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Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Youth Hubz 1 Youth Hubz

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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provider

This supported accommodation service is owned and managed by a private provider. The service provides up to 27 placements for children. Some are in self-contained units that are available for the sole use of one person and are limited to accommodating looked after children and care leavers. Other children live in shared accommodation for looked after children or care leavers only.

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provider

At the time of this monitoring visit, this service provided supported accommodation for 18 children aged 16 to 17.

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provider

The service manager registered with Ofsted in January 2024.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted carried out this monitoring visit in response to concerns regarding the implementation of children’s support plans, the help and protection of children and the leadership and management of the service.

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This monitoring visit

Staff know the children well. They help the children to create and follow individual support plans. Together, staff and children regularly review the children’s targets and their progress to date. The effectiveness of these plans and children’s progress is varied. For example, when children’s needs are high, staff respond by providing higher levels of support. For some children, their needs are too high for a supported accommodation service, and a reduction in the care and support that children need to keep them safe cannot be achieved. For children who are appropriately placed, they make good progress and their support levels reduce as they become more independent. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Youth Hubz 2 The referral and planning process for children coming to live with this provider is not effective. Leaders and managers do not seek sufficient information about the needs

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This monitoring visit

of some children before they are admitted. As a result, children’s placements end when their needs cannot be met. This is a negative experience for children who have already experienced multiple placement moves. Leaders and managers are aware that placement planning is an area of service development. They are starting to make changes to improve the referral and planning process, but these are in their infancy and cannot yet be assessed.

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This monitoring visit

There is an established staffing structure in place. The nominated individual and the registered service manager now take a more strategic role in overseeing admissions and the running of the service. Three additional managers supervise the daily running of the provision, working closely with children and staff.

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This monitoring visit

Staff said that they are well supported in their role by leaders and managers. They feel able to talk to managers and senior staff about their training and development needs. Staff receive regular formal supervision that helps them to talk about their work and the support that the children need. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Youth Hubz 3

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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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and the ‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The support standard is that children receive individual and tailored support that meets their needs.

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Requirement Due date

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

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ensure that plans for support are based on initial referral information, are meaningful and are created in full consultation with the child, taking account of relevant plans for the child;

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Requirement Due date

keep the child’s support under review, taking into consideration the plans for support, and relevant plans, to ensure that the child’s needs continue to be met and that the child is kept safe; and

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Requirement Due date

engage and work with the accommodating authority if the registered person has concerns or if the child’s support needs to be changed, including where that change may mean that the child requires more intensive support. (Regulation 7 (1) (2)(b)(c)(f))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that all relevant information is known and considered about a child before their admission. 30 September 2024

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to follow up information received by Ofsted and/or to ensure that the supported accommodation provider was complying with regulation.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Youth Hubz 4

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider address: Thorpe House, 61 Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley, Pudsey LS28 7EL

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered service manager: Andrew Lewis

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Inspector

Jamie Richardson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Youth Hubz 5 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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