Children's Home run by Inspire Care (UK) Limited in Staffordshire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1271234 1

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Inspire Care (UK) Limited

Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is one of three within the organisation. The home is registered to provide care for up to three children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager since 30 September 2022. There is an interim manager in post, who is not registered with Ofsted and is leaving the home.

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This monitoring visit

On 4 and 5 October 2022, Ofsted carried out a full inspection. This inspection found serious and widespread failures that meant children were not protected or their welfare promoted. The home was judged to be inadequate. As a result, three compliance notices were raised under regulation 6, the quality and purpose of care standard, regulation 13, the leadership and management standard, and regulation 14, the care planning standard.

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This monitoring visit

In addition, Ofsted also issued a notice to restrict accommodation. This meant that no other children could move in to the home at that time.

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This monitoring visit

On 22 November 2022, Ofsted carried out a monitoring visit. This monitoring visit found that the managers had not made enough progress to meet the enforcement actions and requirements. This resulted in three compliance notices not being met.

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This monitoring visit

A notice to propose the cancellation of the home’s registration was served on 8 December 2022.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have adhered to the restriction notice in place and no other children have moved in to the home. At the time of the visit, no children were living at the home as the child who was living there moved out on 15 December 2022. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1271234 2 The management arrangements for the home are weak. This is because the interim manager is due to leave in February 2023 and the deputy manager is due to leave in January 2023. The recruitment for a new manager is in progress.

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This monitoring visit

A new operations manager commenced employment on 12 December 2022. The plan is that this person will become the responsible individual. However, the provider is yet to formally notify Ofsted of this.

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This monitoring visit

There are two permanent full-time members of staff assigned to the home and six bank staff in post, who work across other homes in the organisation. Recruitment for new staff has not commenced. There is not enough staff in place to safely admit children to the home.

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This monitoring visit

Before the child moved on, the interim manager cared for the child to cover for staffing shortages. This placed additional demands on their time, and the interim manager told the inspector that this has had a detrimental impact on their capacity and effectiveness in management oversight.

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This monitoring visit

The manager and responsible individual have not acted on the feedback and recommendations from the independent visitor to improve the quality of care at the home. They are not using monitoring systems that are in place to support the home’s development.

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This monitoring visit

Risk management is poor. Managers and staff have failed to capture the learning from incidents and use this learning to tailor behaviour management support for the child. This has resulted in several high-level incidents of physically aggressive behaviour towards staff and damage being caused to property. Staff lack professional curiosity when responding to such incidents and are unable to de- escalate difficult situations effectively. This does not promote the child’s safety and well-being.

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This monitoring visit

The reporting and recording of physical intervention are poor. This is because some physical intervention records do not accurately reflect the incident, types of holds used, duration of the holds used, and time and date of the incident. Following a physical intervention, children and staff do not receive a debrief and, in some cases, incidents are not reported to the child’s social worker. The manager’s evaluation does not ensure that physical intervention has been used in a reasonable, necessary and proportionate manner. This increases the risk of children being harmed when the staff use physical interventions.

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This monitoring visit

The experience that the child received when leaving the home was not child centred and did not promote his well-being. The child left with no transition planning. The child and the staff were not informed of the details of where the child was moving to. This went unchallenged by managers. The staff subsequently took the child to the office at his placing authority and only then was the child told about his next steps. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1271234 3 Following this visit, the provider submitted their voluntary cancellation of their registration. This was accepted by Ofsted and the home is no longer operational. As a result of the home closing, no requirements have been raised following this inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1271234 4

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 04/10/2022 Full Inadequate 01/03/2022 Full Good 09/11/2021 Full Inadequate 18/12/2019 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1271234 5

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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: 1271234 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Inspire Care (UK) Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 263 Nottingham Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 7DA

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Inspector

Sam Dulay-Kainth, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1271234 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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