, paragraph 15.1)  The registered person should ensure that any individual appointed to carry out visits to the home as an independent person must make a rigorous and impartial assessment of the home’s arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in the home’s care. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 65, paragraph 15.5) Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 6

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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: SC437486 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Progress Children’s Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Progress House, 127 Millfields Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire WV4 6JG

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Inspector

Louise Battersby, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC437486 8 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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