Children's Home run by Nestlings Care BC Limited in Leeds

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594061 1 Registered provider: Nestlings Care Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is run by a private provider. It is registered to provide care for up to three children who may have learning disabilities and/or mental health disorders.

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Information about this children’s home

There are currently three children living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered since July 2020.

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This monitoring visit

Following a full inspection in June 2022, the home was judged as requires improvement to be good. The effectiveness of leaders and managers was poor and resulted in an inadequate judgement in this area. This inspection led to seven requirements being issued.

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This monitoring visit

An assurance inspection was undertaken on 22 September 2022. The inspector found that requirements under regulation 6 (the quality and purpose of care standard) and regulation 40 (notification of a serious event) had been met. The requirements relating to the quality of care review and statement of purpose were carried forward as they were not reviewed during this inspection.

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This monitoring visit

At the assurance inspection, the inspector found that the provider had not taken sufficient action to improve safeguarding practice and that the manager’s monitoring remained ineffective. This led to three compliance notices being issued under regulation 12 (the protection of children standard), regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard), and regulation 32 (fitness of workers).

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, improvements have been made in the review of children’s risk assessments. A thorough process ensures that strategies to support children are shared when incidents occur. Staff understand children’s individual support strategies Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594061 2 as they regularly read and talk about these. Guidance for staff is current and helps staff to care for children, which helps to keep children safe.

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This monitoring visit

There are improvements in how the manager oversees records. The manager evaluates incident reports and ensures debriefs with staff involved in a timely way. Statutory documents from children’s placing authorities are now held on file. The manager tracks when documents are outstanding and ensures that requests for these are made.

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This monitoring visit

Children continue to have high levels of staff supervision due to their complex needs. A review of the recording procedures and extra staff training has significantly improved children’s daily observation records. There are regular checks that these take place and that the documents are complete. This gives assurance that children are properly supervised in order to protect them from harm.

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This monitoring visit

As a result, Ofsted is satisfied that the steps outlined in the compliance notices for both regulation 12 and regulation 13 have been met.

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This monitoring visit

The assurance inspection in September 2022 highlighted that the provider’s recruitment procedures were ineffective. Assessments of agency workers’ skills and suitability to work with children were poor. Since then, the manager has had safer recruitment training to inform her understanding. Although the recruitment files show that there continue to be gaps in some agency workers’ documents, a compliance review of all agency workers files is under way. The manager now has a system in place and is making progress to improve safer recruitment practices.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted will review the full completion of these tasks at the next inspection. Two remaining requirements made from the full inspection relating to the quality of care review and the statement of purpose have not been reviewed as part of this visit. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594061 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/06/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good 27/10/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594061 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

notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement of purpose within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(b)) 9 December 2022

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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Requirement Due date

if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home,

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Requirement Due date

if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

the individual is of integrity and good character;

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Requirement Due date

the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform;

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Requirement Due date

the individual is mentally and physically fit for the purposes of the work that the individual is to perform; and

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Requirement Due date

full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(a)(b)(c)(d))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must review all recruitment files to ensure that they have followed safe recruitment practice as outlined in schedule 2 of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015. 9 December 2022 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594061 5 The registered person must implement a system to ensure that recruitment checks for agency workers confirm that they have the skills and experience and are suitable to work with children.

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Requirement Due date

In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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Requirement Due date

the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and

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Requirement Due date

any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children.

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Requirement Due date

The system referred to in paragraph (2) must provide for ascertaining and considering the opinions of children, their parents, placing authorities and staff. (Regulation 45 (2)(b)(c) (5))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that they use the views of children, staff, families and placing authorities in the quality of care review and include a plan of action for service development in the report. 9 December 2022

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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: 2594061 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Nestlings Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Suite 4, 1 Derby Street, Leigh, Lancashire WN7 4PF

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Anthony Thompson

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Inspector

Alexandra Howitt, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594061 7 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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