Children's home run by Eliali MPC

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2675423 1 ELIALI MPC Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home was registered with Ofsted in February 2023 and is operated by a private organisation. The home provides care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted when the home opened in February 2023.

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This monitoring visit

A monitoring visit to the home took place on 2 January 2024. Following that visit, Ofsted served a further compliance notice in respect of the leadership and management of the home. Ofsted also served a restriction of accommodation notice.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken to review the progress made by the provider in meeting the steps set out in the compliance notice. At this visit, it was evident that good progress has been made in response to meeting these steps and the compliance notice is judged to be met.

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This monitoring visit

At the time of the visit, no children were living at the home. Since the last monitoring visit, one child has moved out of the home. Due to the restriction of accommodation notice, no other children have moved in. The provider has adhered to the restriction.

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This monitoring visit

The child who has moved out of the home since the last monitoring visit was at serious risk of criminal exploitation. Leaders and managers worked creatively with external agencies, such as the police and legal professionals, to ensure that effective legal measures were imposed to keep the child safe.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have ensured that staff followed risk-management strategies that were agreed with the allocated social worker. Staff made continual attempts to Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2675423 2 contact the child when they were away from the home and reported the child as missing to the police at an appropriate time. However, when serious risks continued to emerge, strategies to keep the child safe were not reviewed quickly enough.

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This monitoring visit

Following information being shared by police, leaders and managers ended the child’s placement as it was recognised that the child could not be kept safe. The child moved on from the home suddenly following a missing-from-care incident. Despite this, staff made considerable efforts to ensure that the child moved on in a positive way. Leaders offered six weeks of outreach work to the child at their new home.

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This monitoring visit

Notifications to Ofsted are sent in good time. This enables Ofsted to assess the effectiveness of safeguarding related to notifiable incidents.

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This monitoring visit

Staff supported the child to make progress with their education while they lived at the home. Since the last monitoring visit, staff had encouraged the child to take part in online learning sessions with a tutor. Leaders and managers devised a register to enable them to determine patterns to the child’s learning and to help shape the learning opportunities that were provided. Staff acknowledged the child’s learning achievements with verbal praise. This supported the child to prepare for more formal education in the future and promoted their self-esteem.

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This monitoring visit

No further compliance notices have been served and the restriction of accommodation has ended. One requirement is restated. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2675423 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

21/06/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2675423 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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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

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that all staff are aware of emerging risks and that sufficient strategies are put in place to reduce these.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was raised at the last visit and is restated. 30 March 2024

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the provider’s progress in meeting the steps in the compliance notice and their adherence to the restriction of accommodation.

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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: 2675423 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Tax Assist Accountants, 476 St Albans Road, Watford WD24 6QU

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Inspector

Hannah Phillips, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2675423 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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Inspector

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