Children's Home run by East Riding of Yorkshire Council in East Riding of Yorkshire

Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 1 Registered provider: East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is operated and run by a local authority. It is registered to provide care for one child.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in October 2023.

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Inspection date: 28 November 2023

Judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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Inspection date: 28 November 2023

Enforcement action since last inspection: none

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Information about this inspection

At this inspection, the inspector evaluated:

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Information about this inspection

 the care of children  the safety of children  the effectiveness of leaders and managers. Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children, using the social care common inspection framework. This assurance 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’. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 2

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Outcome from the inspection

We did not identify any serious or widespread concerns in relation to the care or protection of the child at this assurance inspection.

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Findings from the inspection

The child living in the home has close relationships with staff and shares their views with staff around their daily care. Staff spend time with the child making arts and crafts and doing other activities, and they support the child to develop their interests in caring for animals. This provides the child with positive experiences that they enjoy.

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Findings from the inspection

The home is a nurturing and pleasant environment for the child to live. It is decorated throughout with items that reflect the child’s interests, and photos are displayed of the child enjoying a variety of activities. The child enjoys spending time in the home with staff, which creates a sense of belonging. The child refers to staff as their ‘[name of home] family’.

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Findings from the inspection

Staff support the child with their emotional health and well-being and the child now accesses therapeutic support. This benefits the child and helps them to make sense of their feelings.

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Findings from the inspection

Staff ensure that the child has their general health needs met. The registered manager has reviewed medication storage and administration systems to rectify previous errors. There has been a delay in the registered manager ensuring that the child’s medication has been reviewed by health services. This has resulted in drift around the length of time that the child has taken prescribed medication.

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Findings from the inspection

The registered manager works well with education services. Since the last inspection, the child receives increased support and is having learning opportunities in line with their individual needs and interests.

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Findings from the inspection

Staff know the child well and understand their individual needs and risks. The child’s risk assessments and plans are updated following any incidents. This helps staff to understand the child’s associated risks, and staff offer appropriate support to reduce these. However, there are gaps in records in relation to some incidents. This makes it difficult to understand if staff offer the child consistent support in a timely manner.

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Findings from the inspection

On occasions, staff have held the child to keep them safe and prevent injury to themselves and others. Leaders and managers provide effective independent oversight of these incidents and make recommendations around how best to support the child and staff. However, some staff have not accessed additional support to help them develop their skills and confidence in this area. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 3 Leaders and managers support staff to access required training, but some staff have outstanding mandatory training. This leaves a deficit in training to meet the child’s needs.

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Findings from the inspection

Management arrangements have been strengthened and the registered manager has monitoring systems in place to review the quality of care provided. These systems need further embedding as gaps in recording mean that the registered manager does not have all required information to monitor the effectiveness of staff practice.

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Findings from the inspection

Staff say they feel supported and describe the registered manager as ‘hands on’. Some staff have gaps in their supervision and induction and have not received direct support in line with the home’s policies. This means that staff are not provided with consistent opportunities to reflect on their progress and the care offered to the child.

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Findings from the inspection

Leaders and managers have been proactive in progressing some of the requirements from the previous inspection. However, not all requirements have been fully met, resulting in two requirements being restated. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

20/06/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 10/10/2022 Full Good Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 5

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person must take to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and he ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. The registered person must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The health and well-being standard is that—

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Requirement Due date

the health and well-being needs of children are met;

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Requirement Due date

children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and

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Requirement Due date

children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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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 has access to such dental, medical, nursing, psychiatric and psychological advice, treatment and other services as the child may require. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that the child is supported to only take required medication and that their prescribed medications are reviewed without delay. 29 December

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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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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Requirement Due date

ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child. 12 January 2024 Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 6 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(c)(e)(h))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must have monitoring and reviewing systems in place to ensure consistency of recording of incidents, the actions of staff, discussion with staff and demonstrate full management oversight of risk assessments and incidents.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must prepare and implement a policy (“the behaviour management policy”) which sets out—

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Requirement Due date

how appropriate behaviour is to be promoted in the children’s home; and

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Requirement Due date

within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure. (Regulation 35 (1)(a) (2) (3)(a)(iv)(v))

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff clearly evidence support used in line with their risk assessments and demonstrate an understanding around the duration of strategies used. 12 January 2024

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Requirement Due date

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; and

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Requirement Due date

have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once every year. (Regulation 33 (1)(a) (4)(b)(c)) 12 January 2024 Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 7 This requirement has been restated. Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Cross Street, Beverley HU17 9BA

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Inspector

Gina Lightfoot, Social Care Inspector Assurance inspection report for children’s home: 2676828 9 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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