Children's home run by Pike View Care Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 1 Registered provider: Pike View Care Ltd

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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. The home provides care for up to two children who may have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, two children were living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in March 2023.

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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: good

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outstanding

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

30/08/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Care planning for children is exceptional. This is because staff, families and all professionals involved in the care of the children work together to build aspirational and targeted plans for them. Children exceed expectations and develop in areas such as confidence, education and building positive friendships. The registered manager and staff consistently go the extra mile for children. They are dedicated to making children’s experience as positive as possible.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children live in a warm and welcoming family environment. The planning for children moving into the home is meticulous. This ensures that children feel safe, they are familiar with their environment and can start to build relationships with staff. Services that are required to support children are in place when children move into the home. This avoids unnecessary delays.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Education attendance and attainment for children are outstanding. Children who have previously been school refusers now consistently attend school on a full-time basis. A social worker said, ‘This progress is nothing short of miraculous.’ Children are encouraged and supported to take revision classes and a range of revision equipment is made available to them in the home. The children are now on target to take their GCSE exams.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children’s health is prioritised. Staff work closely with children and health professionals to ensure that the correct support and services are allocated to the child without delay. This means that children access a range of services to support their physical and emotional health. Staff demonstrate perseverance and dedication in helping children accept required treatments.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children are part of the local community and participate in many community activities and fundraising events. This level of engagement has helped the children to feel a sense of belonging in their local community. They have developed positive friendships and positive community relationships.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff understand the importance of maintaining family relationships and children’s feelings of detachment and loss. Staff work with placing authorities and family members to secure positive family time for children. The success of this has been exceptional. Children now have regular and consistent visits with family members. One parent said, ‘This is the best placement my child has had. I couldn’t ask for anything more.’ Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 4 Children are encouraged and supported to take up the challenge of new and exciting activities. Children can invite family members to specific events, which provides opportunities to further strengthen relationships, with the support of staff. Children engage extremely well and thoroughly enjoy the new experiences.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Consultation with children is a natural event. Children say that they feel they are at home. One child said, ‘This is not like a children’s home. This is like being with family.’ Spontaneous discussions occur effortlessly. This is because children form trusting bonds with staff and feel their views and opinions are valued.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children are supported to gain essential skills for independent living. Individual programmes identify children’s strengths and areas for development. Weekly sessions take place to build on children’s skills and to develop a portfolio of achievements. This gives children the principal skills required for adult life.

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

Parents and external professionals hold this home in high regard. They say that the children are safe and that the registered manager and staff have a comprehensive understanding of each child.

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

Children are settled, have excellent relationships with staff and view this house as their home. Those children who had frequent episodes of going missing from home before moving into this home no longer go missing. None of the children have been missing or absent from the home.

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

Children’s risk assessments are thorough and provide staff with clear guidance on the steps to take to reduce and manage the identified risk.

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

Staff are in tune with the children. They recognise a change in mood or if something is worrying the child. They pre-empt a child’s difficulties in managing their emotions and work with them to recognise and understand their own feelings. Children learn how to ask for help and express themselves safely.

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

Staff understand that children’s behaviours are a response to a past event or situation. They are patient, empathetic and consistent in their approach to children. One child said, ‘The rules stay the same. They don’t change every day like in some places. Staff listen to the kids.’ It is this approach that has steered the children to make positive and informed life choices. As a result, there are no behaviour management concerns in this home.

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

Staff are trained in therapeutic crisis intervention to safely hold a child to keep them safe. However, there have been no instances when this intervention has been required. Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 5 Children are provided with their placing authority’s complaints procedure, the home’s complaints procedure and external contact numbers in case they should want to raise a concern. There have been no instances of a child making a complaint.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager and staff have an exceptional understanding of the individual needs and aspirations of the children. They are passionate about the service they provide and consistently strive to ensure that the children experience positive and effective care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff receive both bespoke and mandatory training to equip them for their roles in the home. This training ensures that staff are provided with new and unique opportunities to further develop their skills and knowledge.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff are provided with consistent supervision. One staff member said, ‘The manager is incredibly supportive and is always on hand for advice. He pushes us all the time to learn new skills.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

External monitoring reports are consistently provided to Ofsted. The reports provide a detailed analysis of the impact of the care being provided to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager’s internal monitoring systems are thorough. The registered manager and responsible individual work together to assess the home’s provision and develop specific plans for individual children. The registered manager and staff have regular consultation with children, parents and professionals, which they use to inform the development of the home. Feedback is overwhelmingly positive.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager’s quality of care review is consistently carried out. The report is strengthened by the inclusion of a detailed development plan and feedback from parents, children and professionals.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The care in the home is based on the theoretical framework of trauma-informed parenting and attachment theory. The frameworks are threaded throughout all the systems and work undertaken with children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager places enormous value on the children’s happiness and safety and their sense of a ‘natural growing-up experience’. As a result, parents and professionals say their children are making more progress than ever before.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

No shortfalls were identified during the inspection, so no requirements or recommendations have been made. Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 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 for children’s home: 2711793 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pike View Care Limited

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Inspector

Maria McGranaghan, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2711793 8 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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