Children's Home run by Care 4 Every Child Limited in Tameside

Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home provides care for up to four children who may have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The home is operated by a private company.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since October 2021.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: not applicable Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make good progress living at the home. They benefit from well-tailored plans and highly personalised care that meet their needs effectively. The daily routines and structures of the home provide consistency and stability for children.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have quickly established high-quality, trusting relationships with the children. Children told the inspector that they experience good relationships with staff. One child said, ‘Staff are nice. The staff are here for me to talk to.’ One child’s social worker said, ‘She’s [the child] developed fantastic relationships with staff.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work in partnership with children’s tutors and education providers and celebrate children’s achievements in education. However, children are not currently in full-time education, which prevents them from maximising their full potential. That said, staff are supporting children to work towards being in education full time.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are registered with the health services they need to be healthy, and staff encourage children to attend their health appointments. Children’s medication is stored and administered safely, and medical consents are in place.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff provide children with a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which they feel safe and secure. The staff talk to the children, spend quality time with them and provide guidance, reassurance and high levels of one-to-one support. Children benefit from adults they can talk to and learn from. A social worker said, ‘My child’s progress has been phenomenal and the change in her has been massive.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are engaged in positive and structured activities. Staff actively encourage the development of the children’s interests and hobbies. Children enjoy go-karting, roller- skating, trampolining, horse riding and going to the cinema. One child said, ‘I always have something to do.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The standard of the accommodation provided for the children is excellent. The home is a spacious and nicely furnished property that offers the children a high-quality, comfortable and homely living environment.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff place the safety of children at the forefront of their practice. They ensure that children’s risk management plans are recorded clearly, and that these plans are regularly updated and reviewed. This ensures that staff have a good understanding of the children’s needs and vulnerabilities.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Risk impact assessments are completed for new admissions to the home. However, these assessments fail to consider the needs of children already living in the home to Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 3 ensure that children placed are suitably matched. As a result, a requirement is made in respect of this issue.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

There have been no complaints or allegations. Safeguarding concerns are reported to the appropriate authorities to ensure that children are safe. Staff are trained in child protection, so they know how to protect children from significant harm. Children enjoy trusting relationships with staff and benefit from adults they can confide in and talk openly to. A youth offending officer reported, ‘The progress of [the child] is quite simply remarkable.’

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The majority of the staff team are trained in the home’s behaviour-management approach, and training is planned for those staff not yet trained. The use of restraint is always a last resort to protect children from harm. Incidents of restraint are handled and managed professionally, and the manager reviews the effectiveness of all physical interventions. Appropriate records are maintained.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The use of sanctions to address negative behaviour is balanced and fair. Most of the consequences used by staff are restorative in nature. This ensures that children are supported to reflect on their behaviour and correct their wrongdoings. Children show positive improvements in behaviour, with fewer incidents occurring.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Unauthorised absences and episodes of going missing from home are reducing. When children have gone missing from the home, there is a well-coordinated response between the staff team and the police to secure the children’s safe return. There are no issues with child exploitation and no current safeguarding concerns.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The staff recruitment process is rigorous and robust and ensures that adults working with vulnerable children are selected and vetted carefully.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Health and safety matters in the home are addressed effectively to ensure the safety of visitors, staff and the children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

This is the home’s first inspection since its registration with Ofsted in October 2021.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home employs an experienced and suitably qualified registered manager to oversee the well-being and safety of the children and the daily operation of the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager leads staff by example and ensures that the home is appropriately staffed to meet the needs of the children. A member of staff said, ‘The manager leads by example and is consistently there for support and guidance.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The service is meeting the aims and objectives of its statement of purpose. The staff team is delivering a good-quality service that is contributing to improved outcomes for the children. Continuity of care from the staff team helps to sustain children’s attachments. Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 4 Sufficient staff are employed at the home. Male workers have been recruited to ensure that the staff team is more gender-balanced and diverse. A child said, ‘I’ve been here a few weeks and I love it.’ Her social worker reported, ‘I have to say, that I have been really impressed.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are well supported through formal supervision and appraisal systems. They have access to a wide source of relevant training to develop their skills and professional practice. Most staff working at the home are suitably experienced and qualified; those staff who are not qualified are undertaking the relevant course.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The provider employs an independent visitor who visits the home and conducts a review of the quality of the children’s care. Reports are prepared for the home following these visits, which the manager uses to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the home. However, reports have not been sent to Ofsted to ensure that the regulator has an oversight and understanding of the experiences of the children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager has completed a six-monthly quality of care review. However, the report lacks consideration of the feedback received from the home’s stakeholders. Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 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 care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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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

that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This relates specifically to risk impact assessments including the registered manager’s considerations of the needs of the existing children living at the home. 27 May 2022

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that an independent person visits the children’s home at least once each month.

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Requirement Due date

The independent person must provide a copy of the independent person’s report to—

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Requirement Due date

HMCI. (Regulation 44 (1) (7)(a)) 27 May 2022

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children are in full-time education while they are of compulsory school age. The registered manager must aim to support full-time attendance at school unless the child’s relevant plan indicates that this is not in their best interests. (‘Guide to the Children Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, paragraph 5.14, page 28) Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 6  The registered person should ensure that they consider the views of children, parents, placing authorities and staff as part of their monitoring of the service. (‘Guide to the Children Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, paragraph 5.2, page 64)

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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: 2641768 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Allen Mills Howard & Co, Library Chambers, 48 Union Street, Hyde SK14 1ND

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Inspector

Anthony Kyem, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 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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