Children's home run by Sunrise Hill Care North Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home: 2718094 1 Registered provider: Sunrise Hill Care Ltd

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately run children’s home provides care for up to six children with emotional and social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There were three children living at the home at the time of this inspection. The registered manager left in March 2024. A new manager started at the home in April 2024 and has applied to Ofsted to be registered.

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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

Date of last inspection: 18 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: 2718094 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

18/10/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2718094 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make good progress during the time they are living at the home. They receive a good quality of care where their individual needs are met.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to participate in a range of activities. Children are consulted through house meetings and in general conversations. They enjoy time with the staff. For example, in the house, the children and staff enjoy playing board games together.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to maintain family relationships. Staff have good relationships with family members. One parent said, ‘The home are doing a really good job, and they can’t thank them enough for caring for my child the way they do.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children and staff create digital memory books. This work focuses on the positive experiences children encounter while living in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have access to a range of support services for their physical and emotional well-being. Children are registered with all relevant health services and supported to attend appointments.

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

Staff have a good understanding of children’s needs. Staff can identify and analyse risk.

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

Staff respond swiftly when children go missing from the home. When children return home, the staff will spend time with them to understand the risks that they may have encountered when they were missing from home. When concerns arise, staff are quick to escalate these concerns to the placing local authority and, when necessary, the police.

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

Children feel safe and enjoy living in the home. All members of staff attend a range of training to support them to understand the risks that children can face and how to look for early signs that a child may be vulnerable to harm.

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

The home feels warm and homely. There has been a period of building work carried out to improve the children’s living space. This has created a beautiful space for the children to enjoy.

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

Children are supported to understand their behaviour and how this can impact on themselves and others. Children are rewarded for positive behaviour, and this helps to increase their self-esteem. Inspection report for children’s home: 2718094 4 The registered manager ensures that staff are thoroughly vetted before they start to work with children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers have high expectations of their staff. Leaders are good at evaluating their work and setting realistic targets to drive continued improvement. As a result, leaders understand the progress that children are making and where further development of the home is needed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers use a range of monitoring and quality assurance tools to review documents. This helps them to be assured that children’s individual needs are being met. When key documentation is missing from a child’s records, the manager takes effective action to secure these essential documents.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff supervisions and appraisals are of good quality and show reflective learning and development. These are completed in line with the statement of purpose.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The new manager is aspirational and supports children to achieve positive outcomes. In the short period of time the manager has been in post, they have been quick to create an ethos of care that is reflective, accountable and responsive to the needs of children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

No requirements or recommendations were raised at this inspection. Inspection report for children’s home: 2718094 5

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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: 2718094 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Sunrise Hill Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 180 Muswell Hill Road, London N10 3NG

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Stellakis Miltiadous

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Inspector

Helen Daniel, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2718094 7 regulates and inspects 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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Inspector

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