Children's home run by Restorative Social Care Services Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home: 1263673 1 Registered provider: Restorative Social Care Services LTD. Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and managed by a private provider, and provides care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties. Three children were living in the home at the time of the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since June 2021.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: 19 January 2023

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 1263673 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

19/01/2023 Full Good 11/01/2022 Full Good 04/02/2020 Full Good 04/09/2018 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 1263673 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are making good progress in all areas of their development. Staff take time to build positive relationships with them. Staff fully embrace each child’s individuality, and children’s needs are met through the personalised care they receive. Staff support children to maintain appropriate structure and routine to their day. This gives children a stable environment which makes them feel secure.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff prioritise the educational needs of the children. All children attend school and their attendance is good. Staff maintain open lines of communication with the children’s individual schools. This close communication ensures that there is a coordinated approach to supporting children’s learning. This helps children to achieve better educational outcomes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s health needs are well promoted by staff. Children are registered with local health services and staff support them to attend their appointments to maintain good health. In addition, children receive help when they struggle with their emotional well-being. Children trust staff and so talk to them about their concerns. This helps staff to respond effectively to children’s needs .

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff create a nurturing environment in the home. They ensure that children have opportunities to play and access activities both at home and in the community. Some of these activities include playing on the trampoline, playing football and going for walks. Children are supported to celebrate differences and develop their self-identity. They take part in events like Christmas, Ramadan and Easter.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff recognise the importance of family relationships. They support children to have quality time with their families and other important people in their lives. This helps children to build and retain their own identities and develop a sense of belonging.

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

Staff understand children’s risks and needs. Staff regularly update and review children’s risk assessments and behaviour support. They provide staff with clear guidance on the actions to take to keep children safe and reduce the risk of harm. This helps to ensure that children are safeguarded effectively.

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

When children go missing, staff understand the process to follow and take action to help return children home quickly. Information to help minimise risks is detailed in children’s risk assessments. Staff persistently try to contact children by telephone and remain in contact with family members, as well as driving to all known locations where they might be to locate the children. Once children are found, independent return home interviews are requested. This helps staff to provide a consistent response and keep children safe. Inspection report for children’s home: 1263673 4 The children complete a range of work to help them understand how to keep safe. This work includes healthy safe relationships, and the dangers of going missing. This helps children to understand the potential risks to their safety and well-being.

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

Physical intervention is only used to safeguard children from harm. Following incidents, reflective discussions are held with children in a timely manner. Staff discussions are also conducted swiftly. Furthermore, the manager has good oversight to ensure that the physical interventions are appropriate. This practice helps to keep children safe.

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

Staff recruitment ensures that all checks and verification processes are completed before new staff can work with children. This gives assurances that only suitable people are supporting children in the home. This helps to ensure that children are effectively safeguarded.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There is effective management at this home. The manager is visible and approachable to the children and staff. The manager is supported by a deputy manager and a committed staff team. New staff have a detailed induction programme. They report that they find the support effective in helping them understand their role.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager knows the strengths and areas for development of the home. He is working towards the home’s development plan and uses a range of monitoring tools to review the quality of care provided by the home. The independent visitor’s reports provide an additional layer of scrutiny. The manager uses any learning from the independent visitor’s report to improve practice in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive good-quality reflective supervision sessions that focus on children’s needs and staff professional development. Good communication in team meetings keeps the staff up to date. Supervision sessions and team meetings give staff opportunities to discuss the support they need to fulfil their roles effectively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager ensures that staff have the necessary skills and knowledge to care for children effectively. Training records are up to date and identify when the next training course is due. This ensures that staff are equipped to meet children’s needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Most of the children’s records are well documented. However, there are some entries that used stigmatising language. This way of recording is not helpful to the child. In addition, the manager has not ensured that important children’s documents from the child’s local authority were received in a timely manner. Inspection report for children’s home: 1263673 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff work in close partnership with all those who play a role in protecting and caring for the child, but particularly the child’s local authority and statutory social worker. In particular, he registered person should ensure that the home receives any important documents for children in a timely manner. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including, the quality standards’, page 11, paragraph 2.3)  The registered person should ensure that staff are familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. Staff should record information on individual children in a non-stigmatising way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party information. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including

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Recommendations

the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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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: 1263673 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Restorative Social Care Services LTD.

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 8 Victoria Street, Greetland, Halifax HX4 8DF

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Inspector

Evelyn Chafota, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 1263673 7 regulates and inspects 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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