Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Plymouth

Inspection report children's home: SC471038 1 SC471038 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children's home

This children’s home is registered for one child or young person and is operated by a national provider of children’s homes.

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Information about this children's home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since September 2023.

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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 outstanding

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good

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

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: outstanding

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children's home: SC471038 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/06/2022 Full Outstanding 15/03/2022 Full Good 07/01/2020 Full Outstanding 10/10/2018 Full Outstanding Inspection report children's home: SC471038 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

This home offers children a very nurturing and loving environment, from which they gain a sense of belonging, feel loved and make progress. The child who lives here reports that this is the first home that they have lived in where they really feel that it is their ‘home’ and the staff are like their extended family.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Since the last inspection, one child has successfully moved on to independent living in accordance with their plan. The staff remain in contact with the child, who made excellent progress when they lived at the home. One child moved to the home twelve months ago.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The current child has very complex health care needs that require specialist professional medical interventions and help. This means that for the last six months the child has been living in a health provision as they require intensive medical supervision. The staff from the home visit and support the child every day. They support them to attend school, arrange visits with their family and take the child on activities. The child returns home every day for a short period of time. It is planned that if the child continues to make progress then they will return to the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is making progress due to very effective joint working between staff at the home and the medical professionals in accordance with the child’s health and care plan. The staff attend weekly planning and progress meetings and work very closely with the health professionals. The quality of care and support is very good and is carefully planned. This means that the child’s health and care needs are being met and they are making progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The staff successfully encourage the child to participate in activities in the community such as attending a youth club, cinema visits and hiking. This helps to channel the child’s energy positively and builds their self-esteem and confidence. The child is a talented artist and their paintings are proudly displayed in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The staff support relationships between the child and their family effectively. The staff successfully build positive relationships that are in the best interests of the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The staff understand the importance of the child attending education. The child benefits from attending a bespoke educational placement and is making progress, following time out of education prior to arriving at the home. The staff have high aspirations for the child and are supporting them to consider further education options for when they leave school.

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

Inspection report children's home: SC471038 4 The staff are responsible for the child’s safety during the time they spend away from the health provision. Assessments of risk are comprehensive and offer the staff the strategies they need to promote the child’s safety. The staff are vigilant and demonstrate effective professional curiosity. They know the child very well and are sensitive and respond swiftly to any changes of behaviour that may indicate that the child is worried or upset, which may affect their behaviour.

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

The child reports that they feel very safe living at the home and can speak to any of the staff if they feel worried or upset. The child is now feeling safe and so is able to disclose their previous experiences of trauma so that the appropriate therapeutic support can be put in place.

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

Incidents of the child going missing when under the care of the staff are reduced and are now minimal. This is due to the trusting relationships that have been built between the child and the staff. The child is encouraged to learn from any mistakes and is rewarded for achievements rather than using a punitive approach.

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

Any safeguarding concerns are promptly referred to the relevant safeguarding professionals. Staff are aware of the home’s whistle blowing policy and procedures and are confident to follow safeguarding procedures. This helps to ensure the safety of the child.

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

Recruitment procedures are robust, rigorous and ensure that only suitable people are employed in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager demonstrates very strong leadership and a very child-focussed approach. She is respected by the stable and consistent staff who report that they are very well supported and supervised. The manager ensures that all staff are the tenacious ‘assertive parents’ that the child needs to help the child to make progress and obtain the services that they need.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The home provides the child with an extremely homely and comfortable environment. The child reports that they really like their bedroom, which they have decorated themselves and where many photographs of their family are displayed. This helps the child to develop a sense of belonging.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The child benefits from being cared for by a consistent, well-trained and supervised team of staff who have succeeded, where many adults have previously failed, in building excellent, trusting relationships with the child. The staff are trained in all the topics they need, including specialist training so that they can fully meet the very complex needs of the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

A strength of the home is the very effective way in which the manager has ensured that the shared care arrangement with the health provision has succeeded and supported the child to make progress. This has been achieved through the Inspection report children's home: SC471038 5 development of excellent working relationships between the home, health professionals and placing authority, where all concerns and issues are fully communicated and discussed to ensure that the child receives consistent messages and receives the care that they need so that they can make progress.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Feedback from the child, professionals and the staff is entirely positive. Placing social workers really value the home, are very impressed with the progress their child is making, and state that they would readily place another child in the home in the future.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager is a very strong advocate for the child. She has supported the child through a health tribunal and complaints against a hospital. As a result of one of these complaints from the manager and the child, the hospital is implementing learning from the complaint and have invited the manager to make further contributions and advise them how they could improve their care for children when children are in hospital.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

There are no requirements or recommendations made as a result of this inspection. Inspection report children's home: SC471038 6

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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 children's home: SC471038 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 1AG

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Children's home details

Responsible individual: Nikki McClements

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Inspector

Tina Maddison, social care inspector Inspection report children's home: SC471038 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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