Children's home run by Progressive Care Limited

Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 1 Registered provider: Progressive 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 was registered in July 2022 and provides care for up to four children with social and emotional difficulties.

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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

There are two registered managers working at the home, with one of the managers currently working part time. The full-time manager has been registered since December 2022 in response to the first manager reducing their hours.

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Information about this children’s home

Date of last inspection: 6 December 2022

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Information about this children’s home

Judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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Information about this children’s home

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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Information about this inspection

At this inspection, the inspectors evaluated:

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Information about this inspection

 the care of children  the safety of children  the effectiveness of leaders and managers. Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children, using the social care common inspection framework. This assurance 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’. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 2

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Findings from the inspection

We did not identify any serious or widespread concerns in relation to the care or protection of children at this assurance inspection.

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The care of children

Children feel well cared for because of the trusting relationships they have with staff. The quality of these relationships enables children to seek guidance and support from staff when they have concerns, for example discussing their emotional well- being. This helps the children to feel secure in knowing they can turn to an adult for help.

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The care of children

Staff are sensitive to the day-to-day challenges children experience with regards to attending and achieving in education. They provide children with encouragement and emotional support to help them overcome barriers. Children also benefit from additional learning through a tutor, who helps them to complete homework. This enhances the children’s ability to maintain their learning objectives.

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The care of children

Staff respond swiftly to children’s emotional and physical needs to ensure that they receive the appropriate level of medical care. They have follow-up conversations with children about an array of health topics to offer advice and guidance about healthy living.

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The care of children

Newly created ‘story boards’ provide a creative and visual tool to show the progress children have made since living at this home. Staff involve the children when adding to their stories, to help give them a sense of ownership of their journey. This encourages children to be proud of their achievements.

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The care of children

Staff value the children’s point of view and consistently explore this when having conversations about the matters that affect them the most. This helps to ensure that the children’s views are considered and they can positively influence decision- making.

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The care of children

The home is well maintained and provides children with a warm and comfortable environment. However, the quality of cleanliness in the children’s bedrooms and ensuite bathrooms is not in keeping with the rest of the home.

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The safety of children

The trusting relationships children have with staff provide them with a sense of safety. The staff understand the children’s risks and respond effectively to concerns about the children’s safety. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 3 Staff actions when there was a risk for a child using a ligature ensured that the risk was removed, the child’s risk assessment was updated, and the child was helped to recognise the concern about their safety.

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The safety of children

Children rarely go missing from the home and there are no serious concerns about their safety in the community. When children have gone missing from the home, staff have followed the children’s protocols and taken the necessary action to help children return home safely. Children receive a return home interview with the missing person coordinator that allows them to share any concerns.

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The safety of children

Work with one child has improved their awareness of online safety. Staff have also received training in this area to strengthen their existing knowledge and understanding.

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The safety of children

A well-thought-out transition plan has provided staff with guidance and strategies to help the child cope with the impact of a move on from the home.

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The safety of children

Reflective conversations and debriefs provide staff with an opportunity to consider the impact their practice has on children. This is helping staff to improve their safeguarding knowledge and better understand the behaviours of the children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The management team has a strong level of oversight of the staff and the care they provide for children. Well-organised records strengthen the system for monitoring and improve the managers’ ability to evaluate the effectiveness of staff practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

A number of training workshops have improved the staff’s knowledge of key aspects of their role. These have included workshops on internet safety, safeguarding, incident management and reporting concerns. This training has strengthened staff’s understanding of the actions they must take to promote a strong safeguarding culture.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The independent person’s report does not always provide pertinent detail and description about safeguarding incidents. This prevents the regulator from having assurances they are kept fully informed, and whether or not the actions taken by managers keep children safe.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Three out of the four requirements issued at the last inspection have been met. The managers have taken the necessary action to strengthen the quality of their recruitment practice when assessing the suitability of new staff. They have widened the scope of information they need from placing local authorities when considering and matching new children to the home. They have improved the quality of risk assessments by including risk management strategies. However, there continue to be gaps in staff receiving practice-related supervision. This does not help staff to talk about their experiences and sharpen the skills they have to be effective in their roles. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

06/12/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 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 registered person must ensure that all employees—

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Requirement Due date

receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that staff receive effective formal supervision sessions that include reflective practice-related discussions. 9 April 2023

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that they have a system that helps them to monitor that all areas of the home are sufficiently cleaned by the team. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 63, paragraph 14.10)  The registered person should ensure that any individual appointed to carry out visits to the home as an independent person makes a rigorous and impartial assessment of the home’s arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in the home’s care. The independent person should provide sufficient detail in their report to support the regulator’s oversight. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 65, paragraph 15.5) Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Progressive Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 51 Attercliffe Common, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S9 2AE

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Children’s home details

Registered managers: Beverley Dobson, Deborah Newton

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Inspectors

Aaron Mcloughlin, Social Care Inspector Cat Clasper, Social Care Inspector Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2663883 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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