Children's home run by Budwood Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 1 Registered provider: Budwood Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is operated by a private provider of social care. The home provides care for up to two children who may have social and emotional difficulties. At the time of the inspection, two children were living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted on 10 September 2021.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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outstanding

How well children and young people are helped and protected outstanding

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outstanding

The effectiveness of leaders and managers outstanding

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outstanding

The children’s home provides highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the children’s home contribute to significantly improved outcomes and positive experiences for children and young people who need help, protection and care.

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outstanding

Date of last inspection: 25 January 2023

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outstanding

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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outstanding

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/01/2023 Full Good 01/03/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 3

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outstanding

Children are provided with exceptional care. They build strong and trusting relationships with staff and feel valued and thrive as a result. Children make significant progress. This has a positive impact on their lives and helps them achieve the best possible outcomes. Children who have previously struggled to stay in placements for long, and who have experienced a lot of disruption in their lives, are particularly well supported and find greater stability.

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outstanding

Children are provided with a variety of activities to choose from. These include trampolining, going to the gym, trips to theme parks and going on holidays. Children learn independent living skills. These include learning to take responsibility for cooking, budgeting and paying bills. This provides children with essential life skills.

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outstanding

Photos of the children enjoying activities are displayed throughout the home and in beautiful scrapbooks. These are given to the children when they move on from the home. This helps children to feel positive about themselves and remember their experiences after they have moved on.

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outstanding

The home environment is welcoming and homely. The design is child-centred and gives the children places to spend time together or apart as they wish. Staff talk proudly about the home and how they have made it as welcoming as possible.

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outstanding

Children are cared for by a dedicated and stable staff team. Staff are highly skilled and sensitive to the specific needs of each child. Staff work closely with other professionals from a range of agencies. Children’s views are sought regularly, are highly valued and inform the care that they receive. Staff listen to the children and advocate for them when this is required. This ensures that the children’s best interests are at the forefront of all decision-making. All children move on from the home in a positive and planned way.

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outstanding

Staff work closely with medical professionals and can provide space within the home to facilitate meetings and activities if this is appropriate and in line with children’s wishes. This helps to ensure that children’s healthcare needs are sensitively and holistically met.

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outstanding

Children are well supported with their education. If children arrive without a school placement, staff advocate for them and challenge other professionals as needed.

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outstanding

Children’s achievements are celebrated and rewarded. Staff support children to feel valued. They use a ‘happiness jar’, where children and staff can write down things that make them feel happy. The comments are shared regularly with the children. Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 4

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outstanding

The registered manager and staff understand their safeguarding responsibilities and ensure that they work together with the professional network around the children. Incidents are managed extremely well, and necessary actions are taken to ensure that children are safeguarded effectively, and subsequently supported to reduce further risks.

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outstanding

Staff are proactive in the local community when children go missing. From support workers to the registered manager, the entire team goes to great lengths to ensure the safety and well-being of the children in its care. The registered manager is relentless in ensuring that the children are provided with wraparound support from their professional network. This approach has significantly reduced risks to children and the frequency of missing-from-home incidents.

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outstanding

Staff are confident in their understanding of children’s risks and manage them meticulously by supporting children to understand the dangers and the impact of different actions. Physical interventions to manage children’s behaviour are not used frequently, and the use of consequences is rare. Incident records are thorough, with clear management oversight. This ensures that children are being looked after well and can thrive as a result.

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outstanding

Strategies to help keep children safe are clearly set out in individual risk assessments and incorporated into behaviour support plans, which are reviewed frequently. Furthermore, children are supported to identify their own behaviours and triggers and contribute to how staff can support them to feel safe through detailed safety plans.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The home is managed by a registered manager who is well respected by all who work with her. She displays unwavering passion for providing the best possible care for children and this influences the staff in the home. Staff are proud of their contribution towards helping children to succeed and flourish.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager is enthusiastic and passionate about the quality of care provided to children and knows the strengths and weaknesses of the home extremely well. They have an effective development plan that identifies relevant actions to improve the quality of care provided to children even further.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Children are cared for consistently in line with the home’s ethos and statement of purpose. The registered manager and staff have highly valued relationships with other professionals, who consistently praise them for their sophisticated communication skills, commitment and aspirational approach to caring for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff consistently said that they are very well supported by the registered manager and enjoy working in the home. Staff receive regular and effective supervision. Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 5 These sessions are further enhanced by regular team meetings and a reflective space with the clinical team. This helps staff to feel fully supported in their roles and supports their continued professional development. Consequently, staff morale is extremely high.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff are provided with a balance of online and face-to-face training. They are trained to understand and respond to the needs of the children. For example, they receive training in areas such as depression and anxiety, autism and oppositional defiant disorder. Learning from this training is well embedded in practice. Staff are also given opportunities to develop their skills even further. Leaders and managers are forward-thinking. They carefully consider staff development and succession planning. Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 6

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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: 2645199 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Malvern View, Saxon Business Park, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove B60 4AD

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Inspectors

Emma Haskell, Social Care Regulatory Inspector Hannah Cox, Social Care Regulatory Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2645199 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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Inspectors

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