Children's home run by Homes 2 Inspire Limited

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 1 Registered provider: HOMES 2 INSPIRE LIMITED

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and operated by a provider owned by a national charity and is registered to provide care for up to five children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There were no children living in the home at the time of this inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager since October 2021.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken to determine the readiness of the home for the admission of children, and that the service is fully operational with sufficient staffing and management arrangements.

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This monitoring visit

The home has been refurbished to a high standard and feels and looks like a family home for children. The provider has ensured that the home complies with relevant health and safety legislation and with relevant regulations about fire safety.

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This monitoring visit

A new manager was appointed in March 2022 and has submitted her registration to Ofsted. Good progress has been made by the manager and the staff to meet the previous requirements made by Ofsted. These previous requirements were not a focus of this visit and have been repeated. However, the requirements around fire safety have been met.

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This monitoring visit

There is sufficient staffing in place to ensure safe care to meet the needs of children for whom the home is registered to provide care.

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This monitoring visit

The manager, since taking up her new role, has focused her attention on acting on and driving forward the home’s action plan. The manager, supported by the deputy Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 2 manager, has ensured that the newly formed staff team has the required skills and knowledge to care for the children. This takes place through regular supervision, training, team meetings, learning circles, and a developing resource file.

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This monitoring visit

The new staff have received a well-planned induction training programme and spend two weeks shadowing more experienced staff, at a sister home. This helps ensure that they understand the home’s ethos as set out in the home’s statement of purpose and are prepared for their role. Staff undertaking the induction programme reported that they felt it was informative and helpful to their role.

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This monitoring visit

Safeguarding training is included in the induction training. Staff know what to look out for to identify child protection concerns and they understand what action to take to safeguard children.

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This monitoring visit

The home has an up-to-date location risk assessment which identifies risks and opportunities presented by the home’s location and identifies measures to reduce these risks. The assessment is informed by consultation with relevant local agencies.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has been proactive in developing relationships with the home’s neighbours. This has led to a considerable improvement in relationships.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have sourced a new independent visitor for the home following the last full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have demonstrated a proactive response to findings from the previous inspection visits. The home’s action plan addresses all the findings. Managers continue to develop their ongoing professional development and embed new learning to continuously improve practice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

18/05/2021 Full Good 21/10/2019 Full Outstanding 11/12/2018 Full Outstanding 06/09/2017 Full Outstanding Full Full Full Full Good Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 4

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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

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

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Requirement Due date

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 (c)) 25 October 2022

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Requirement Due date

The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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Requirement Due date

take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives. (Regulation 7 (1)(c)) 25 October 2022

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Requirement Due date

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

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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

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)) 25 October 2022

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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Requirement Due date

positive responses to other children and adults. 25 October 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 5 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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Requirement Due date

help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship. (Regulation 11 (1)(c) (2)(a)(vii))

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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

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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Requirement Due date

help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare;

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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;

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Requirement Due date

that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed, furnished and maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(b)(d)) 25 October 2022 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 6

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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: 1256058 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Homes 2 Inspire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Lumonics House, Valiant Office Suites, Valley Drive, Swift Valley Industrial Estate, Rugby CV21 1TQ

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Inspector

Anne-Marie Davies, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1256058 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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