Children's Home run by Beacon Childcare Ltd in Birmingham

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2516553 1 Registered provider: Beacon Childcare Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

A private provider operates the home. This home provides care for up to four children with a variety of complex needs.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager holds a level 5 qualification in leadership and management and is registered with Ofsted.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this visit, one child was living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

On 26 and 27 June 2024 a full inspection of the home was carried out. The home was judged to be inadequate. There were significant concerns regarding risk management around self-harm, resulting in a compliance notice being issued in relation to regulation 12. In addition, there were significant concerns around care planning decisions, staff training and monitoring, which resulted in a compliance notice being issued in relation to regulation 13. A restriction of accommodation notice was also issued to ensure that no new children come to live at the home until the improvements have been made. Due to the urgency of the actions required to meet regulation 12, a short time frame was set to complete them. This monitoring visit was carried out to assess whether the provider has taken all the actions required to satisfy the steps in the compliance notice for regulation 12 only.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have taken steps to improve management of self-harm risks. The child’s plan now contains clear information about these risks and the strategies to manage them. In addition, discussions and training have taken place with the staff team to bolster their knowledge. Staff now demonstrate a better understanding, which helps to inform their management of risks related to self- harm. There have been no incidents of self-harm since the full inspection. As a Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2516553 2 result, steps in the compliance notice issued in relation to regulation 12, around managing self-harm risks, have been met.

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This monitoring visit

However, this improvement needs to be replicated when managing other areas of risk. For example, on the evening before the monitoring visit, the child had been involved in an incident when they were not safe online. Staff had not followed the child’s plan, and this had allowed the child to access social media and share personal images which placed them at risk.

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This monitoring visit

It is considered safe for the child to have free time in the community, yet staff are required to closely supervise the child and carry out regular welfare checks when they are in the home with staff. This is a confusing message to staff and the child. More thought needs to be given to the interplay between different risks and how to manage these in a clear and consistent manner.

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This monitoring visit

Staff’s monitoring of the home environment has improved. Daily checks are now more comprehensive and staff are clear about items that need to be removed to keep the child safe from harm. The manager’s oversight of the home environment has also improved, and they carry out their own walk around the home to verify the checks that have been completed.

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This monitoring visit

Regulations 14, 6 and 11 are restated as the due date has not passed, and these will be considered at the next inspection. Regulation 12, the protection of children standard, is raised again because, while managers have addressed some issues, shortfalls remain in understanding and managing all known risks relating to the child. The compliance notice for regulation 13 was not reviewed because the due date has not passed. Because of this, and the improvements needed in wider risk management, a decision was made for the restriction notice to remain in place. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2516553 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

26/06/2024 Full Inadequate 10/07/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 07/06/2022 Full Good 11/04/2022 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2516553 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 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

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of harm to the child. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was raised at the last inspection and is repeated. 25 August 2024

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Requirement Due date

*The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that—

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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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Requirement Due date

understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home;

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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c)(f)(h)) 25 August 2024 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2516553 5 The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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Requirement Due date

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)(b)(ii)(c)(i)(ii)) 25 August 2024

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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Requirement Due date

have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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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

that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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Requirement Due date

that each child’s relevant plans are followed. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(c)) 25 August 2024

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Requirement Due date

The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and 25 August 2024 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2516553 6 positive responses to other children and adults.

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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

meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

de-escalate confrontations with or between children, or potentially violent behaviour. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(xi))

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Requirement Due date

*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice.

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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: 2516553 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Beacon Childcare Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Beacon Childcare Ltd, 28 Phoenix Business Park, Avenue Close, Birmingham B7 4NU

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Inspectors

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Inspectors

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