Children's Home run by Gims Care Solution LTD in Essex

Inspection report for children’s home: 2728656 1 Registered provider: Gims Care Solution Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a small private organisation. It provides care for up to three children who experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in April 2024.

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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 requires improvement to be good

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good

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

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good

Date of last inspection: 10 October 2023

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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: 2728656 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

10/10/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2728656 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Since the last inspection, one child has left the home. This was in a planned way and the child had a leaving party. At the time of this inspection, two children were living at the home. They are both making good progress. One child has lived in the home for over a year. The other child moved in almost four months ago. One child was spoken to during the inspection.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work hard to provide a pleasant living environment for the children. All areas throughout the home are well maintained and have modern decor. Children take pride in their bedrooms and have items they have built displayed on their shelves.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have built trusting relationships with staff. One child, who came to the home straight from hospital, is forming positive attachments with staff and being supported to try new things to help with their emotional well-being.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have excellent weekly meetings. The staff and the manager cover different topics with children, such as healthy relationships, financial literacy, conflict resolution, and goals and aspirations. The meetings often involve role-play scenarios where objectives are set. Children engage positively and commit fully to the agendas.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to do well in education. A child who arrived at the home over a year ago could not read or write and had been out of education for over a year. Since then, the child has received several awards, including entry level 2 in English and mathematics. An educational professional said, ‘[Name of child]’s handwriting is improving all the time, and their reading is coming on too because they are supported with this at the home.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported with their choices and identity. One child is offered enjoyable activities that are planned but chooses time on their scooter and practising tricks on their bike with friends. The other child’s preferred activity is using games consoles. However, they are now starting to leave the house more and have recently visited a forest where they built a large shelter with staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children with their health needs. When required, the manager makes sure that children attend relevant appointments. When children are anxious about attending appointments, the manager is responsive and creative. For example, the manager arranged for an optician and a barber to visit children in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff celebrate children’s achievements. Photos of the children at events, achieving personal goals and carrying out tasks are displayed on the office wall. This provides children with a good visual reminder of positive experiences. Inspection report for children’s home: 2728656 4

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

Children are safer due to living at the home. Staff respond quickly when children go missing from the home. They work well with outside agencies to locate children and bring them home quickly and safely. One child arrived with a significant history of going missing from home and other vulnerabilities. These risks have significantly reduced since moving to the home.

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

Staff manage incidents well. Physical intervention techniques are only used when necessary to keep everyone safe. Staff ensure that children are spoken to after an incident. Staff have debrief sessions to look at lessons learned to improve future practice.

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

Children feel safe at the home. One child said that they have been able to do what they wanted in previous homes, with little rules. However, they said that the rules in this home are strict, but they understand that this is to keep them safe.

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

Children know how to raise concerns. One child spoke confidently about reporting any concerns to management.

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

Staff use appropriate consequences to help children learn from decisions that result in damage to property or issues in the community. Staff support children with effective forms of restorative practice.

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

The manager is highly qualified and has vast experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings. They have been in post for six months and have close support from the responsible individual. The management team now includes an experienced deputy manager.

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

Leadership and management are not yet consistently good. The relationship between the manager and the deputy is in its infancy, and there have been some issues in relation to setting boundaries, which could be confusing for the children and lead to inconsistencies in the team. Plans are in place to address this.

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

On occasions, the manager has not notified Ofsted of incidents as required. Therefore, incidents have not had the level of external scrutiny required to ensure that appropriate action has been taken to keep children safe.

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

The manager has not sent the most up-to-date statement of purpose to Ofsted, which includes information regarding the new management team. This has reduced the potential for Ofsted to provide routine external scrutiny of the arrangements in the home.

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

When children are making progress, and risks are reducing, their plans are not always updated to reflect this progress. Consequently, the records portray a less positive picture Inspection report for children’s home: 2728656 5 of the children than they should. This does not help children or external professionals to recognise and celebrate the progress children have made.

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

Staff receive regular and effective supervision. Staff spoken to said that they feel this is very important for their learning and development and use this space to talk confidently about sensitive issues. Supervisors address issues sensitively and professionally to ensure that learning takes place.

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

Team meetings are frequent, effective and well attended. Those who cannot be there in person join virtually, and the meetings are well structured with clear agendas. This enables all staff to raise issues and ideas to improve the home. Inspection report for children’s home: 2728656 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, 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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Requirement Due date

there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(e)) 30 August 2024

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Requirement Due date

keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and

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Requirement Due date

notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(a)(b)) 30 August 2024

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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

are kept up to date. (Regulation 36 (1)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that behaviour management plans are updated to reflect children’s progress. 30 August 2024

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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: 2728656 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Gims Care Solution Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Office 10, The Old Courthouse, Orsett Road, Grays, Essex RM17 5DD

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Inspector

Dan Williams, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2728656 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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