Children's home run by Homes2Inspire Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2678551 1 Registered provider: Homes 2 Inspire Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and operated by a provider owned by a national charity. It provides care for up to two children who experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in March 2022.

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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: 18 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: 2678551 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

18/10/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2678551 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

At the time of the inspection, two children were living at the home. One has been settled for over a year. The other child is living as a short-term placement and will be moving back to their family home before the end of the year.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are making good progress. One child said, ‘It is the best place I have lived.’ Children are relaxed and want to spend time with staff. Staff have good relationships with children. One social worker said, ‘Staff there have got to know [name of child] well in a short space of time.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The staff support children’s education well. Children have made progress in their attendance and abilities. Staff work collaboratively with teachers and other professionals to support children to achieve their educational targets.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are closely supported to maintain valued relationships. Staff work positively with children’s families to support children’s time with them. The staff hosted a party for a child with both parents for the first time in many years. This means that children benefit from improved relationships with the people who are important to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have a good understanding of children’s interests. Children are given opportunities to take part in activities they enjoy, such as shopping, walking and trips to the beach. Staff collect memorabilia for children and capture them enjoying these experiences in memory books.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Care plans are personalised. However, important information, such as neurodiversity and gender preferences, has been left out. One child stays up late at night and struggles to get up in the morning. The steps to support good sleep hygiene, such as removing electronic devices overnight, are not clear. This means that staff do not have clarity on how best to respond to children and children may suffer.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

One child moved into the home in a carefully planned way. However, one child moved from the home abruptly due to staff being unable to safely manage their individual needs. This has the potential to impact negatively on the child’s emotional well-being and self-esteem.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

One child has started to prepare for independence. However, the scope of this preparation needs to widen to build the child’s resilience and to fully equip them with the relevant skills needed for adulthood.

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

Children feel safe at the home. Behaviours such as self-harm have decreased, and children do not go missing. Each child has a personalised risk management plan and Inspection report for children’s home: 2678551 4 missing-from-home protocol. These provide staff with clear guidance on how to keep children safe from harm.

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

One child sees her friends in the community. Staff have met the child’s friends and parent. Staff take the child to meet her friends and collect her. They call the child regularly and check on her visually. This means that staff can ensure the child’s safety while she is away from the home.

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

Regular support work with children helps to educate them in important areas, such as body image and coping with their feelings. This supports children to develop their knowledge and understanding of how to make safer decisions.

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

Staff are attuned to children and can de-escalate incidents. Consequences are not routinely used. However, when consequences are used, the strategies are confusing and the dates do not match with incidents. There is one incident when restraint has been used. These records have not been monitored promptly, which means that themes for future learning have not been identified.

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good

The registered manager is suitably experienced and qualified. However, management oversight and organisation are not effective. Despite this, the quality of care provided to children remains good.

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good

There is no clear evidence of the actions taken and the outcomes from investigations into allegations about staff and complaints from children. This reduces transparency and openness.

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good

Recruitment processes are not comprehensive. A long gap in a member of staff’s employment history has not been identified, which means that it is not evident that staff are completely suitable to be working.

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good

Staff have regular supervision sessions; however, these do not include discussions about the children’s risks. When new members of staff express frustration with children’s behaviours, this is not fully discussed. This means that staff are not helped to understand children’s behaviours and needs and how best to respond to them.

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good

At the last inspection, a requirement was raised in relation to the statement of purpose. The current statement of purpose fails to reflect this home and refers to a different home on two occasions. It is unclear that the home accepts short-term placements. This requirement has not been met and has been restated.

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good

There is a high level of staffing at the home. This meets the children’s needs.

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good

Feedback about the home from professionals is complimentary. Staff communication has been highlighted as a strength. Inspection report for children’s home: 2678551 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 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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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Requirement Due date

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

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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)(h)) 31 October 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

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Requirement Due date

have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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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

that each child’s relevant plans are followed. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular: develop children’s care plans to cover children’s health needs; ensure that staff have clear instructions on how to support sleep routines and sleep hygiene; encourage independence skills to support progression towards adulthood; ensure that children have the opportunity to experience a positive ending when leaving the home. 6 November 2023

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must— 6 November 2023 Inspection report for children’s home: 2678551 6 ensure that each employee completes an appropriate induction.

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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. (Regulation 33 (1)(a) (4)(b))

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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

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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Requirement Due date

if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home,

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Requirement Due date

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)(b) (3)(d)) 25 October 2023

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Requirement Due date

keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it. (Regulation 16 (3)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was set at the last inspection and is restated. 25 October 2023

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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: 2678551 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Homes 2 inspire limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Lumonics House, Valiant Office Suites, Valley Drive, Swift Valley Industrial Estate, Rugby CV21 1TQ

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Inspector

Hannah Phillips, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2678551 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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