Children's Home run by Loyal Care Limited in Suffolk

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2652939 1 Loyal Care Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

A private organisation runs this children’s home. It is registered to provide care for up to five children with social and emotional difficulties and who may have suffered from severe trauma.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager left on 28 December 2021. The responsible individual is overseeing the home while a new manager is recruited.

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This monitoring visit

Following serious safeguarding concerns at this home, Ofsted served a notice to suspend its registration in January 2022. The suspension was lifted on 4 March 2022.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken to follow up concerns relating to staffing levels, staff training and arrangements for the supervision of staff. There are currently a considerable number of staff vacancies, including the registered manager post.

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This monitoring visit

There were no children living at the home at the time of this visit. One child has lived at the home since it opened. The child moved out in January 2022. The child made progress in becoming safer while living at the home. Staff developed trusting relationships with the child. Consistent boundaries helped to reduce the child’s long periods away from the home without permission.

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This monitoring visit

There has been one restraint since the last visit. The staff involved had received appropriate training and the intervention was recorded thoroughly. The child’s views were sought and recorded and staff debriefs had taken place. The responsible individual was involved in the physical intervention. However, there was no oversight Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2652939 2 of the record from a person who had not been involved to ensure that the restraint was fair and proportionate.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has met one of the two requirements that were raised at the last visit. Staff are now receiving practice-related supervision from a person with appropriate experience. This means that staff are getting the oversight and guidance that they need to support them in their roles.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has not met one requirement, which will be restated. Staff have undertaken training that enables them to provide appropriate care. However, there are still gaps in staff training for specific areas of safeguarding, such as county lines, gang affiliation and knife crime prevention.

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Recent inspection history

Not previously inspected Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2652939 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 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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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Requirement Due date

ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(c)(d))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that the home has sufficient staff who are suitably experienced and trained on shift at all times.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was raised at the last visit and is restated. 29 April 2022

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that all incidents of control, discipline and restraint are subject to systems of regular scrutiny to ensure that their use is fair. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.36) Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2652939 4

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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: 2652939 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 38c High Street, Leiston IP16 4EW

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Catalin Condurat

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Inspector

Rachel Watkinson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2652939 6 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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