Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in East Riding of Yorkshire

Inspection report for children’s home: SC457308 1 SC457308 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare 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

The home is owned and managed by a private provider. The home provides care for up to five children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. At the time of inspection, one child was living in the home. One child was spoken to as part of the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in February 2013 and is suitably skilled and qualified.

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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

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: SC457308 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

10/08/2023 Full Good 08/06/2022 Full Good 15/02/2022 Interim Improved effectiveness 02/06/2021 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home: SC457308 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child who resides in the home and the child who recently left the home have formed positive relationships with staff. The child in the home feels comfortable approaching staff for support and enjoys spending time with them. This helps the child to feel supported and safe.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Professionals state that the child in the home has made progress, with one professional saying that the staff at the home have supported the child to experience safe relationships. While the child has only lived at the home for a few weeks, they have started to have positive experiences and make progress. For example, the child has already joined a local football club, in line with their wishes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s wishes and feelings are heard and acted on where possible, and the child is encouraged to be part of the planning and decisions in their lives. Staff support the child in attending meetings and contributing to their plans. This promotes the rights of the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have supported the child to see their friends multiple times a week despite a considerable geographical distance. Staff have supported the child to have their friend sleepover at the home, which helped the child to settle into the home and feel more comfortable. This promotes the social and emotional well-being of the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure that they understand the child’s preferred emotional support techniques. They research and learn these so they can practice them with the child. Staff regularly access the in-house clinical team’s support, who offer advice for children’s specific emotional needs and behaviour support. This helps to meet the emotional needs of the child.

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

The child’s health needs are met. Staff have a detailed knowledge of the child’s health needs and support them with reasonable adjustments and taking medication. Regular key-working sessions around the importance of good health are completed. This helps children to improve their physical health.

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

The manager and staff’s ability to gather information relating to specific safeguarding concerns is comprehensive. The staff access multiple agencies for support to form a comprehensive risk assessment for the child. They use this to protect and support the child in line with their needs and the home’s therapeutic framework.

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

Staff ensure that there is a swift and coordinated approach when a child goes missing from the home, in line with that child’s safety plan. Return-home interviews are always offered, and the child is supported after the event to talk about it in a safe space. Inspection report for children’s home: SC457308 4 Professionals involved in the care of the child are informed, and a detailed recording of the chronology of the event is listed in the home’s records.

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

Physical restraint is rarely used in the home, despite some challenging behaviours. This demonstrates the staff’s ability to use alternative ways to engage and stabilise the child without impacting their rights and liberties.

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

One child has recently left the home and moved on to semi-independent living. While residing here, the child did not always stay at the home and often went out overnight and did not return for some time which meant that staff were limited in the support and work they could do with the child. Despite this, staff visited the child almost daily at their location to ensure that their medical, physical and emotional needs were met. Staff persevered to support the child’s safety and well-being.

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

Incidents in the home are well managed and recorded. There is evidence of staff managing safeguarding concerns to ensure the safety of the child. Staff ensure that the children’s risk assessments are followed. However, a risk assessment for the child has not considered the risk that a local location may pose for them, and this may impact staff’s ability to protect them if they were to leave the home and attend this location.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The staff team has remained stable since the last inspection, and this provides continuity of care to the child to help them feel safe and secure.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has comprehensive oversight of the home and completes monthly auditing using tools to assess progress and development. The home has monthly audits by senior management from which recommendations are promptly acted on. This supports the overall development of the home and staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive regular, quality supervisions, which inform their development. If an incident occurs, ‘spot supervisions’ are utilised to better understand a situation and support staff to reflect on their practice and learning. This helps staff to continually develop in their role to support the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff work with the in-house clinical team to access mental health advice, training and guidance to support the child in the home. Regular clinical consultations and meetings are held, which staff find to be useful. Staff can speak specifically about the child’s needs to gain professional advice on how to embed techniques into practice. This supports staff to have further knowledge of how best to help the child in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager demonstrates good leadership qualities. She ensures that recordings and information are detailed, updated and evidenced. The manager has a good understanding of events in the home and the child’s life. Staff say that the manager is supportive and always has time for them. However, notifications of safeguarding concerns are not consistently sent in a timely matter to the regulator, which may reduce the oversight available on such incidents. Inspection report for children’s home: SC457308 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should have a system in place so that all serious events are notified, within 24 hours, to the appropriate people. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 63, paragraph 14.13)

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Recommendations

 Staff should continually and actively assess the risks to each child and the arrangements in place to protect them, specifically regarding locations in the area that may pose a risk. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 42, paragraph 9.5)

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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: SC457308 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 1AG

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Susan Fitzsimmons

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Inspector

Ladean Wilson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC457308 7 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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