Children's home run by Parkview Care (Broadstairs) Limited

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 1 Registered provider: Parkview Care (Broadstairs) Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and managed by a private organisation. It provides care for up to four children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager since March 2023.

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This monitoring visit

The focus of this monitoring visit was to review the suspension notice that was issued on 22 August 2023. The provider has complied with the suspension notice and no children were living at the home at the time of the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has identified an interim responsible individual who is suitably experienced and will have day-to-day oversight of the home.

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This monitoring visit

An interim manager is in place supporting the current staff team. All staff have undertaken an induction and training programme to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities to safeguard children. The provider has a training programme in place to support the staff’s ongoing professional development.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have completed the repairs to the home to a good standard throughout. The garden area is free from hazards. The home is now safe, and the environment is more homely.

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This monitoring visit

Following the improvements made by the provider, the threshold for suspension is no longer met. However, Ofsted will impose a three-month condition to the home’s registration to allow time for the improvement plan to be fully embedded, for example to safely recruit a suitably skilled manager and staff team to be able to care for children safely. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 2 The provider is conducting an investigation into previous concerns. The three-month condition will allow the provider time to conclude its investigation and implement any learning outcomes.

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This monitoring visit

Not all of the requirements were looked at during this visit, therefore they remain. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/07/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 06/09/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 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, 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 with the given timescales.

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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. (Regulation 14 (1)(a))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that children have a care plan for staff to refer to. Ensure that children have plans to provide consistent responses to behaviour. 4 August 2023

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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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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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Requirement Due date

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;

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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)(f))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, have systems in place to ensure that the environment is safe for children to live in. Use the home’s systems to monitor the children’s progress. Ensure that staff understand and use the home’s model of care in their practice. 4 August 2023 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 5 The registered provider must appoint a person to manage the children’s home if—

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Requirement Due date

there is no registered manager in respect of the home; and

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Requirement Due date

is not, or does not intend to be, in day-to-day charge of the home. (Regulation 27 (1)(a)(b)(iii))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, a manager should be appointed to the home, who should apply to register with Ofsted. 4 August 2023

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are kept up to date. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that the home has a copy of any plan for the care of the child that has been prepared by the child’s placing authority. Ensure that children’s records are updated in a timely manner to reflect the conversations held with children. 4 August 2023

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that an independent person visits the children’s home at least once each month.

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Requirement Due date

When the independent person is carrying out a visit, the registered person must help the independent person—

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Requirement Due date

if they consent, to interview in private such of the children, their parents, relatives and persons working at the home as the independent person requires. (Regulation 44 (1) (2)(a))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that children’s views are sought as part of the visit. 4 August 2023

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that complaints are consistently recognised and managed using the home’s procedures. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.3) Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 6

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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: 2594775 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Parkview Care (Broadstairs) Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: The Brentano Suite, Solar House, 915 High Road, North Finchley, London N12 8QJ

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Inspector

Rebecca Fisher, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2594775 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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