Children's Home run by Progressive Care Limited in Sheffield

Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 1 SC002930

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Registered provider: Progressive Care Limited

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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 home. It provides care for up to eight children who may experience social and emotional difficulties. The home is split across two houses which are next door to each other. At the time of this inspection, six children were living at the home with three in each house.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has an experienced manager who registered with Ofsted in May 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

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/07/2023 Full Good 10/05/2022 Full Good 02/09/2021 Full Good 30/10/2019 Full Good Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children live in a comfortable home and feel a sense of belonging. They enjoy living at their home. The homes are decorated and furnished in a contemporary style and to a high standard. Children have large bedrooms and personalise these to reflect their interests and personalities. Children can access all areas of the home apart from staff offices and other children’s bedrooms. There are two pet rabbits which the children requested and look after.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children experience planned moves into the home. This allows the managers and staff time to get to know children gradually before they move in. For those moving on, they are supported to move in a planned way whenever possible to minimise any disruption. All children have experienced positive moves on from the home in line with their plans. Since the last full inspection, five children have moved on and four children have moved into the home. Children stay connected with the staff after moving on. This helps children to maintain relationships.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have positive relationships with others. They can talk to staff about any of their problems. Children are supported to maintain relationships with those who that are important to them. This includes friends, family, carers, and children who have moved on from the home. Children maintain long lasting connections and form new relationships and friendships. Children’s families and carers also feel involved in their children’s care.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to make progress with their education and to look after their health. They work creatively to support children to learn and to improve the quality of education that children receive. Children are supported by home tutors and access online courses. Staff support children to look after their health by attending routine health appointments and respond well to any emerging physical and mental health needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children enjoy a range of activities events, classes, and groups. This includes having a football season ticket, horse riding and ice-skating lessons. Staff also organise activities and holidays for children throughout the year. Staff take lots of photos and keep mementos to help children capture their memories.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to learn new skills and develop their independence through natural conversations and planned and structured work. These help children to develop life skills that support them into adulthood.

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

Children feel safe. The staff know the children well and understand their individual needs and vulnerabilities. They understand what to do to reduce risks to children’s safety. These steps and strategies are recorded clearly in children’s risk assessments. The staff Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 4 provide the children with education and support to make safer choices. This is done through natural conversations and planned and targeted key worker sessions.

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

Staff are responsive to children’s changing needs. Room searches of children’s bedrooms are conducted appropriately when there is a concern about children’s well-being or safety. Staff refer children and advocate for additional support to ensure children receive specialist input from services such as sexual health and substance misuse. Regular checks on children’s mobile phones help staff to better determine their safety online. When concerns emerge, staff take quick action to reduce the risks to children’s safety. This includes providing education and support to children to help raise awareness of the risks from social media.

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

Staff have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding children. They understand the signs and indicators of abuse and neglect and know how to report these. Staff are confident in raising concerns within the home and understand how to whistle blow if this is needed.

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

When children are missing from home staff try to contact them, and people who they associate with including their family and friends. They report children missing to the managers, the police and social workers. However, staff are not proactive in looking for children when they are missing. This does not reinforce the important messages staff give to children about their safety.

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

Staff support the children to manage their feelings and emotions positively. As a result, there has been no use of restraint and only a low use of consequences. However, when consequences are used, the records do not reflect children’ views and the effectiveness of the consequences used.

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

Managers make sure that staff who are recruited to work in the home are suitably vetted and checked. This reduces the risk of unsuitable people providing children’s care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home is managed by a suitably experienced and qualified registered manager who knows all the children very well. The registered manager has high expectations of herself and her staff team and wants the best outcomes for the children living in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager has good oversight of the home. They are aware of the impact of staff practice on children’s safety and welfare and the progress they make. The manager has a clear vision and plan for improving the quality of care provided to children and the skills and knowledge of staff. This is reflected through the home’s workforce development plan.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager has formed good working relationships with external partners. This enables different professionals to work together cohesively to benefit children. This also creates opportunities for the learning and development of all the staff and the manager. Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 5 There is ongoing recruitment to fill vacant posts. The vacancies are covered by staff from this home and the provider’s other services rather than using agency staff. This does not impact on the consistency of care children receive. There is a robust process in place to induct new staff into the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff morale is high. Staff feel supported and valued by the registered manager. They receive the right support to help them provide good care to the children through reflective practice-based supervision and training.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers inform external professionals and the regulator of serious events in a timely way. This enables external professionals and the regulatory to maintain oversight of how children are protected and safeguarded. Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 6

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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, 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, that when children are missing that staff look for them. Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(vii)(b) 27 September 2024

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the behaviour management strategy is understood and applied at all times by staff. In particular, that when sanctions are used that children’s views are recorded, and managers review the effectiveness of sanctions. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.34).

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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: SC002930 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Progressive Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 51 Attercliffe Common, Sheffield S9 2AE

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Inspectors

Honor Hamshaw, social care inspector Shirin Khan, social care inspector Inspection report for children's home: SC002930 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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