Children's home run by Lily Residential Services Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2650947 1 Registered provider: Lily Residential Services Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home may only provide care and accommodation for up to two children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There is a manager appointed to this home who has applied to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home had a three-month condition imposed in December 2023, as it had not admitted any children since 27 October 2023, when the home became vacant. This monitoring visit was undertaken as the provider notified Ofsted of its intention to accommodate a child.

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This monitoring visit

The home is located near a train station, close to the town centre. Leaders and managers have reflected that the home is not suitable for children with an increased risk of exploitation due to these factors and are being more prescriptive about the needs of children they can successfully care for.

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This monitoring visit

The home environment remains suitable for children. The provider has made changes to the property, such as creating an open-plan dining and living area, allowing more space for children downstairs. Other modifications have been made as well as freshening up the interior. The home is now a blank canvas for the new manager and child to personalise.

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This monitoring visit

In the short time the new manager has been in post, he has spent time in the company’s sister homes, learning the policies and practices and getting to know the staff. There are support plans in place for the new manager and for the team to become established in the home. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2650947 2 The provider’s intention is for a child, who is currently living in a sister home, to move to this property as a solo placement. This will allow for staff that the child is familiar with to become the permanent team at this home. The new manager has also had the opportunity to meet and start building a relationship with the child ahead of the move.

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This monitoring visit

Training specific to the child’s needs has been identified and planned for the coming months to ensure all the team members are working to the same standard and with the same knowledge base.

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This monitoring visit

There will be one vacant post, which will initially be filled by internal agency staff who are also familiar with the child, as well as the manager and assistant manager covering some shifts. As the home will be accommodating just one child, this can be managed with minimal impact on the child.

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This monitoring visit

No requirements have been made. Recommendations from the previous inspection will remain and be looked at once the home has reopened and the child has moved in. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2650947 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/09/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2650947 4

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What does the children’s home need to do to improve?

 The registered person should ensure that the home is a nurturing and supportive environment that meets the needs of their children, they will, in most cases, be homely, domestic environments. Children’s homes must comply with relevant health and safety legislations (alarms, food hygiene etc.); however, in doing so, homes should seek as far as possible to maintain a domestic rather than ‘institutional’ impression. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15 paragraph 3.9)  The registered person should ensure that the home’s records on each child represent a significant contribution to their life history. Children and their parents should be supported to understand the nature of records kept by the home and how to access them. Staff should understand their important role in encouraging the child to reflect on and understand their history, according to their age and understanding. Staff should keep and encourage children to

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What does the children’s home need to do to improve?

keep appropriate memorabilia of the time spent living at the home and help them record significant life events. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62 paragraph 14.5)  The registered person should ensure that records, which may be kept electronically, (regulation 38) provided that this information can be easily accessed by anyone with a legitimate need to view it and, if required, be reproduced in a legible form. Electronic records should be held at the individual home in accordance with data protection principles. IT systems should ensure the safe storage of these records and business continuity planning should be in place to prevent loss or damage to them. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, Page 61 paragraph 14.2)

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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: 2650947 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Lily Residential Services Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Spirare Ltd, Mey House, Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3QY

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Inspector

Katie Ratcliffe, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2650947 6 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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