Children's home run by Anderida Adolescent Care Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home: 2596008 1 Registered provider: Anderida Adolescent Care Ltd Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is registered to provide care for two children who may exhibit social, emotional and mental health difficulties. It is owned and run by a private organisation. At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been in post since August 2020.

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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 good

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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: 1 February 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: 2596008 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

01/02/2023 Full Good 05/05/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2596008 3

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outstanding

Children are making excellent progress. For one child with a history of involvement with gangs, he has been supported to keep himself much safer, develop a more positive social group, get a job, and move in to supported accommodation in a positive, planned move. For the child currently living in the home, he is engaging much more in education, having had an extended period without any education. He is building very strong and meaningful relationships with staff, which he has previously found difficult.

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outstanding

When children come to live in the home, their individual needs and vulnerabilities are carefully considered. Managers obtain and consider appropriate information from a variety of sources, and work with social workers and families to make appropriate decisions about the support that children need.

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outstanding

When children leave the home, managers work closely with children, their families, and the professional network, such as social workers and other providers, to ensure that important information is shared, the child’s needs are understood and that the child’s views regarding these moves are understood. This work has helped children to experience well-planned, positive moves from the home.

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outstanding

Children enjoy strong, positive relationships with staff, who are passionate about delivering high-quality care. These relationships have enabled children to feel confident in talking to staff about their aspirations and feelings. This has helped children to come to terms with living away from their families and to develop a positive outlook on the future.

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outstanding

Children are supported to be independent. Staff offer the right level of support to enable children to do so. For one child, this has meant that they have been able to learn how to ride a motorcycle, which has then enabled them to obtain employment. This has increased other opportunities for the child, including helping them to travel independently from where they live to visit family in their free time.

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outstanding

Staff work closely with education colleagues to ensure that children are given the support that they need to successfully attend education. This, at times, means that they stay with children in school to help them through their day, and they share ideas with teachers to ensure that the child receives consistent care.

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outstanding

Staff work closely with children and health professionals to ensure that children get the support and advice needed to live healthy lives. For one child, they were able to learn how to safely manage their physical fitness so that they were able to enter a body building competition. For another child, they have decided to stop taking their medication. Staff have been liaising with mental health services and family to address their concerns and to provide the right support for the child. They have also Inspection report for children’s home: 2596008 4 supported the child to think through the implications of their decision in terms of balancing the benefits of taking the medication alongside living with unhelpful side effects.

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outstanding

Children are helped to spend time with family and friends. Staff place a significant importance on developing excellent relationships with families. Families speak very positively about the home and the invaluable support that they receive. They say that they feel like part of the team and are invited to come to the home for dinner. In addition, staff have recently arranged for the child’s family, along with the child’s girlfriend and her family, to come for dinner, so that they can all share some time together and speak with the children about supporting their relationship.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

When staff have concerns about children, they take appropriate action to ensure that children are kept safe. They work collaboratively with specialist services, such as substance abuse teams, social workers, and the police, to get children the support that they need to be safer. Records of these concerns are well written, evidencing clear reflection by managers to identify opportunities for learning.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Children are becoming increasingly safe because of the support and care they receive. Staff have a good understanding of children’s risks and vulnerabilities and work with them to explore solutions that help them to make positive decisions. For one child, staff have worked closely with police to provide education on knife crime and, because of this work, there have been no further concerns about this.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

When children go missing, staff take effective action and work closely with families and professionals, such as the police, to ensure that children return safely as quickly as possible. Staff work with children to understand their motivation for these incidents and try to support them to find safer solutions to managing these feelings. As a result, incidents of children going missing have significantly reduced.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

When children experience difficult emotions, staff are highly skilled in helping them to find ways to calm and express their feelings. For one child, they were no longer involved in any incidents requiring the use of restraint. For other children, when restraint is used, it is only for the shortest time needed to keep the child and others safe. The records of these incidents are very well documented, and the manager maintains excellent oversight to ensure safe practice and to look for any opportunities to learn and improve practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Managers have high expectations for children and the staff team, and are ambitious about children’s experiences and opportunities. They have developed a culture in which staff share in this ambition to deliver high-quality care and a supportive environment in which children can flourish. Inspection report for children’s home: 2596008 5 Managers have an excellent understanding of children’s progress and are immensely proud of their journeys. They acknowledge and celebrate important achievements and show this to children in a way that is meaningful to them.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Managers have excellent relationships with the professional network, including education colleagues, the police, and social workers, as well as families. They promote collaborative working and share ideas to ensure that children get the right support. When managers have worries about decisions that have been made, they challenge professionals in a courteous, constructive way, focusing on the needs and views of the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Children’s views are important to staff. They seek opportunities to get children’s thoughts and understand their views, and use these moments to help children to reflect on worries. Managers seek children’s feedback to inform development plans, in order to further enhance their experience of care and to achieve positive outcomes.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff feel very well supported and valued in their roles. They feel that they have brilliant relationships with managers, and value their supervisions as platforms to reflect and develop within their roles. They all receive in-depth training that supports them to be very confident in their roles.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff receive annual appraisals in order to reflect on their work and identify areas for development and learning. However, for one member of staff, this had not taken place. The provider has plans to rectify this shortfall. Inspection report for children’s home: 2596008 6

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Recommendations

 Managers should ensure that all staff have their performance and fitness to carry out their role formally appraised at least once annually. Specifically, managers should ensure that all appraisals are completed within the expected time frames. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.5)

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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: 2596008 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Anderida Adolescent Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Anderida Adolescent Care Ltd, Neville Mews, 6a Neville Road, Eastbourne BN22 8HR

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Inspector

Jay Shekleton, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2596008 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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Inspector

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