Children's Home run by Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd in Lincolnshire

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Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd

Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home is privately operated. It provides care for up to four children who may have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is led by a suitably experienced manager who is registered with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This unannounced visit was following an assurance inspection where serious and widespread concerns in relation to the care and protection of children were found.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 06/12/2022 Assurance inspection Widespread failures 05/04/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good 20/09/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good 01/06/2021 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 2

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The care of children

An assurance inspection was undertaken on 6 December 2022 at which widespread and serious concerns were identified. Ofsted issued the provider with a compliance notice under regulation 12, the protection of children standard. Additionally, a restriction of accommodation notice was issued to prevent the admission of any other children while improvements take place.

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The care of children

There have been improvements in the quality of care provided to children. The registered manager has implemented plans to drive these improvements forward because she understands the importance of good-quality care.

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The care of children

Three children currently live in this home. The manager and staff have built positive relationships with them. Children and staff spend time together and have fun. This helps children to develop a sense of stability and security.

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The care of children

Children have appropriate education provisions. School attendance is good, and this is encouraged by staff. One child has recently increased their attendance in education to full time. Where a child currently has no education provision, staff support the child to participate in daily education-focused activities. This helps children to engage with their learning and development and make progress.

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The care of children

Children are encouraged and supported to maintain contact with those people who are important to them, when safe to do so. This work contributes to the stability of the placement.

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The care of children

The manager and staff understand the risks to and from children. Risk assessments are up to date. This means that staff have guidance to follow on how to manage any potential risks to children. This guidance supports staff to reduce risks and improve children’s safety and welfare. All the staff have undertaken the required safeguarding training. The manager has also identified additional training from an external source to ensure that staff’s safeguarding knowledge remains robust.

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The care of children

Practice matters are now being followed up by managers, but this needs to be embedded further with the team. This is because staff provide good quality care to children generally, but their responses to safeguarding incidents and risky situations have sometimes been poor. On some occasions, staff are ineffective in using alternative strategies or de-escalating an incident before it becomes serious. Staff need this further training and guidance to help them to respond more effectively.

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The care of children

Safeguarding is routinely discussed in each staff member’s one-to-one meeting with their manager. Safeguarding is also on the agenda in team meetings. This has started to provide opportunities for staff members to discuss how they safeguard the children. This will also help to ensure that the team has a shared understanding of their roles and responsibilities. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 3 The quality of individual work with children is being monitored and evaluated by the manager and leaders. The individual sessions undertaken with children are purposeful and informed by agreed targets. This enhances the quality and effectiveness of direct work with children.

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The care of children

The manager understands the strengths and weaknesses of the home. She has a clear view and plan of the changes that she wants to make. The manager remains focused on bringing about ongoing progress because she knows that this will benefit children. They are putting plans into practice to drive improvements forward.

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The care of children

The manager has devised an action plan to address each of the shortfalls identified. Progress in addressing the shortfalls is evident and the manager takes steps to review and update the action plan with the management team. The improvements in the care provided and overall functioning of the home require time to become fully embedded.

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The care of children

Staff receive regular supervision. This means that they have opportunities to share concerns about practice. Safeguarding and reflective practice are now discussed in staff’s one-to-one meetings or in staff debriefs. As a result, this equips staff with an understanding of their duties and responsibilities.

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The care of children

Internal and external monitoring systems are good. The manager plans to build on these systems to track, monitor and evidence children’s experiences and progress. This demonstrates her commitment to improving the quality of practice and improving children’s lives. However, this work is ongoing.

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The care of children

Following the previous assurance inspection, a restriction of accommodation notice was issued. This prevented the admission of a child moving in to the home. A compliance notice under regulation 12 was set in regards to the protection of children. However, following this visit, the manager has taken actions to reduce the risk of harm. As a result, the restriction is lifted. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 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

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— that staff—

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Requirement Due date

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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Requirement Due date

help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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Requirement Due date

have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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Requirement Due date

manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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Requirement Due date

understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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Requirement Due date

take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare;

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Requirement Due date

are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii))

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Requirement Due date

This is specifically in relation to reviewing and embedding good safeguarding practice and keeping risk assessments and care plans updated when circumstances change and ensuring risk reduction. 15 June 2023 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 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: 2570253 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd, 92 Linkside, Bretton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE3 8PA

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Inspector

Thirza Smith, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2570253 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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Inspector

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