Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 1 SC446325 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

p.1

Information about this children’s home

This home is privately owned and managed. The home provides care and support for up to two children who may have emotional and/or social difficulties.

p.1

Information about this children’s home

The registered manager post has been vacant since July 2022. A new manager has been appointed and has submitted an application to register with Ofsted.

p.1

Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

p.1

good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

p.1

good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

p.1

good

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

p.1

good

Overall judgement at last inspection: sustained effectiveness

p.1

good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 2

p.1

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/03/2022 Interim Sustained effectiveness 13/05/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good 24/07/2019 Full Good 12/03/2019 Interim Improved effectiveness Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 3

p.2

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home currently provides care for one child, who moved into the home in July 2022. The child has settled in quickly and has begun to develop positive and trusting relationships with staff.

p.3

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The two children who lived at the home previously have both moved on to alternative care arrangements. Both children left prematurely due to unsafe behaviours but were supported by staff to have positive endings. A social worker said of one move, ‘Staff at the placement were responsive and showed a caring and supportive nature towards the young person.’

p.3

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child currently at the home benefits from well-planned, personalised care that promotes their needs effectively and contributes to change and improvement in their lives. The child is making good progress in relation to their starting point. The child’s interests and hobbies are actively encouraged, and they benefit from positive activities with staff. They enjoy arts and crafts, dog walking, ice skating, gym, bowling and going to the cinema.

p.3

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child arrived at the home without an identified education provision. The child is eager to attend a mainstream school and staff are working towards making this possible. Contingency plans were in place to promote the child’s education in case a school start date in September was not possible.

p.3

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is supported to spend time with their family. The child keeps in regular contact with the people who are most important to them. Staff provide support and reassurance to help the child cope with living a long way from home. The social worker reported, ‘I am impressed with how the home are supporting the child.’

p.3

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is registered with the health services they need to be healthy. They attend their routine health appointments with support and encouragement from staff. The child regularly attends a specialist service to promote their emotional and psychological well-being.

p.3

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Medical consents are in place, so staff are familiar with the health decisions that are delegated to them. Healthy eating and physical exercise are encouraged to ensure that the child leads a healthy and active lifestyle.

p.3

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

The child is kept safe and staff support the child to feel safe. Staff have a good understanding of the child’s specific needs and emerging vulnerabilities and take appropriate action to address them. Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 4 Detailed risk management plans and effective safe working practices promote the child’s safety and protect them from harm. The child’s plans are reviewed regularly, and these are signed and dated by staff.

p.3

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

Staff help the child to manage their feelings and behaviours safely. Consequences used to address negative behaviour are kept to a minimum. The use of restrictive practice is rare. Staff reward positive behaviour and ensure that positive behaviour is consistently praised, acknowledged and reinforced.

p.4

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

Since the last inspection, the changeover in the children living at the home has led to a considerable reduction in significant incidents. The child now living at the home has had no issues with substance misuse, self-harm or missing-from-home incidents.

p.4

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

Staff manage the child’s behaviours safely and effectively. There are no issues with offending or concerns about child sexual exploitation. There have been no complaints, safeguarding concerns or allegations since the last inspection.

p.4

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

Staff are trained in child protection and have a good understanding of their safeguarding roles. They know how to report allegations and protect children from abuse and other forms of significant harm. Staff maintain highly effective partnerships with all safeguarding agencies to keep the child safe from harm.

p.4

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager post has been vacant since July 2022. A new manager started work at the home in July 2022. They have applied for registration. The manager demonstrates effective leadership of the operations of the home. They ensure that the home is managed efficiently and effectively.

p.4

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is enthusiastic about his role and has high aspirations for the child and high expectations of staff. The child benefits from well-qualified, trained and experienced staff.

p.4

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff benefit from regular practice-related supervision and are well managed, led and supported by the manager. Staff benefit from good-quality training to help them meet the specific needs of the child. The manager monitors staff’s training needs and ensures that staff have completed all mandatory training. This ensures that staff have the right skills and knowledge to meet the complex and diverse needs of vulnerable children.

p.4

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff maintain effective partnerships with schools, health professionals, police and placing authorities to ensure that the child benefits from the best possible help and all-round support. They prioritise the needs of the child effectively.

p.4

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home meets the aims and objectives set out in its statement of purpose and provides a good-quality service for children. The home has met three of the four requirements from the last inspection. One requirement is repeated in relation to children’s engagement in education. Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 5 The manager makes good use of the home’s internal and external monitoring activities. This helps the manager to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the home. The manager tackles identified shortfalls, monitors children’s outcomes and experiences, and implements development plans to secure the home’s improvement.

p.4

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

However, the manager’s quality of care review fails to consider the views of stakeholders. This is a missed opportunity to learn from stakeholder feedback. Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 6

p.5

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.

p.6

Requirement Due date

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

p.6

Requirement Due date

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

p.6

Requirement Due date

help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(viii))

p.6

Requirement Due date

This refers specifically to ensuring that children are attending education.

p.6

Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 20 September

p.6

Recommendation

 The registered person should actively seek independent scrutiny of the home and make best use of information from independent and internal monitoring, specifically to obtaining and considering stakeholder feedback to inform the practice of the home. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 55, paragraph 10.24)

p.6

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: SC446325 7

p.6

Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

p.7

Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 1AG

p.7

Inspector

Anthony Kyem, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: SC446325 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