Children's Home run by Pure Grace Homes Limited in Bexley

Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 1 Registered provider: Pure Grace Homes Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately owned children’s home provides care for up to four children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home registered with Ofsted in November 2021. The manager registered in November 2022. The manager does not have a relevant leadership and management qualification.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, four children were living at the home.

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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

Date of last inspection: 26 October 2022

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

26/10/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make good progress from their starting points living in this home. Since moving into the home, all children have increased their school attendance and reduced their missing-from-home incidents. Staff support children to access home tuition and mainstream school. As a result, children have a motivation to do well and take pride in their learning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children have positive relationships with staff. They enjoy cooking, talking and watching videos with staff around the kitchen table. One child said, ‘I do not want to leave, the home is really good.’ Children feel listened to, and they receive the help that they need.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children engage and participate in a range of activities in the home and in the community. The activities are tailored to the children’s interests. The children enjoy all the individual and group activities offered to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is a warm and nurturing environment for children. Children’s bedrooms are personalised and suitably furnished. However, the garden does not have any grass and has several dirt patches. This detracts from the homely environment.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s records are comprehensive and reflect their needs. Children’s care plans are child-focused, which makes them more meaningful for each child.

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

Staff have meaningful discussions with children. For example, they find ways to support children to develop their independence skills, and to meet their cultural and religious needs. These discussions help children to feel valued and to understand their particular needs and risks.

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

Since the last inspection, there has been no use of restraint. Staff use rewards to promote children’s positive behaviour. When children go missing from home, staff report incidents in a timely manner. When children return, staff talk to them about risk and how to keep themselves safe.

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

Staff understand children’s risks and vulnerabilities and this helps to keep children safe. Children’s risk assessments are kept up to date and include appropriate strategies to help staff to manage risks. Risk assessments are followed, which reduces risks to children.

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

Staff provide children with clear and consistent boundaries. On the whole, children have good relationships with each other. When there are disagreements between children, staff help children to resolve these amicably and encourage reparation meetings between children to help them to build positive peer relationships. Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 4 The staff have a clear understanding and knowledge of the safeguarding and whistle-blowing guidance. The children understand what abuse is, from focused discussions. The children say they feel safe and supported by staff.

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

There are shortfalls in safer recruitment. Staff checks do not consistently record the reason for any gaps in staff’s employment history.

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good

Leaders and the manager have high expectations for the home. They promote staff development and internal progression. This has led to a recent change in staff roles. New staff have been recruited and are either enrolled on a suitable residential children’s home qualification or will be after completing their probationary period.

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good

Leaders and the manager know the children well. Children’s files are kept up to date with all the relevant documents and assessments to help staff understand their needs and how to care for children well.

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good

Reviews of the service by the registered manager and an independent person have helped its development. The requirements and recommendations made at the last inspection have been met.

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good

Staff feel well supported, are enthusiastic and want to achieve good outcomes for children. They benefit from a thorough induction and comprehensive probation. However, staff supervision is inconsistent in frequency. This limits the manager’s oversight of staff development and training.

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good

The training provided to staff helps them to meet the individual needs of the children in their care. However, staff have not been offered training to meet the specific needs of children, such as training in child criminal exploitation.

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good

The lone-working policy contains some stigmatising language. However, leaders and the manager acknowledge this and plan to review and update the policy. Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 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

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

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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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) (2)(a) (3)(d))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that they have a record of staff’s full employment history, together with a satisfactory explanation of any gaps in employment. 29 September 2023

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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Requirement Due date

undertake appropriate continuing professional development. (Regulation 33 (4)(a))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that staff undertake appropriate training to meet the needs of the children in their care. 29 September 2023

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff have regular supervision that considers children’s individual needs and risks. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.1)  The registered person should ensure that improvement is made to the garden area to make it more useable and accessible to children. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9) Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 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: 2612013 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pure Grace Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 61 Bridge Street, Kington, London HR5 3DJ

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Inspector

Melvin Davies, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2612013 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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