Children's Home run by Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd in Lincolnshire

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home is privately run. It provides care for up to four children with learning disabilities, specialising in autism spectrum disorder. Additionally, the children may have challenging behaviour and other conditions, such as attachment disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy and dyspraxia.

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This monitoring visit

This unannounced visit was prompted by specific concerns being received by Ofsted with regards to the care and supervision of children at the home.

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This monitoring visit

Requirements set at the home’s most recent full inspection were not considered in detail during this visit. These requirements will remain in place and will be reviewed at the home’s next inspection.

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The children who live at this home have complex needs. In the main, staffing ratios are appropriate and the staff’s supervision of children is good. However, not all staff are well experienced, skilled and suitably qualified. Consequently, there have been instances when staff have not been effective in their use de-escalation and distraction methods to promote positive behaviour. However, when problems have emerged, senior managers have provided their support in the day-to-day care of the children. This practice supports the team through modelling good practice and enabling staff to focus on engaging the children.

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When required, children are helped to manage harmful behaviours, and this can include the support of specialist, external professionals, as appropriate. The multi- agency response to meeting children’s needs is good.

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The number of incidents at the home is reducing. Staff generally manage incidents well. However, risk assessments and individual plans are not updated after significant events. This impairs the capacity for staff to learn from incidents and Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 2 develop effective behaviour management strategies, and improve responses to incidents.

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The manager and company directors acknowledge and recognise that there are ongoing difficulties in recruiting a fully trained staff team and recruiting staff who have the right skills and levels of experience, but they are taking active steps to address this.

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Senior managers, along with the home’s manager are committed to ensuring that they have a visible presence in the home. This provides reassurance and support to the staff team and the children, while the team acquires the experience and skills to provide a good quality of care.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 05/04/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good 20/09/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good 01/06/2021 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 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

children can access all appropriate areas of the children’s home’s premises; and

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any limitation place on a child’s privacy or access to any area of the home’s premises—

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is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and

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allows children as much freedom as is possible when balanced against the need to protect them and keep them safe. (Regulation 21 (b)(c)(ii)(iii)(iv))

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This relates to the front door, fob system and padlocked areas outside. 4 July 2022

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

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

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

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that staff— 6 June 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 4 provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(iv))

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This specifically relates to individual key-work sessions taking place for each child.

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The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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

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raise any need for further assessment or specialist provision in relation to a child with the child’s education or training provider and the child’s placing authority. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(vii))

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Requirement Due date

This particularly relates to raising the need for further assessment of specialist provision for a child’s education. 27 June 2022

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

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seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child’s needs;

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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 (b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This is in relation to a child’s placement and a child’s education provision. 27 June 2022

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

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

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that staff— 27 June 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 5 take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(vi))

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This specifically relates to administration of medication and action taken.

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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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate; and

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(h)) 27 July 2022

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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undertake appropriate continuing professional development;

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience; and

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have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once every year. (Regulation 33 (4)(a)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to all staff and the manager receiving regular supervision. 4 July 2022

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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: 2570253 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd, 92 Linkside, Bretton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE3 8PA

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Inspector

Thirza Smith, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 7 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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