Children's home run by Inspirations Leicestershire Limited

Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 1 SC437825 Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a private provider. The home provides care for up to three children with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager is registered with Ofsted and is suitably experienced.

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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 outstanding

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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: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

09/08/2021 Full Good 14/01/2020 Full Requires improvement to be good 07/08/2018 Full Outstanding 02/08/2017 Full Outstanding Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children like living at this home. They have positive experiences and make good progress in many aspects of their lives. For example, a child displaying racist behaviour was helped to understand their own background, heritage and cultural identity. This resulted in them feeling more secure and has given them a sense of pride in their identity. They have celebrated their cultural heritage and no longer display any racist behaviour.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to achieve educationally. For some, progress is significant. For example, one young person has successfully completed five GCSE exams and has developed aspirations for their future. They have also successfully secured a further education placement. For one child who could not access education, the manager arranged daily tutoring, until such time that a suitable education provision could be found. Staff celebrate educational achievements. This provides children with a sense of pride.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children participate in a wide range of exciting activities, both individually and with their peers. Children have fun. Staff encourage them to try new activities and praise them highly for their achievements. As a result, children lead active lifestyles, develop socially, and their self-esteem improves. One child has gained opportunities that they may not have had otherwise. For example, they attended a pop concert and visited Buckingham Palace.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children with their physical and emotional health. Children attend all routine health appointments and engage with specialist support services to meet their needs. A psychologist has been commissioned to help some of the children work through specific issues that relate to their traumatic past experiences. The aim of this work is to improve their sense of identity and emotional well-being.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s views, wishes and feelings are considered through regular children’s meetings, one-to-one discussion with staff, and key-work sessions. Children are helped to give their views at meetings regarding their care. This means that children’s experiences of living at the home are taken account of and valued.

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

Children have developed secure attachments to staff. Staff know children well and know how to keep them safe. Positive and proactive behaviour-support strategies are helping children to reflect on what they find challenging and to explore different ways of regulating their behaviour. These strategies include the implementation of therapeutic parenting techniques. This has resulted in a significant reduction in behavioural incidents. Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 4 Risk assessments are regularly reviewed and contain sufficient detail to manage children’s risks and vulnerabilities. Physical intervention is only used as a last resort when a child or member of staff is at risk of harm and when all de-escalation techniques have failed. All physical interventions are thoroughly recorded and analysed by the manager, to ensure practice in this area remains effective.

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

Staff have safeguarding training as well as bespoke training to meet the specific needs of children. For example, county lines training was carried out when one child was identified as being at potential risk. Other bespoke training to meet specific needs of children have included self-harm, asthma, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, therapeutic parenting, attachment disorder and trauma-based practice. This helps to upskill staff to give them a better understanding of the specific needs of children living at the home.

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

Professionals and parents say that they feel that children are safe and happy. Additionally, staff engage children in individual direct-work sessions in response to issues. For some children, this has helped to reduce risk-taking behaviour, such as going missing.

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

The manager and staff have ensured that the home is a safe environment for children. All crucial health and safety checks are completed. The manager is in the process of redecorating and refurbishing parts of the home and garden so that children can feel safe and proud of their home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The committed, highly organised registered manager knows the children well. She has high aspirations for them. She is held in high regard by staff, parents and professionals alike. The manager has created an ethos of having the children at the centre of all that staff do. This ethos has led to a loving, caring and nurturing environment where children feel valued, loved, well cared for and a sense of belonging.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has developed effective professional relationships. The manager has gone over and above to advocate for and meet the needs of children. The manager has successfully challenged other professionals to achieve positive outcomes for children. For example, when a school regularly excluded a child, the manager was tenacious in challenging education professionals to keep them in education. As a result, the child was successfully able to complete five GCSE exams and has secured a further education course that they are very excited about.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has a sound understanding of the home’s strengths and what the areas for development are. They have achieved their priority in securing and retaining a consistent, highly skilled staff team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Management oversight is very good. Staff supervisions are regular and of a good quality. The manager has plans to further develop their senior staff’s skills, so that their supervisions reach equally high standards to ensure they are more reflective Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 5 and discuss children in detail. Some daily records are not detailed enough. The manager has plans in place to further improve this with the entire staff team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff say that they like working at the home and speak highly of the support they receive from the manager. Staff receive a range of training to develop their skills. This, as well as effective team meetings, clinical guidance from the commissioned psychologist, debriefs following any incident, and regular reflective supervision are helping to ensure that children’s needs are met. Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 6

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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 children’s home: SC437825 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 131a London Road, Oadby, LEICESTER LE2 5DP

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Inspector

Pradip Panchmatia, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC437825 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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Inspector

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