Children's Home run by Crusoe Care Limited in East Sussex

Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 1 SC434573 Registered provider: Crusoe Care Limited 06843979 Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is registered to provide care for up to two children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. It is owned and run by a private organisation. At the time of the inspection, two children were living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager for the setting has been in post since August 2011.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/03/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 23/03/2022 Full Good 17/02/2020 Full Good 21/01/2019 Interim Sustained effectiveness Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children living in the home speak warmly of their relationships with staff and about their home. The children have enjoyed being part of recent renovations within the home and take pride in helping to maintain these. Children say that they feel cared for and safe in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff in the home have a good understanding of children’s needs and ensure that all care plans and assessments are reviewed regularly. This helps to inform and adjust the individual support staff provide to children in response to their changing needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children in the home are making good progress and attend education regularly. One child has recently completed their exams and has been accepted onto a college course relating to a career that they aspire to.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Managers have developed close working relationships with those who matter most to children. They sensitively manage family contact where this is appropriate and work collaboratively with professionals to ensure that children have the support network that they require. One social worker stated that they welcome the level of challenge from staff as this provides reassurance that staff have a good understanding of children’s needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to be as independent as possible, understanding appropriate levels of risk. This has led to children feeling more self-confident and a great sense of achievement.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Managers and staff understand risk well and, through care planning and assessment, help and teach children to be safe.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Children feel that they can speak to staff about any concerns that they have and that they will be listened to. This is a result of the care and nurture provided by staff and their understanding of children’s vulnerabilities.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The home works with children to understand their feelings and behaviours, helping them to explore strategies for managing these and seeking advice from external professionals where needed.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Promoting positive behaviour is a focus within the home, with staff recognising and rewarding good choices made by children. Consequently, there has been a reduction in incidents of challenging behaviour and in the use of physical intervention.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Safeguarding arrangements in the home are clear. When concerns arise, managers and staff mainly take effective action and work well with professionals to support Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 4 children. However, on one occasion, managers did not respond appropriately to concerns of a child being bullied.

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good

Managers have a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses in the home, but at times are not always responsive in taking action when shortfalls are identified. This has resulted in some documentation remaining out of date, such as the home’s statement of purpose.

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good

Managers have worked to ensure that there is an appropriate number of staff working in the home. Although staff are all checked to ensure that they have no previous convictions or concerns that would make them unsuitable to work with children, opportunities are missed to follow up on references to ensure that any matters from previous employment are fully explored.

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good

Staff working in the home feel well supported by managers. Supervision of staff has been improved, with a greater focus on things that matter most to staff and to the home. Records of these supervisions are clear and concise. However, these meetings do not always occur regularly.

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good

Staff support children to explore their identity, promote inclusivity and enable children to be who they want to be. Children therefore feel safe in speaking to staff about their identity.

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good

Managers and staff are ambitious about children and their futures. They understand children’s progress and appropriately acknowledge this with children, which has had a positive impact on their self-confidence. Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 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, The 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

keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and

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Requirement Due date

notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that the statement of purpose reflects the quality and care in the home and is updated. 22 August 2023

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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

have the skills to recognise incidents or indications of bullying and how to deal with them (Regulation 11 (2)(a)(xii)) 22 August 2023

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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Requirement Due date

full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (3)(d) 22 August 2023

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that a record of supervision is kept for staff, including the manager. The record should provide evidence that supervision is being delivered in line with regulation 33(4)(b). (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.3) Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 6

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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: SC434573 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Crusoe Care Limited 06843979

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Crusoe Care Limited of 25 Clinton Place, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 1NP

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Timothy McIlwaine

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Inspector

Jay Shekleton, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC434573 8 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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