Children's Home run by Madiba Yorkshire Limited in Rotherham

Inspection report for children’s home: 2747219 1 Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

A private provider runs this children’s home. It is registered for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties or learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The home and the manager registered with Ofsted on 19 December 2023. This was the first inspection of the home. There was one child living at the home at the time of this inspection.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

This children’s home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Date of last inspection: not previously inspected

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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requires improvement to be good

Enforcement action since last inspection: not applicable Inspection report for children’s home: 2747219 2

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improvement to be good

The home is spacious and has sufficient facilities. Because of activities and incidents in the home, there is a high level of wear and tear which has not been effectively maintained. As a result, a homely and comfortable environment is not provided for the child.

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improvement to be good

The child is making slow but positive progress. Although the number of incidents is reducing, the severity of these remains high. There have been some incidents which could be prevented through more effective support. The negative outcomes of these incidents impact on the child’s experiences and progress while living at the home.

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improvement to be good

There were delays in the child receiving a suitable education. Although there were some efforts to try and address this, more effective action could have been taken to advocate on the child’s behalf and challenge relevant authorities. There continues to be limited hours of education for the child and meetings to support the child’s education needs have not taken place.

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improvement to be good

The child is supported to stay connected and visit their family regularly. The child also enjoys a range of different activities in the community. Staff are positive and enthusiastic about supporting the child to do things the child enjoys. This has enabled the child to travel as far as London on a day trip which they thoroughly enjoyed. Staff record positive memories for the child and the things they have done during their time living at the home.

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improvement to be good

A therapist works with both the child and the staff. This support is helping the child to manage their feelings and thoughts around trauma that the child has experienced.

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improvement to be good

Staff work to keep the child safe. When issues arise, leaders and managers inform the safeguarding team and the local authority designated officer for the home. However, there are gaps in staff practice around informing the child's social worker. This does not provide the child's social worker with the information they need to ensure the staff are fulfilling their safeguarding duties.

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improvement to be good

Although the frequency of incidents is reducing, there continues to be incidents which could be preventable by more proactive and effective care from staff. Some of these incidents have escalated, resulting in the child being at increased risk of harm. One incident resulted in the police intervention. This could have been prevented had the actions of staff been more child focused. Inspection report for children’s home: 2747219 3 Staff hold the child as a last resort to reduce the risk of harm to everyone. When staff hold the child, this is for the shortest time possible and is necessary and proportionate to the risk at the time. However, staff do not always speak to the child following a hold to allow the child to speak about their feelings, and to start repairing relationships.

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improvement to be good

Staff have a limited understanding about the use of consequences for the child. While staff apply the consequences, they do not reflect on these being forms of control and behaviour management and therefore are not recorded. This means the manager does not review their use and effectiveness.

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improvement to be good

Staff do not have clear direction for administering medication that is used as and when needed. This means that there is no clear plan for when to provide these medicines in line with medical advice.

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improvement to be good

Staff are vetted and checked to make sure they are suitable to work with the child. The staff talk to the child to help them to learn about their safety and the world around them. This helps the child to develop their skills and knowledge around risk.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

An experienced and qualified manager and deputy manager lead the home. They are supportive of the staff and want the best outcomes for children. However, several shortfalls were identified in the monitoring and oversight of the home, and management systems and processes.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The home has enough staff to care for the child currently living at the home. The staff feel well supported and valued by each other and by leaders and managers. Staff receive regular and reflective supervision sessions and there are regular staff meetings. The manager sources additional training for staff to support their skills to meet the child’s emerging needs. Staff are mostly up to date with the training needed. However, the workforce development plan is not being used to effectively plan the learning and development for staff, including leaders and managers.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Complaints from neighbours following incidents have been managed positively by the manager. This has helped to repair and to promote relationships within the local community. The manager involved the child in responding to the complaint which led to a successful resolution. It also helped the child learn and understand about the impact of behaviours on other people.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The review of the premises has been updated recently following incidents. It is thorough and shows consultation with local agencies. Testing of gas and electrical equipment is up to date. The children's guide is well presented and colourful and contains information about the home that children would want to know. Inspection report for children’s home: 2747219 4

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person 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 must comply within the given timescales.

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The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(vii)(e)) 22 August 2024

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The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c)(i)(ii)) 22 August 2024 Inspection report for children’s home: 2747219 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure they challenge relevant authorities effectively when children’s education needs are not being met. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 28, paragraph 5.15)  The registered person should ensure that staff have relevant plans to make sure they have appropriate protocols for administering medication to children. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’ page 35 paragraph 7.15)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the use of sanctions is recognised, recorded and reviewed to ensure that it is restorative and effective. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.38)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children have the opportunity to express their feelings about their experience of restraint as soon as practicable, ideally within 24 hours of the restraint incident. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 50, paragraph 9.60)  The registered person should ensure the workforce development plan includes the ongoing training and continuing professional development needs of staff - including the manager. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’ page 53, paragraph 10.8)

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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: 2747219 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: One City West, Gelderd Road, Leeds LS12 6NJ

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Children’s home details

Registered manager: Mathew Micklethwaite

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Inspector

Honor Hamshaw, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2747219 7 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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