Children's Home run by Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Limited in Rotherham

Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 1 Registered provider: Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Limited 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 was registered with Ofsted in June 2022.

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care for one child with social and/or emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has the relevant experience and is currently undertaking the level 5 qualification in leadership and management.

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Information about this children’s home

This is the home’s first inspection since registration in June 2022.

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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: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

Not previously inspected Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children benefit from good planning prior to their move to the home. The manager considers the experience and training of the staff so that children’s needs can be fully met. The child currently living at the home met the staff prior to their admission. This helped to reassure the child, and ultimately assisted in the child settling quickly.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child who is currently living at the home has started to thrive and is very settled. They routinely attend education, are benefiting from increased visits with their family and are now taking part in lots of recreational activities. An example of this includes the child’s enrolment to play for an under-16s professional football team.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is fully involved in decisions that are being made about their care. Staff share with the child their care and support plan and other accompanying information. This helps to ensure that the child understands what is written about them and has a purposeful say about what is important to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s support plans are regularly reviewed, updated and detail how the child is to be cared for by staff. However, there are a number of duplicate behaviour support care plans on the child’s file. This means that it is unclear which plan is the most up to date. This potentially could lead to staff following outdated support strategies in their care of the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s health needs are well met. Staff ensure that the child attends all of their routine health check-ups, such as going to the dentist or opticians. The manager ensures that records are maintained with regards to health outcomes and, in general, health records capture the necessary information about the child. However, some immunisations are not recorded as being undertaken. This means that it is unclear if the child has the required protection, to prevent ill health now and in the future.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s passion for football is fully supported, with staff taking the child long distances to attend training and events. The child is now pursuing new interests and hobbies, such as going fishing and cycling. They have also developed new friendships from the groups they attend. The child’s everyday life experiences have increased since living at the home. They are enhancing their social skills and self- confidence.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Building and maintaining strong family relationships is embraced. The child routinely spends time seeing parents and other family members. Staff support the child, travelling some distance to make sure this occurs. Therefore, the child maintains and rebuilds those important links with family and their identity. Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 4 The child is encouraged and helped to learn daily living skills. These include keeping their bedroom tidy, making snacks and washing pots. Consequently, this helps the child to gain age-appropriate skills in their journey and preparation for adulthood.

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

The child is better protected as a result of staff action. Staff are alert to the signs of danger and take immediate action to reduce the risk to the child. As a result, the child’s risk-taking behaviour has reduced.

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

Staff follow the strategies highlighted in the child’s risk assessment. Risk assessments clearly set out what action staff should take to protect the child from harm. This means that staff are consistent and offer effective responses to emerging or known risks.

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

The staff have a nurturing approach and have built a positive relationship with the child. The child has not gone missing or presented behaviour that puts them at risk of harm, or that may require staff to use physical intervention. Mutual respect exists between the child and staff. This enables the child to feel safe and respond positively to the redirection, humour and distraction used by staff.

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

The child has daily routines, clear rules and boundaries. These involve attending education, regular engagement in leisure pursuits, physical activities, along with a positive settling night routine. There are four main staff and a manager that provide the majority of the child’s care. This strengthens the consistency of care and helps the child feel safer and secure.

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

Safer recruitment practices are followed. References, police and other checks are undertaken. This makes sure that as much as possible is done to ensure that staff working with the child are suitable to do so.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager provides the staff team with strong supportive leadership and direction. He has a vision, as well as high expectations of care to be provided to the child. Staff follow his lead, and this means good-quality care is provided.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There are thorough internal and external monitoring systems. The manager and responsible individual undertake audits on areas that include care planning, staff practice, and health and safety. The independent visitor checks meticulously the quality of care provided to the child. This helps to ensure that that a good quality of care is maintained.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive regular formal supervision and monthly team meetings. There is an emphasis on reflective practice, training and development of the staff, both individually and as a team. Praise is routinely given for the work and care provided to the child. Therefore, staff receive very good support and feel valued. Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 5 Staff training is given importance. The staff receive an induction and mandatory training. In addition, staff complete more specialist training on areas such as understanding the signs of child sexual exploitation, county lines and sexualised behaviour. A number of staff hold the level 3 qualification in caring for children and young people. For staff without this qualification, this is to be completed at the end of their probationary period. This makes sure that staff have the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the child. Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 6

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that regulations 35-39 detail the records that must be kept in children’s homes. All children’s case records (regulation 36) must be kept up to date. In particular, the registered person should ensure that only the most current care and behaviour support plan is on file, with old ones being archived. The registered person should consider streamlining duplicate information across case file records. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 61, paragraph 14.3)  The registered person should ensure that the Care Planning Regulations set out that the responsible local authority (meaning the local authority that looks after the child) must make sure that its looked-after children are provided with appropriate healthcare services. In particular, the home should ensure that the child receives all important immunisations. The home should keep a record of

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Recommendations

such immunisations to evidence that health assessment recommendations have been met. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 33, paragraph 7.4)

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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: 2680496 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 38 Sherwood Road, Worksop S80 1QW

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Inspector

Debbie Foster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2680496 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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