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

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 1 Hennessy Living Group Limited

p.1

Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

p.1

Information about this children’s home

A private provider owns and manages this home. The home provides care for up to five children who may have emotional and/or social difficulties.

p.1

Information about this children’s home

There is currently no registered manager at this home.

p.1

This monitoring visit

This visit was to monitor the provider’s compliance with meeting the steps that were identified in a compliance notice that was issued under regulation 13, following the monitoring visit on 14 February 2022. That monitoring visit was in response to information that had been shared with Ofsted that indicated a potential risk of harm to children.

p.1

This monitoring visit

Following the monitoring visit on 14 February 2022, the provider chose to temporarily close the home. Ofsted issued a notice of proposal to impose a condition whereby the provider must give Ofsted three months’ notice of its intention to admit any child into the home.

p.1

This monitoring visit

At this monitoring visit, the inspector confirms that there are no children living in the home and has reissued the compliance notice under regulation 13. The eight further requirements and the two recommendations made following the visit in February 2022 have also been reissued.

p.1

This monitoring visit

The provider confirmed plans to refurbish the home and reopen. The provider has taken steps to recruit a manager and once they are in post they will recruit staff. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 2

p.1

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/10/2021 Full Good 17/08/2021 Full Inadequate 28/01/2020 Interim Improved effectiveness 07/05/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 3

p.2

Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person(s) must take to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, the 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.

p.3

Requirement Due date

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

p.3

Requirement Due date

if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (c))

p.3

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022

p.3

Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

p.3

Requirement Due date

understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

p.3

Requirement Due date

use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

p.3

Requirement Due date

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

p.3

Requirement Due date

protect and promote each child’s welfare;

p.3

Requirement Due date

treat each child with dignity and respect;

p.3

Requirement Due date

provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background;

p.3

Requirement Due date

make decisions about the day-to-day arrangements for each child, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans, which give the child an appropriate degree of freedom and choice. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(ii)(iii)(iv)(ix)) 31 July 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 4 This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated.

p.3

Requirement Due date

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

p.4

Requirement Due date

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

p.4

Requirement Due date

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))

p.4

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022

p.4

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—

p.4

Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

p.4

Requirement Due date

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

p.4

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;

p.4

Requirement Due date

ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

p.4

Requirement Due date

ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

p.4

Requirement Due date

ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(d)(e))

p.4

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022

p.4

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—

p.4

Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

p.4

Requirement Due date

promotes their welfare. 31 July 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 5 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

p.4

Requirement Due date

understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(f))

p.5

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated.

p.5

Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records ("case records") for each child which—

p.5

Requirement Due date

include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

p.5

Requirement Due date

are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c))

p.5

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022

p.5

Requirement Due date

Schedule 4 sets out the other information that the registered person must keep in relation to a children’s home.

p.5

Requirement Due date

maintain in the home the records in Schedule 4. (Regulation 37 (1) (2)(a))

p.5

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022

p.5

Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that a record is made of any complaint, the action taken in response, and the outcome of any investigation.

p.5

Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that no child is subject to any reprisal for making a complaint or representation. (Regulation 39 (3) (4))

p.5

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 6 The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

p.5

Requirement Due date

a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation;

p.6

Requirement Due date

an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious;

p.6

Requirement Due date

there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

p.6

Requirement Due date

there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(a)(b)(c)(e))

p.6

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 31 July 2022

p.6

Requirement Due date

*This requirement is subject to a compliance notice.

p.6

Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that there is a nurturing and supportive environment that meet the needs of the children. Children’s homes must comply with relevant health and safety legislations (alarms, food hygiene etc.). Rooms and outside areas need to be decorated and maintained to ensure that the home remains warm and welcoming and is not institutionalised. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9)  The registered person should ensure that staff are familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. Staff should record information on individual children in a non-stigmatising way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party information. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including

p.6

Recommendations

the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

p.6

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.

p.6

Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 7

p.6

Children’s home details

Registered provider: Hennessy Living Group Limited

p.7

Children’s home details

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

p.7

Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Christopher Goundry

p.7

Inspector

Susan Atkinson-Millmoor, Social Care Regulatory Inspection Manager Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1216505 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.

p.7

Inspector

If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 1231, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk . You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence , write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

p.8

Inspector

Interested in our work? You can subscribe to our monthly newsletter for more information and updates: http://eepurl.com/iTrDn .

p.8

Inspector

T: 0300 123 1231 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/ofsted

p.8