Children's Home run by Resolute Care in Derbyshire

Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 1 Registered provider: Resolute Care Ltd Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This is a privately owned home that is registered to care for three children who are unable to live with their family and have emotional and social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is led by an experienced manager who is registered with Ofsted.

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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

Overall judgement at last inspection: outstanding

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outstanding

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/08/2022 Full Outstanding Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 3

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outstanding

Children are provided with a very comfortable home which is maintained to a high standard. There is plenty of space for children to play, relax and socialise. The home is nicely decorated and there are framed photos of children on display throughout the home. There is also space for children to be able to have privacy without having to use their bedrooms. Children’s bedrooms are well decorated and children have been able to personalise them to reflect their individual tastes and interests. They have suitable furnishing and storage for their personal items. Children have framed photos of their families and an array of toys, books and games. Children can use the garden, which is very well maintained. Children said they love their home and are extremely proud of it.

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outstanding

The children refer to the staff as adults, rather than staff. The adults caring for children know them extremely well. The adults are extremely well attuned to the children’s individual needs. This is achieved through the adults and children spending time together and the adults providing children with loving and nurturing care. The adults and managers also use research to inform their knowledge of individual children’s needs and risks. This is used to enhance the individual care and support for children’s emotional and psychological needs.

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outstanding

Adults are proactive in ensuring children can communicate their wishes and feelings. For example, they have been creative with using emotions cards with one child who struggles to express themselves when they are unable to manage strong emotions. This work has been undertaken in collaboration with the child’s education setting to promote consistency of care practice. As a result, the child is more able to express their feelings and needs. Children are actively involved in weekly ‘chats’ with the adults, called ‘discussions and donuts’. This enables children to contribute to the day-to-day decisions about their care and activity planning.

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outstanding

Children enjoy an excellent range of play and leisure activities. These offer them opportunities to have fun and develop interests and hobbies. This also gives them the chance to socialise and make friends. One child has recently started horse riding and going to Lego club. Another child’s keen interest in cars and supercars is promoted through visits to classic car shows and researching their hobby. Another child has learned to swim and is very proud of their achievement. Children enjoy cooking and baking and said they enjoy this and have fun doing it with the adults.

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outstanding

All children are attending education, despite some challenges in engaging due to their early life experiences. The manager and adults are very proactive in working with key agencies and children’s placing local authorities to ensure children have the support they need to have their educational needs met. The manager is Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 4 relentless in challenging when there are barriers, to ensure children have the right educational plans to secure the right schools for them. When children have been out of school, they have been supported to maintain a school-like routine during the day. The adults use flexible and creative means to help children learn, for example, using baking to promote literacy and numeracy, and taking children to places of interest to develop their opportunities to learn while having fun.

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outstanding

Children are encouraged and supported to engage with their neighbourhood and local community through participation in charity work to raise money. They have contributed to producing a book for children that helps identify and understand how feelings and emotions are affected by trauma. The author is dedicating the book to the children, which is a great accolade.

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outstanding

All children are being helped to develop their independent living skills. The manager is a strong advocate for all children and understands the importance of this area of development for children. For example, the manager worked with key professionals to ensure that a transition plan for one child met their needs and was of excellent quality.

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outstanding

Children are provided with a safe and secure home. There are robust monitoring and maintenance systems in place to ensure children are kept safe. Adults know the children well and have a clear understanding of their individual vulnerabilities and risks. Children are well supervised by adults, who take account of their age and stage of development. Adults help children to understand their risks and support them to take appropriate risks as part of their developing independence. Children’s risk assessments are comprehensive and individualised to each child’s needs.

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outstanding

Children have very strong relationships with adults and said they feel safe and can talk to them. Children know how to make a complaint and are supported to do so by the adults caring for them. Children are settled and say they love living at their home. Because the children are so settled, they do not go missing or engage in anti-social behaviour.

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outstanding

Adults have a solid understanding of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding children. There are strong and effective links with local authorities and key safeguarding agencies. The manager ensures that adults working in the home undertake regular and comprehensive safeguarding training. She also ensures that, when required, bespoke training is provided to ensure adults are equipped to support and safeguard children effectively.

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outstanding

Managers and adults work extremely effectively with key primary healthcare services to ensure children remain healthy. The manager understands when to request and bring in more specialist help and support for children. For example, more physical interventions needed to be used by adults with one child who Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 5 struggled to contain their emotions. As a result of the manager’s actions, local mental health services provided the adults and the child with support with the aim of reducing the level of physical interventions. There are vigorous measures in place to support the child and staff. The manager, in conjunction with senior managers in the organisation and the physical intervention specialist, has clear oversight to ensure all interventions are appropriate and proportionate.

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outstanding

The recruitment of staff is robust, to ensure unsuitable people are not employed to care for children. The manager ensures ongoing review of employees’ status through regular monitoring and review. This helps to safeguard children. The managers have excellent systems to ensure only those suitable to work with the children do so.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has been successful in creating a culture of high expectation for children and adults. Children are at the centre of everything in this home. The manager is focused on providing a family home for the children and helping them thrive and develop in all areas of their lives.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager knows the children very well and ensures she spends time with them. She has a clear understanding of children’s plans and is proactive in making certain that the support children receive helps them make progress and improves their overall life chances.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

There is strong emphasis on the use of research to inform care practice. The research is in relation to child development, trauma and attachment. As a result, the care provided by adults is underpinned by relevant research and theory and is proactive and responsive to children’s individual needs. An excellent example is the encouragement and support children received to enable them to work with an author of therapeutic books for children. These books are read to children to help them gain an understanding of their feelings and emotions.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager is an excellent advocate for the children. She has worked very hard with external agencies to ensure the plan for a child’s transition to independent living is successful and meets the child’s needs. Her aim is to ensure the plan is worked through at the child’s pace to achieve a successful and smooth transition. She has also worked with external professionals to secure health assessments for another child with sensory needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has highly effective monitoring and auditing systems in place to ensure the home is managed effectively. She uses these tools to assess the quality of care that children receive and to ensure the home is a safe and secure environment.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Children are supported to be active members of their neighbourhood and local community. As a result, children develop a sense of community and belonging. Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 6 The manager ensures adults are provided with effective one-to-one supervision sessions and they attend regular team meetings. These forums are used to provide adults with key information, learning and training opportunities. The manager shares recommendations made by the independent visitor, along with regular updates from information provided by Ofsted. Adults are supported and encouraged to discuss their practice and share ideas. The manager has a strong focus on her own and adults’ ongoing professional development. There is a comprehensive training programme and appraisal system in place to develop a qualified and highly competent team. Staff spoke very highly of their manager, saying she is very supportive and hands on.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

External professionals said children receive a high standard of care and communication is efficient and always timely. They receive regular updates which are supplemented with photos of children. Children say they are happy in their home and talk positively about the adults caring for them. They used words such as ‘brilliant’, and ‘going over and above’. All said there are positive outcomes for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager said she has an excellent level of support. She receives regular one- to-one supervision from the company’s operations manager. She is also supported by the registered person and has regular meetings with other home managers, which provide good opportunities to discuss practice and share ideas.

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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: 2660603 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Girlings & Co, 11 High Street, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6DT

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Inspector

Angela Duffus-Palmer, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2660603 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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