Children's home run by Capstone Care Provider Limited in Nottingham

Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 1 SC431699 Registered provider: Capstone Care Provider Limited Interim inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home aims to provide a child centred, caring and nurturing home for up to three children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been in post since November 2020.

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Inspection date: 22 March 2022

Date of last inspection: 27 September 2021

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Inspection date: 22 March 2022

Judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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Inspection date: 22 March 2022

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 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

Children make good progress. There has been a noticeable improvement since the last inspection.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager has strongly escalated matters to secure an appropriate education plan for a child. This child is now engaged in education and making progress after a significant period of no engagement with education. The manager has worked with the relevant agencies to get the right plan in place for the child. In addition, staff have introduced positive incentives which have been successful in getting the child back into education. There has also been timely planning of education for a new child in the home. This has led to a good start to education engagement from the moment the child moved into the home. However, the staff did not know or understand the child’s educational targets as set out in the child’s personal education plan.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager has introduced changes and improvements to how children are assessed to live together. This has led to better compatibility of children. As a result, children’s risks have reduced. A new child has been successfully admitted to the home and is on track to make progress.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The risks and vulnerabilities of children have reduced. Incidents of concern are now minimal, and children are settled. The manager took a difficult decision to end the placement of a child whose risks had escalated. The manager was reflective and realised that the child required more specialist support to keep them safe. The impact of this move on the other child in the placement has been positive.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children’s risk assessments outline identified risks. They detail the actions that staff should take to reduce the risk to children. Staff understand these risks well. However, there are no specific risk assessments relating to e-safety. Staff need training and development with risks associated with children’s online activities. Risk assessments are not yet in place to recognise and reduce the potential risks in this area.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children say that they are happy and safe at the home. One child said, ‘I give it 10000 out of 10, the staff are so nice.’ Another child said, ‘I give it 7 out of 10, last time you came it was 2.’ Children recognise the progress that staff have made in providing a better quality of care.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staffing has stabilised and staff retention has improved. The organisation has made changes to try and improve staff retention. As a result, children are receiving Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 3 stability in care. There is now almost a full complement of staff and no staff have left the home. As a result, children are feeling more secure in their care arrangements.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children are engaged in a variety of fun activities as well as being made aware of relevant issues in the world, and the community. Staff and children have fundraised for people seeking asylum from the war in Ukraine. Children have also been supported in celebrating Black History Month.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children are supported to see people who matter to them. When there are challenges with this, it is discussed with all the relevant parties involved. Children could benefit from support in understanding who they are and where they come from. Staff should understand their role in equipping children with this information.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Staff revisited behaviour support training. There have been sessions in team meetings, reflecting back on policy and supervision discussions about working consistently with children. There is improved communication with the team and children are benefitting from this consistency in approach.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The manager is compassionate and determined to drive forward good care and support for all children in her care. During this period, she had arranged for a care leaver, who had previously lived at the home, to come back for a team meeting in order to meet the children who now live at the home. The young person is in further education at university. A question-and-answer session was facilitated with him about his lived experience at the home. Encapsulating children’s lived experience and learning from this is good practice in informing future practice and staff development. The manager also wanted to share motivational and aspirational examples with the children she cares for.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The registered manager and deputy manager are operationally focused on a day-to- day basis but do not lose sight of their management responsibilities. They share the same vision. They are committed to improving the lives of children and ensure that they maintain good standards of care. Partnership working with involved agencies is effective. All agencies contacted provided positive feedback. Social workers are able to identify the progress that children have made since moving into the home. A social worker said, ‘she [relevant child] has settled very well. I think the home will be the making of her’.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

At the last inspection, four requirements were set and one recommendation. These were found to be met at this inspection. Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/09/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good 17/01/2020 Interim Improved effectiveness 08/10/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 12/03/2019 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 5

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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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i))

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Requirement Due date

This is specifically in relation to ensuring that risk assessments fully identify risks associated with e-safety. Staff should be fully equipped to identify, and be professionally curious to, potential online risks to children. 24 April 2022

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff have the knowledge and skills to understand each child’s education and training targets and their next steps for learning. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 27, paragraph 5.11)  The registered person should ensure that managers and staff help children to understand who they are and where they come from as good social work practice, for example through undertaking life-story work or other direct work. Staff in children’s homes should play a full role in work of this kind. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 16, paragraph 3.14) Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 6

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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 for children’s home: SC431699 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Capstone Care Provider Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: The Renewal Trust Business Centre, 3 Hawksworth Street, Nottingham NG3 2EG

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Trevor Edinborough

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Inspector

Bev Allison, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC431699 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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