Children's Home run by Leeds City Council in Leeds

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2611210 1 Leeds City Council

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This is a local authority children’s home that provides care and support for up to four children aged between 11 and 17 years.

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Information about this children’s home

There are currently two children living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been away from the home since October 2023.

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Information about this children’s home

An interim manager has been appointed and is in the process of registering with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged ‘requires improvement to be good’ at the full inspection on 26 and 27 July 2023. During an assurance inspection carried out on 4 January 2024, Ofsted raised a compliance notice under regulation 13, five requirements and one recommendation. Actions taken to address these requirements and recommendations have not been considered as part of this monitoring visit.

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This monitoring visit

During this monitoring visit, the inspector reviewed the progress and actions taken to meet the compliance notice. The visit included a review of documents, discussions and interviews with staff, and a discussion with one child.

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This monitoring visit

The new manager has been in post since 15 January 2024 and she is in day-to-day charge of the home. She is supported by a committed deputy manager. Positive changes can already be seen in the home because of the quick action she has taken. This is benefiting children, as they are responding to the consistent boundaries that staff are now putting in place. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2611210 2 Children are becoming more settled living in this home because of the consistent care that staff provide. Children’s education attendance has improved, and one child now accesses a tutor. Plans to support children’s independence are in place and this is helping them to prepare for their onward move.

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This monitoring visit

The manager and deputy manager have completed an internal audit. This identified shortfalls, which have now been rectified. Children’s risk assessments and support plans have been streamlined so that these are easy for staff to follow. Staff spoke positively about the manager and her dedication to the home, and they were complimentary about the improvements to the paperwork.

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This monitoring visit

Staff training has improved. All staff have completed the provider’s mandatory training, including training around safeguarding. To further staff’s understanding of children’s experiences, all staff now have access to the provider’s internal network. This helps staff to have a better understanding of children’s safeguarding incidents and historical information. Furthermore, the manager has implemented a new induction process for new staff working in the home. This means that all staff have received appropriate training and have the desired skill base when they start working with the children.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has ensured that senior staff and the deputy manager have undertaken training around supervision. This has helped the manager as these senior staff are now supporting her to carry out reflective supervision sessions with staff. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2611210 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

26/07/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 14/11/2022 Full Good 25/05/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2611210 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 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

achieve the health and well-being outcomes that are recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

understand and develop skills to promote the child’s well- being. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(iv)) 25 March 2024

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Recommendation

 The registered person should support staff to become familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and to understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. Staff should record information on individual children in a way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party information. Information about the child must always be accessible to anyone with a legitimate need to view it. (‘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 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: 2611210 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 1UR

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Inspector

Gemma McDonnell, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2611210 6 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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