Children's Home run by Future In Mind Limited in Staffordshire

Inspection report for children’s home: SC067839 1 SC067839 Registered provider: Future In Mind Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is part of a private organisation. Staff provide care for up to two children between the ages of six and 17 years. The children who live at the home have had adverse childhood experiences and, consequently, may display complex behaviours. At the time of the inspection, one child lived in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The home’s manager is not yet registered with Ofsted.

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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 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

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: SC067839 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

03/08/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good 13/07/2021 Full Good 17/12/2019 Full Good 01/08/2018 Full Outstanding Inspection report for children’s home: SC067839 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child living in the home has positive relationships with the adults around them. Staff support the child during difficult periods of their lives. The child told the inspector that they feel happy and safe in their home environment, and they can identify someone to speak to. As a result, the child has developed positive trusting relationships with the adults in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child has been supported to make progress in education. Staff have regular communication with education staff. This has enabled staff to remain up to date with the child’s progress at school and support the child promptly if required.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have supported one child to have a planned and positive move out of the home. The child was involved fully in the planning of the move. Staff supported the child to develop their independence skills, which helped the child to move back to their family home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child in the home enjoys a range of activities in the local community. The child has been encouraged to participate in local youth groups. This has developed their confidence and social skills.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

There have been improvements in the home environment since the previous inspection. Some areas of the home have been redecorated to provide a modern and family feel. The child living at the home has created artwork, which has been displayed around the home. As a result, the child feels a sense of belonging.

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

When the child goes missing from home, staff follow missing-from-home protocols to ensure that the child is located and returned home as soon as possible. Staff ensure that they spend time with the child when they return to the home to understand the reasons behind the missing incidents.

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

Complaints made by the child living in the home have been handled well by managers. Managers ensured that the child was kept informed of the progress of the complaint, and a response was provided. As a result, the child felt assured that their voice had been heard.

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

Staff use their relationships with the child to positive effect during challenging situations. When physical interventions are necessary, staff apply their training to each individual situation, ensuring that physical interventions are appropriate. This has allowed their relationships to rebuild following any physical intervention. The manager evaluates all physical interventions to ensure that she has good oversight of staff practice. Inspection report for children’s home: SC067839 4 Consequences are only given when necessary. When they are used, staff ensure that the child understands the reasons for the consequence. The recording of some consequences could be improved to provide a clearer view of why the consequence had been given.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The current manager has been supporting the home for over six months. Her oversight has had a positive impact on the home. She is committed to providing better outcomes for the children who come to live at the home. Staff feel supported by the manager. They are consistently encouraged to develop their skillset.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager ensures that staff are provided with effective training opportunities. The manager has good oversight of staff training. This has allowed her to develop her own training for staff around working with the children individually. As a result, staff’s knowledge has benefited from this and they have been more equipped to work with the child in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Recruitment is safely carried out in the home. Potential staff are carefully sourced to ensure that they can meet the needs of the child in the home. Staff files are regularly audited to ensure that safer recruitment processes are followed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive good-quality professional supervision. Supervisions are practice-led and enable a reflective discussion about staff’s progress and their development. Managers and staff discuss development needs to support staff to improve their practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Monitoring systems are effective in the home. The quality of care is regularly reviewed through the home’s weekly and monthly audits. This has supported the manager to identify any shortfalls promptly. Inspection report for children’s home: SC067839 5

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Recommendations

 Staff should be familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective, and clear recording. Staff should record information on individual children in a non-stigmatising way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party information. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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Information about this inspection

The inspector has 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: SC067839 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Future In Mind Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Future In Mind, 65 Market Street, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire WS12 1AD

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Inspector

Chanel Bryant, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC067839 7 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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