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

Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Ltd 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 company. It provides care for up to four children with emotional and social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is led by a registered manager.

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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: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

20/04/2021 Full Good Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Most children are making good progress. Children and staff have good relationships. Children develop a sense of belonging and security in the home. This contributes to the stability of the children’s placements and helps them to make good progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are encouraged and supported to explore their interests. They enjoy many positive experiences and develop hobbies and talents. This helps children to develop confidence, self-esteem and a greater belief in their abilities.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy good health. Staff understand children’s individual healthcare needs. They support children to attend appointments, as required. This helps to maintain children’s health and emotional well-being.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Some children attend education provision and make good progress. However, others do not have any education or training in place. The manager is working with involved agencies to identify suitable provisions as soon as possible. The manager understands the importance to children of having good-quality education provision and remains focussed on identifying provisions quickly.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to express their wishes and feelings. This takes place through regular children’s meetings and involving children in weekly activity planning meetings. Children’s views and feedback are not consistently captured or recorded in all records. This limits children’s participation and having their voices heard and responded to.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home environment reflects that children are valued. It is homely with high standards of decoration and furnishings. Children come first in this home, and this is apparent throughout the environment.

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

Children know how to make a complaint if they feel aggrieved or upset. If children do complain, this is taken seriously and addressed thoroughly by managers. As a result, children feel that they are listened to and taken seriously.

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

When children have worries or anxieties, staff listen to them. Staff spend time with the children and help them to manage strong feelings and emotions. This means that children receive the help they need with things that are overwhelming or worrying.

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

Children are safe. The staff’s safeguarding practice is steadfast. Safeguarding training is appropriate to meet the needs of children living at the home. However, staff do not yet benefit from having further discussions in team meetings about safeguarding issues. Introducing this as a standard agenda item would provide staff Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 4 with the opportunity to discuss and learn about specific and wider safeguarding issues.

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

The manager ensures that the principles of safe recruitment practice are followed. Prospective new staff are subject to robust vetting processes. This reduces the risk of unsuitable adults working in the home and minimises the risk to children.

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

The children’s plans that guide staff’s safeguarding practice are thorough and rigorous. When children are involved in incidents of concern, the relevant plans are updated and amended to reflect the change in risk. Children’s plans are subject to regular review by the manager to ensure they meet children’s needs by guiding staff practice. As a result, staff are enabled to support and protect children.

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

When children go missing from the home, staff actively look for them. Staff follow the missing-from-care procedures. They work effectively with external professionals to return children home safely and prevent children from going missing.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is relatively new to her role. She has a clear vision for the home and understands the strengths and areas for development. Leaders have identified that the manager’s focus can be channelled into team development. This will provide children with stability of staff and ensure consistency of care practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Children’s records contain accurate and up-to-date information. They indicate the developmental progress of children. However, staff do not routinely encourage children to review and contribute to their records. Consequently, children do not have the opportunity to question what is written about them or add their own comments. The opportunity to do this may help children to understand their care experiences better.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The managers are visible and approachable. Staff receive regular formal supervision. This includes annual staff appraisals. Staff do not yet benefit from opportunities to have reflective discussions with the manager regarding their care practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Some effective management systems are in place. However, internal assurance practice does not always have management oversight. This includes oversight of records and evidencing children’s comments or feedback on the care they receive. This is an area for ongoing development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has systems in place to monitor the quality of care. This provides good management oversight of how children are cared for and being supported. The manager is now using a system that will support her to complete thorough checks of records. This will support the manager to develop the service and embed good practice. Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children are actively encouraged to read their records and to add further information to them. They should be regularly reminded of their rights to see information kept about them and be given information about how they might be supported to access their records in later life. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.6)  The registered person should ensure that as set out in regulations 31-33, they are responsible for maintaining good employment practice. They must ensure that recruitment, supervision and performance management of staff safeguards children and minimises potential risks to them. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.1)  The registered person should ensure that the content and/or outcomes of the supervision sessions reflect discussion on safeguarding issues, which allows

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Recommendations

them to reflect on their practice and the needs and risks of children assigned to their care. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.4)  The registered person should ensure that children are encouraged by staff to see the home’s records as ‘living documents’, supporting them to view and contribute to the record in a way that reflects their voice on a regular basis. (Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards, page 58 paragraph 11.19)  The registered person should plan staffing levels to ensure that they meet the needs of children and can respond flexibly to unexpected events or opportunities. Staffing structures should promote continuity of care from the child’s perspective. If children complain, or give a view on how the staffing structure could be improved to promote the bets care for them, appropriate action should be taken. (Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including

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Recommendations

the quality standards, page 54 paragraph 10.15)  The registered person should lead a team that provides high-quality care for all children living in the home. They must lead and manage the home in a way that delivers the ethos, outcomes and approach set out in the home’s statement of purpose. They should also play a key role in shaping the ethos of the home through developing a culture of high aspiration for children, which is demonstrated through the care, resources and opportunities offered to the children. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 52, paragraph 10.4) Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 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: 2534185 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Ltd

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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

Thirza Smith, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: 2534185 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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