Children's Home run by TJY Care Ltd in Birmingham

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2677270 1 Registered provider: TJY Care 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 operated by a private company. It is registered to provide care for up to three children who may have experienced childhood trauma which has led to unmet emotional needs that require specialist care and support.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in May 2022.

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This monitoring visit

An assurance inspection carried out on 1 November 2023, found serious and widespread concerns in the protection of children and poor leadership and management of the home. As a result, a notice to suspend the registration of the home and compliance notices for regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard, were issued.

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This monitoring visit

On 2 January 2024, Ofsted carried out a monitoring visit. This monitoring visit found that leaders and the manager had not met the steps set out in the regulation 12 or regulation 13 compliance notices. A decision was made for the notice suspending the accommodation of the home to remain in place and a further compliance notice was issued in relation to regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard).

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to monitor the suspension notice and to review the actions taken by the registered provider to meet the compliance notice issued following the last inspection. Inspectors found that the provider has complied with the suspension notice. No children have lived at the home.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit found that the compliance notice for regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard) has been met. As a result, the notice to suspend registration lapsed on 24 January 2024.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager has assessed staff practice through observations in the homes that they are currently working at within the organisation. The registered Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2677270 2 manager has spoken to children, staff and other managers to understand how each staff member is performing and any practice concerns. Individual staff performance development plans identify any further gaps for the manager to consider in helping staff practice. The plans are helping staff to develop the skills and knowledge they need to safely care for children.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have completed a range of training courses, including courses on the safeguarding of children, missing from care, behaviour management and exploitation. After the training is concluded, staff complete a written test. This helps the registered manager to understand if staff have acquired the skills and knowledge to keep children safe and meet their needs. The registered manager and responsible individual have also completed training to develop their own skills and knowledge.

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This monitoring visit

Staff now receive supervision that promotes their professional development. This is enabling staff to carry out their role effectively and understand their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe.

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This monitoring visit

Team meetings provide staff with an opportunity to reflect on practice. The registered manager has implemented an agenda for future team meetings to discuss themes and patterns emerging from his oversight of the home.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager and senior managers have carried out an internal review of all significant incidents that have happened at the home. They have completed a learning review to understand what happened and any changes required to care practices. This has helped the management team reflect on the shortfalls identified from the last assurance visit and make the necessary improvements to inform future practice.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager and responsible individual have implemented an action plan. This is to help address the failures identified from their internal review of staff practice, management of incidents, safeguarding and care planning arrangements for children. Until a child moves to the home, the effectiveness of this action plan is yet to be tested.

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This monitoring visit

There are no children living at the home, the provider is unable to demonstrate if they have met regulation 8 (the education standard) and regulation 45 (review of quality of care standard). As a result, these requirements remain unmet. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2677270 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

30/08/2023 Full Good 02/11/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2677270 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 education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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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

help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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Requirement Due date

maintain regular contact with each child’s education and training provider, including engaging with the provider and the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement;

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Requirement Due date

help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(vi)(viii))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that the staff have plans in place to support children in making educational progress and that the wider professional network is engaged in supporting a child if there are barriers to a child making educational progress.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last two inspections and is restated. 31 March 2024 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2677270 5 In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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Requirement Due date

the quality of care provided for children;

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Requirement Due date

the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and

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Requirement Due date

any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children.

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Requirement Due date

After completing a quality of care review, the registered person must produce a written report about the quality of care review and the actions which the registered person intends to take as a result of the quality of care review ("the quality of care review report").

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Requirement Due date

This relates to the requirement that the registered manager provides Ofsted with a six-monthly quality of care review report that accurately reflects their reviewing, monitoring and evaluating of the quality of care provided to children. 31 March 2024

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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: 2677270 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Collingwood Community Centre, Collingwood Drive, Birmingham B43 7NF

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Inspector

Sam Dulay-Kainth, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2677270 7 regulates and inspects 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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