Children's home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd in Barnet

Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 1 SC470479 Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home provides care for up to four children. It is operated by a private provider, which has several other homes in the area. There are currently four children living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in January 2019.

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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: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

26/05/2021 Full Good 12/03/2020 Interim Sustained effectiveness 29/07/2019 Full Good 26/09/2018 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy living in the home. They speak positively of their experiences and the staff who support them. Staff demonstrate care for children through providing a loving, nurturing environment. Children enjoy day trips, holidays with staff, and have interests such as music, football, make up and riding scooters. Staff seek children’s views about the home and how to decorate it.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children who leave the home do so in a planned way wherever possible. Staff capture memories of children’s time in the home and share these when they leave. The manager promotes enduring relationships with children. This shows children currently living in the home that staff remember them when they move on.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to attend school or to engage in alternative educational activities. Despite encouragement from staff, not all children attend formal education. Staff make every effort to provide routine and structure to children, to prepare them for either work or education.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to spend positive time with their friends and families. There is a focus on what the child needs in these relationships. One child has returned home to live with family in a planned way. Staff support another child to develop positive relationships with wider family members. One parent spoken to said that they have no concerns about their child’s care.

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

Children say they feel safe in the home and that staff help them to feel this way. Staff are attuned to children and know when they are upset or worried. This leads to positive relationships between children and staff. Children benefit from meaningful conversations with staff. This helps them to make sense of their past and current experiences. Clear support plans help staff know how to best support children. Restraint is rarely used. Debriefs explore incidents in detail. However, the manager does not ensure that they explore the use of the restraint with children. This limits the learning from the incident.

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

Staff understand safeguarding in the home. Staff support children who self-harm with understanding and care. When children go missing from the home, staff take appropriate action to search for and keep in touch with them. Staff maintain close working relationships with professionals to try to reduce risks to children. The manager maintains clear records of safeguarding concerns and makes use of reflective oversight to show understanding and learning. The manager identified when concerns increased for one child and the home could not continue to keep them safe. The manager involves staff when considering how to meet children’s individual needs. Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 4 Safer recruitment processes are used to employ staff. The manager ensures that staff maintain a clean, safe environment.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

A tenacious and committed manager leads the home. The manager expects staff to understand children’s experiences. The manager ensures that staff understand and share the positive ethos of the home. This leads to staff delivering the care outlined in the home’s statement of purpose.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive regular supervision, which gives them the opportunity to reflect on children’s care. Supervision helps staff to explore safeguarding concerns as well as their own personal development. Team meetings offer further opportunities for staff to discuss progress or concerns in the home. Staff value positive feedback from the manager, and the culture of development. Staff receive training which is relevant for their role. However, records of training do not reflect opportunities for learning about self-harm and mental health.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Professionals speak positively about working with the home. They say that the manager advocates strongly for children and promotes their needs. This is because the manager understands the children well. An education professional raised specific concerns about the support for one child. They expressed frustration at perceived barriers from the home to achieve the education plan. Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 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 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 each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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Requirement Due date

maintain regular contact with each child’s education and training provider, including engaging with the provider and the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement;

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Requirement Due date

help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(vi)(x))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that there is a joined-up approach between the home and education professionals to support one child to reach their educational potential. 13 January 2023

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Requirement Due date

within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, following incidents of restraint, ensure that debriefs include speaking to the child about the restraint. 9 December 2022 Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 6 Where this is not appropriate, alternative methods to meet the regulation must be considered and recorded.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that staff training is accurately captured to show the skill of the staff team and to identify any areas for development. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.8)

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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 children’s home: SC470479 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Hollygrove Business Park, Verwood Road, Ringwood, Dorset BH24 2DB

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Inspector

Clare Nixson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC470479 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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