Children's Home run by Care 4 Every Child Limited in Tameside

Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child 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

The home is run by a private organisation and is registered to care for up to four children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been in post since 4 June 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 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: 13 September 2023

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/09/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 12/04/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

There were four children living at the home at the time of the inspection. Three were present during the inspection, and were spoken to by the inspector. Since the last inspection, two children have moved out of the home to semi-independence.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is beautifully decorated, well presented and maintained. Children’s bedrooms are personalised to help them feel settled and comfortable in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s learning is important. Leaders, managers and staff advocate for children to attend school. While waiting for a school place, staff ensure that children receive tutoring at home. Staff understand that gaps in attendance can result in developmental delay. Because of this, they continue to advocate for children to receive additional support outside of term time. During the inspection, one child was taking part in home tutoring, in preparation for returning to school in September.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are helped to practise their religion and culture. For example, staff created a space in the home for one child to pray privately. In addition, children are taken to purchase food in line with their heritage. This helps children maintain their identity.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to attend routine health appointments. When they are unwell, staff help them access medical treatment. However, there is no evidence that leaders, managers and staff have worked with children to educate them about the risks associated with vaping.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s views are captured in a variety of ways. They attend children’s meetings and are encouraged to complete monthly consultations where they can give their opinion about the care they receive.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

However, leaders, managers and staff have not consistently ensured that they have met the communication needs of one child who speaks English as an additional language. This limits the child’s ability to express their views about their care. Furthermore, it is unclear from the records when children’s requests have been addressed by leaders and managers.

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

Health and safety checks of the home take place regularly. Where risks associated with children being in the community are identified, leaders and managers ensure that they are closely supervised. This ensures that children are protected in and out of the home.

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

Staff respond effectively when children go missing. They actively search for children and work with safeguarding professionals to locate them quickly. When children return home, Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 4 leaders and managers ensure that they have an opportunity to speak to an independent person about why they went missing.

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

Staff applying to work at the home are checked and vetted as part of the recruitment process. This reduces the risk of children being cared for by harmful people.

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

Risk management plans are detailed and clear to follow. Staff understand risks associated with children and steps they can take to protect them. However, records show that leaders, managers and staff do not always proactively work with children to educate them about the risks surrounding their behaviour.

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

Staff use a variety of de-escalation techniques effectively to manage behavioural incidents. Restraint practice is used as a last resort. Incidents are well documented and reviewed by the manager, and include discussions with staff and the child. However, it is unclear when the discussion with the child takes place.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The management arrangements have changed since the last full inspection. The previous registered manager left her role in November 2023. The current manager assumed the role as the home’s manager shortly afterwards, and registered with Ofsted in June 2024. She is suitably qualified and experienced.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff supervision takes place regularly. The meetings are child-focused and used to develop the practice of new and existing staff members. For example, staff are given safeguarding scenarios by leaders and managers and asked how they would respond to these.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are supported to deliver high standards of care for children. They speak highly of the manager’s commitment to their own personal development. They receive training to meet children’s individual needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Team meetings are used effectively to share information and review the care afforded to each child. Leaders and managers also use this as an opportunity to share good practice around keeping children safe. For example, during one meeting the manager reminded staff about the importance of checking the identity of people who visit the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has maintained effective relationships with professionals to ensure that concerns about the safety and well-being of children are quickly resolved. Feedback from partners is that leaders, managers and staff communicate well and keep them updated on the children’s progress.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has good oversight of the home. She reviews incidents to make sure that staff have managed these appropriately, and makes good use of internal and external monitoring systems to ensure that good practice is followed. However, the manager has not acted in accordance with legislation by submitting the manager’s quality of care Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 5 review report within the expected time frame. This limits the regulator’s oversight of the home. Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 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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The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives.

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

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ascertain and consider each child’s views, wishes and feelings, and balance these against what they judge to be in the child’s best interests when making decisions about the child’s care and welfare;

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help each child to express views, wishes and feelings;

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help each child to understand how the child’s views, wishes and feelings have been taken into account and give the child reasons for decisions in relation to the child;

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regularly consult children, and seek their feedback, about the quality of the home’s care;

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is enabled to provide feedback to, and raise issues with, a relevant person about the support and services that the child receives;

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(Regulation 7 (1)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(b)(i)(iii)) 27 September 2024 Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 7 In particular, leaders and managers should ensure that children who speak English as an additional language have access to an interpreter to help them clearly communicate their wishes and feelings.

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Furthermore, leaders and managers should ensure that children receive a response to any requests they make about their care.

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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

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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

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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child’s behaviour, in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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communicate to each child expectations about the child’s behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship.

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(Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)) 27 September 2024 Inspection report for children’s home: 2641768 8 In particular, leaders and managers should ensure that children learn about the health risks of vaping. In addition, leaders, managers and staff should ensure that children learn about child sexual exploitation and the risks associated with this.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months.

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Requirement Due date

supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed.

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In particular, ensure that the regulation 45 report is submitted to the regulator in the required timescales. 27 September 2024

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that debriefs with the child and staff following a physical intervention include the date when the debrief took place. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 50, paragraph 9.60)

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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: 2641768 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Allen Mills Howard & Co, Library Chambers, 48 Union Street, Hyde SK14 1ND

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Angela Hodgkinson

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Inspector

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