Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 1 SC456795 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare 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 owned by a private company. It is registered to provide care for one child who may have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has been without a registered manager since July 2022.

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This monitoring visit

At an assurance inspection on 1 February 2023, the inspector found serious shortfalls in the quality of care and protection that the child was receiving. There was considerable damage to the house, which presented risks to the child’s safety.

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This monitoring visit

The management team and staff did not demonstrate the capacity and skills to manage unwanted behaviour or keep the child safe in a homely environment. This compromised the safety, experiences and progress of the child living at the home. Therefore, Ofsted issued compliance notices on 8 February 2023 under regulation 12, the protection of children standard; and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

This visit took place to monitor the action taken by the registered person to meet the compliance notices. The inspector found that the registered person is unable to demonstrate that improvements have been made to meet the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

No children have lived at the home since 14 February 2023. The registered person has not appointed a permanent manager to be in day-to-day charge of the home. There are no staff currently employed to work at the home.

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This monitoring visit

The registered person has made sure that repairs have been carried out. Broken windows have been replaced. The bathroom door has been repaired and is fitted Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 2 with a suitable lock. However, the decoration and refurbishment of the house have not been completed. The child’s bedroom does not have furniture or window coverings. Consequently, the house is uninhabitable until this work is completed.

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This monitoring visit

The absence of a manager and staff team and the current physical condition of the home mean that the registered person is currently unable to provide care and support for any children at this home.

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This monitoring visit

Following the visit, Ofsted has imposed a condition on the registered person that they must inform Ofsted of their intention to admit children three months before a child will start living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

The effectiveness of the improvements and their impact on children’s experiences and safety could not be evidenced during this monitoring visit. This is because children are not living at the home. Therefore, the requirements made at the last inspection remain in place. The home’s progress in meeting these requirements will be reviewed through Ofsted’s inspection activities after children start to live in the home. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

23/11/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good 02/02/2022 Full Good 03/10/2019 Full Requires improvement to be good 27/11/2018 Full Outstanding Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 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 with 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

support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study;

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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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help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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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)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(x)) 28 February 2023

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Requirement Due date

The health and well-being standard is that—

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the health and well-being needs of children are met;

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children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and

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children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles. 28 February 2023 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 5 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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Requirement Due date

achieve the health and well-being outcomes that are recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

understand the child’s health and well-being needs and the options that are available in relation to the child’s health and well-being, in a way that is appropriate to the child’s age and understanding;

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Requirement Due date

take part in activities, and attend any appointments, for the purpose of meeting the child’s health and well-being needs; and

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Requirement Due date

understand and develop skills to promote the child’s well- being; and

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that each child has access to such dental, medical, nursing, psychiatric and psychological advice, treatment and other services as the child may require. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This relates to making sure that children have a healthy and nutritious diet, are encouraged to be physically active and supported to attend the dentist and other health appointments.

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans; 28 February 2023 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 6 help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child’s behaviour, in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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Requirement Due date

help each child to develop and practise skills to resolve conflicts positively and without harm to anyone;

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communicate to each child expectations about the child’s behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship;

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strive to gain each child’s respect and trust;

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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children;

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are provided with supervision and support to enable them to understand and manage their own feelings and responses to the behaviour and emotions of children, and to help children to do the same;

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de-escalate confrontations with or between children, or potentially violent behaviour by children;

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understand and communicate to children that bullying is unacceptable; and

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have the skills to recognise incidents or indications of bullying and how to deal with them; and

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that each child is encouraged to build and maintain positive relationships with others. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii) (viii)(ix)(x)(xi)(xii)(xiii)(b)) Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 7 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—

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that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm;

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that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed, furnished and maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(b)(c)(d)) 2 April 2023

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The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that—

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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home; 2 April 2023 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 8 demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; and

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Requirement Due date

feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and

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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(i)(ii)(h))

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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: SC456795 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Caretech Estates Ltd, Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 1AG

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Inspector

Nick Veysey, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC456795 10 and inspects 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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