Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 1 Cambian Childcare Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is run by a large private organisation. It is registered to provide care for one child who may have social and emotional difficulties and/or learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager in post has applied to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

On 25 May 2021, a full inspection was carried out at the home, and it was judged good for overall effectiveness. When the child moved out of the home on 30 May 2022, the provider decided to close the home. On 3 February 2023, a condition was imposed which required the provider to inform Ofsted three months before it intends to have a child move into the home. This was due to there not being a registered manager in post since 2020 or sufficient staff to safely care for children.

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This monitoring visit

This visit took place to ensure that the provider is now ready for a child to move into the home.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has now appointed a new manager, who is experienced and is currently a registered manager at another home in the company. She has applied to be registered for both homes.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has recruited a sufficient staff team to safely support a child when they move into the home. There is now an experienced deputy manager in post, who will support the manager in overseeing the day-to-day running of the home. Robust recruitment checks have been carried out in line with safer recruitment procedures. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 2 There is a comprehensive training programme in place and a detailed induction for the new staff. The manager has ensured that staff are attending specific training that meets the needs of children identified in the statement of purpose. This will ensure that staff have the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the child’s needs when they move into the home.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has recently reviewed and updated the home’s statement of purpose. She has developed a robust procedure, which includes liaising with the company’s therapist before any child moves in, to ensure that staff have the skills and knowledge to meet their needs.

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This monitoring visit

The manager is child centred, committed and has high expectations of providing good-quality childcare. The home environment has been improved; a new bathroom has been fitted and the home has been redecorated. As a result, the home feels warm and welcoming.

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This monitoring visit

A case review was held on 9 April 2024. It was deemed that sufficient action has been taken for children to move into the home.

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This monitoring visit

During the visit, the requirement under Regulation 27 was deemed to be met. Other requirements and recommendations identified at the full inspection were not considered as part of this visit and will be reviewed at the next inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/05/2021 Full Good 09/07/2019 Full Good 30/05/2018 Full Good 21/06/2017 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 4

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person(s) must take to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. The registered person(s) must comply with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months.

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Requirement Due date

After completing a quality of care review, the registered person must produce a written report about the quality of care review and the actions which the registered person intends to take as a result of the quality of care review (“the quality of care review report”).

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Requirement Due date

supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed; and

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Requirement Due date

make a copy of the quality of care review report available on request to a placing authority, if the placing authority is not the parent of a child accommodated in the home. (Regulation 45 (1) (3) (4)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

This has not been reviewed and is restated. 9 June 2024

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Requirement Due date

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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Requirement Due date

seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child’s needs;

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Requirement Due date

if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (a)(b)(c)) 9 June 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 5 Specifically, the registered person should ensure that the placing local authority provides children with a return home interview after being missing from care and that any failure to provide this is escalated in a timely manner with the placing authority.

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Requirement Due date

This has not been reviewed and is restated.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which—

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Requirement Due date

include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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Requirement Due date

are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

Specifically, the registered person should ensure that a child’s case records contain accurate information in relation to the child’s allocated social worker, legal status, care plan and record of local authority care review meetings.

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Requirement Due date

This has not been reviewed and is restated. 9 June 2024

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Recommendations

 The registered person should notify Ofsted if there is an incident relating to the protection, safeguarding or welfare of a child living in the home which the registered person considers to be serious. In particular, the registered person should review the decision-making in relation to the threshold for notifications of missing-from-care incidents. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 63, paragraph 14.10)  The registered person should ensure that children are actively encouraged to read their records and to add further information to them. In particular, the registered person should ensure that there are systems in place which record when children have declined to read information offered to them or have declined to sign documents that they have read. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.6)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the manager’s presence at the home and her working hours are clearly recorded on the staffing rota. Regulations 35 to 39 detail the records that must be kept in children’s homes. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.3) Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 6

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken and the progress made by the children’s home since its last Ofsted inspection.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 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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Inspector

Simon Jones, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1155775 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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