Children's home run by Good News Nwk Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 1 Registered provider: Good News Nwk Ltd Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is privately owned. It is registered to provide care for up to four children with learning disabilities.

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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 requires improvement to be 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: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

Not previously inspected Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

This home was first registered in March 2022. Children are happy. Staff ensure that the children play games, take part in activities and have fun. As a result, children are enjoying their lives and making good progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and staff have good relationships. The staff speak highly of the children. The children enjoy spending time with staff. A parent said: ‘I know the boys are happy, both children get on with all the staff. I couldn’t wish for them [the children] to be in a better place.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children’s relevant plans are clear and contain sufficient detail to guide staff practice. A summary is presented in a child-friendly format, so the children understand what staff are trying to achieve for them. The children’s plans focus on the individual needs of each child. This ensures that staff are aware of the child’s likes and dislikes, their specific learning disabilities and the best way to care for each child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff undertake individual sessions with children. These are recorded well and include photos of the children undertaking activities. This shows the creative and fun ways that staff help children to learn and develop. Children are helped to make choices and develop ways of communicating. This improves the children’s ability to express their wishes and feelings.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

All children attend the same school. There is a close relationship between the school and the home. Daily communication takes place between staff and teachers. Staff are creative in using play to continue children’s learning at home. As a result, children enjoy attending school and learning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The health needs of the children are well met. This includes specialist appointments where necessary. There is a focus on helping children to eat healthily and take part in activities that involve exercise. This helps children to remain healthy, fit and active.

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

Children’s individual risk assessments are detailed. They include risks associated with the child’s learning disability. The risk assessments direct staff to help children and reduce risks and vulnerabilities. This improves staff’s ability to keep children safe.

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

Children do not go missing from care. Individual support is always provided to children in the home and while in the community. Staff understand the procedures and actions to take in the event of a child going missing from care. The staff have a good understanding of each child’s vulnerabilities and act decisively to keep children safe. Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 4 Staff manage children’s behaviour well. The staff are aware of situations that may trigger certain behaviours for children. Positive relationships that staff have with children, together with their understanding of each child, help to prevent incidents from escalating. This has meant that physical intervention has not been used to manage behaviour.

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

Staff and managers work closely with the children’s social worker. Changes to the physical environment were identified. This is ongoing work. This was in response to a child’s learning disability and specific behaviours. As a result, children are safer in the home.

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good

The manager is reflective. He is aware of his and the team’s strengths and areas that require improvement. He is child focused and wants to provide the best possible care for children.

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good

Since the home opened, the team has developed well. Staff receive good support from the manager and senior leadership. Staff enjoy working at the home. One staff member said: ‘It is a lovely, lovely company and all the staff say this.’ Supervision sessions are taking place regularly. However, the quality of these meetings is variable. As a result, staff do not always get the opportunity to reflect on their practice with the manager.

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good

The quality of reports and records requires further improvement. Incident reports lack detail. Documents are not always signed and dated. Not all records are up to date and some records were not available to view. This limits the manager’s ability to evidence good practice and identify areas where more support to staff is required.

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good

Monitoring and quality assurance processes require strengthening. Although the manager can discuss all areas of the home, this is not always recorded. A manager from another home within the company completes an independent audit. However, this has not been a regular practice. As a result, the manager’s evidence of oversight is limited. Additionally, the manager has not ensured that Ofsted has received a copy of the revised statement of purpose. This limits Ofsted in reviewing the stated aims and objectives of the home being met.

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good

The manager feels well supported by his manager and the senior leadership. This has helped with the opening of the home and the development of a new staff team. Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 5

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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

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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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))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically refers to ensuring that records of incidents are clear, detailed and demonstrate management oversight, reflection and learning. 30 September

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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—

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home.

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Requirement Due date

This specifically refers to ensuring that robust quality assurance and monitoring systems are in place, are used regularly and recorded. 30 September

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Requirement Due date

keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and 30 September Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 6 notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision.

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Requirement Due date

This specifically refers to any revised statement of purpose being submitted to HMCI within 28 days.

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff provide a nurturing environment that is welcoming, supportive, and which provides appropriate boundaries in relation to the children’s behaviour. Homes must also meet children’s basic day-to- day needs and physical necessities. Staff should seek to meet the child’s basic needs in the way that a good parent would, recognising that many children in residential care have experienced environments where these needs have not been consistently met – doing so is an important aspect of demonstrating that the staff care for the child and value them as an individual. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.7)

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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 for children’s home: 2679067 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: First Floor Offices, 25 Sanders Road, Finedon Road Industrial Estate, Wellingborough NN8 4NL

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Nokuthula Mangwendeza

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Inspector

Shaun Caplis, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2679067 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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