Children's Home run by Cherish Children’s Care Limited in Lancashire

Inspection report for children's home: 2689544 1 Registered provider: Cherish Childrens Care Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home is owned by a private company and provides care for up to three children with emotional and social issues.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in June 2022.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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requires improvement to be good

The children’s home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Date of last inspection: 27 September 2022

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: inadequate

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requires improvement to be good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2689544 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/09/2022 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children's home: 2689544 3

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improvement to be good

Since the last inspection, one child has moved out, and there is only one child living in the home. The home conditions have improved, and the home is comfortable and clean. There are photos of the child in the main living area, and they have been helped to personalise their bedroom. The child said, ‘It’s much better. It feels like a home now.’

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improvement to be good

Permanent staff have now been recruited. The child has had the opportunity to form relationships with some staff. It will take time for trusting relationships to develop with all staff.

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improvement to be good

The child now has a clearer routine, and their views and wishes are listened to. The child has the opportunity to choose what home-cooked meals they want to eat, and they have a small independence budget so they can make some of their own meals with staff support.

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improvement to be good

The child has an educational provision in place. This is very recent, but they have engaged with the sessions offered. Staff are working on maintaining boundaries around school hours to ensure that the child is occupied in an educational activity.

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improvement to be good

The child has not attended an important health appointment. This means that not all of their health needs are being met.

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improvement to be good

There are still some inconsistencies with staff’s communication with each other, and all staff have not been consistent in their care for the child. This means that the child’s boundaries are not always clear to them, which will cause them to feel insecure and have an impact on how they behave.

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improvement to be good

Staff have a clearer knowledge of the child’s risks. The risk assessments do not yet show an analysis of the risks along with known triggers. This knowledge would help staff support the child to stay safe.

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improvement to be good

Staff have a fuller understanding of their roles and responsibilities regarding protecting the child’s needs. There is still some inconsistency in staff maintaining the same boundaries for the child. This has improved since the last inspection. There has been a reduction in incidents, which confirms that the child is being helped to stay safe. Inspection report for children's home: 2689544 4 Staff have received training and ongoing support from the therapeutic practitioner on the management of behavioural issues. This has enabled them to start to develop positive ways of helping the child behave well and stay safe. This is not yet fully embedded.

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improvement to be good

The child has engaged well with the local authority social worker to help them learn skills to stay safe from specific risks. The social worker has commented that the manager and staff have supported the work and helped the child put their new skills into practice, which increases the child’s safety.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Permanent staff have now been recruited and the home is sufficiently staffed. The manager is no longer working shifts and has been able to focus on management tasks. This has led to him being able to offer more support and a clearer direction to staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are offered regular supervision where they can reflect on their practice. Team meetings have been happening more regularly, which gives staff more opportunity to communicate with each other and will help to enable them to work more consistently with the child. Staff say that they feel very supported by the manager.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has good oversight of any incidents in the home. Records of incidents now have a management analysis. This means that lessons are learned, which will lead to a decrease in incidents.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has objective oversight and monitoring systems in place in the home and has a good overview of the home. The manager is clear about what the home’s strengths and weaknesses are.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has put in place a more thorough matching process for when new children come to live in the home. This has not yet been tested so will remain a requirement. Inspection report for children's home: 2689544 5

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Statutory requirement

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 care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home.

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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

that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose. (Regulation 14 (1)(a) (2)(a)) 15 January 2022

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Recommendations

 The responsible person should ensure that staff support the child to attend all of their health appointments. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including quality standards’, page 34, paragraph 7.11)  The responsible person should ensure that staff are consistent with the child and that all members of staff apply the same rules and boundaries. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including quality standards’, page 54, paragraph 10.20)

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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: 2689544 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cherish Childrens Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 8, Skyways Commercial Campus, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool FY4 3RS

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Inspector

Cathy Wilkins, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2689544 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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