Children's Home run by Supercare Holdings Limited in Croydon

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2628367 1 Registered provider: Camino 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 privately owned home provides care for up to five children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home registered with Ofsted on 30 December 2021. The registered manager post has been vacant since January 2022. A manager has been appointed and his application to register with Ofsted is progressing.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, there were no children living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

Serious shortfalls in safeguarding practice were identified at the assurance inspection on 6 March 2023. As a result, Ofsted issued a notice restricting accommodation and a compliance notice in relation to regulation 12, the protection of children standard.

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This monitoring visit

The provider complied with the notice restricting accommodation. No children have been admitted to this home since this notice was imposed. Additionally, the provider took sufficient action to address the shortfalls in safeguarding practice, and the compliance notice in relation to regulation 12 has been met.

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This monitoring visit

Following the assurance visit, staff took appropriate actions to secure the safety and welfare of all children who were living at the home. In partnership with the placing authorities, staff supported children to move on from the home, which increased the children’s safety. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2628367 2 The staff team has reflected on the safeguarding concerns at team meetings and individual supervisions. These reflections and the additional training that staff received have enhanced staff’s understanding of their role in safeguarding children. Staff now better understand how they can promote positive relationships between children and prevent them from harming each other, and ensuring that children receive an appropriate level of supervision in the home.

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This monitoring visit

A new manager was appointed and started working at the home in April 2023. He provides guidance to staff and oversees the quality of care and protection provided to children, including staff’s safeguarding practice.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders, managers and staff now understand the importance of assessing children’s needs, risks and vulnerabilities, and the group dynamics when considering new children to move into the home. They have also made a decision to stop admitting children to the home on an emergency basis.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have conducted a detailed review of the care that they provide. As a result, lessons have been learned and a clear plan is in place to improve and develop the home.

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This monitoring visit

The notice restricting accommodation was lifted following the monitoring visit. The requirements relating to safeguarding, care planning and behaviour management will be reviewed at the next inspection.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

31/08/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2628367 3

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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 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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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; and

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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)) 29 May 2023

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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; and 15 May 2023 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2628367 4 have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must review and improve the admission procedures and achieve stability for children.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must prepare and implement a policy (“the behaviour management policy”) which sets out—

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Requirement Due date

how appropriate behaviour is to be promoted in the children’s home; and

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Requirement Due date

the measures of control, discipline and restraint which may be used in relation to children in the home.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must keep the behaviour management policy under review and, where appropriate, revise it. (Regulation 35 (1)(a)(b) (2))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must review staff’s behaviour management practices in relation to the use of physical interventions and ensure that staff follow best practice. 29 May 2023

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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: 2628367 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Camino Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 2-4 Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7QE

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Christopher Coleman

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Inspector

Seka Graovac, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2628367 6 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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