Children's Home run by Panache Care Limited in Derbyshire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2776085 1 Registered provider: Panache Care Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned by a private provider. It offers care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is led by a registered manager.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, two children were living in the home.

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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: not previously inspected

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: not applicable Inspection report for children’s home: 2776085 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Both children living in the home were spoken to as part of the inspection.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work hard to develop good relationships with children’s families. This is important because it means that children get to spend time with those who are important to them and maintain these relationships. This provides children with a continued sense of identity. One family member said that staff always make them feel welcome.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff know the children well and spend time listening to them. This helps the children to express themselves. Children receive emotional warmth from staff who are respectful towards them. Consequently, children feel listened to, which helps to build strong bonds between the children and staff. However, the environment does not yet reflect that of a family home. It lacks warmth and does not reflect the children living there.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s educational progress is a priority for staff and the manager. One child is attending education and there are good working relationships between staff and the school to help the child make progress. Staff are supporting another child, who is not yet in education. They are helping the child to understand the importance of attending school and are working with external professional agencies to achieve the best educational placement for the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to understand the importance of good health. The manager continues to seek advice from external professional services when children do not want to engage in external services. The manager and staff work collaboratively with these agencies to help children access the right physical and emotional health services.

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

Staff rarely resort to holding children when they display challenging behaviours. When holding children is necessary, it is proportionate and appropriate to keep the child safe. Children are spoken to by staff or the manager following being held. This is to obtain their views about the incident and to provide them with a debrief. However, the recording following these incidents lacks the required clarity. This has the potential to hinder the ability of external agencies to review incidents and ensure that actions taken are appropriate. This is an area for development.

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

Staff carry out individual work with the children. However, details in the records are not always consistent. This does not always reflect the work being carried out with children. The manager has identified this as an area for development. This will ensure that staff practice is consistent and children’s voices are continually captured in records following individual sessions. Inspection report for children’s home: 2776085 3 Effective plans are in place if children go missing from the home. When children go missing, external professionals are notified. The child’s family is also notified. Staff search the local area and contact the police if necessary. Staff review and amend children’s risk assessments following any missing-from-home incidents. Staff will talk to children when they return home. This allows children to explain why they went missing and helps external professionals to understand what needs to be put in place to prevent

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

The manager has effective links with external safeguarding agencies. The manager challenges other external agencies when the best outcomes for children are not achieved. This has resulted in additional support in the home due to one child’s increased risk of self-harm. One professional said that the staff and managers have ‘not given up’ on a child.

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

The manager takes appropriate actions when allegations are made against staff. These are shared with appropriate external agencies without delay. This ensures that children remain safe in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has oversight of the home. However, regular quality assurance auditing processes are yet to be embedded. The manager is aware of areas for development and has plans in place to address these. The leadership team has appointed an external person to come to the home to provide additional independent scrutiny. The manager acknowledges the need for oversight to be clearly evidenced on records.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home is located in an area that is close to main roads. The home’s risk assessment does not reflect the localised risk from this road. This places new children and staff joining the home in a vulnerable position as they are not aware of these risks.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is aware of the importance of careful recruitment. Staff working in the home are suitably vetted and safe to work with children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and responsible individual provide staff with continued support. The manager focuses on staff well-being, especially following any incidents. Staff are provided with space to reflect on their emotional well-being individually and during group discussions. Children’s risks and needs are discussed in reflective sessions; however, safeguarding is not regularly discussed in staff supervision meetings. This does not allow staff the opportunity to reflect on their practice. This is an area for development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive training in safeguarding. They undertake training which is appropriate to the needs of the children. This helps staff to understand children’s risks and vulnerabilities. Staff are committed to the care and protection of the children. Inspection report for children’s home: 2776085 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

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

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

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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)(c)(i)(ii))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to ensuring that a homely environment is maintained. The registered person should ensure that any maintenance issues or damages are addressed in a timely manner. 24 January 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must review the appropriateness and suitability of the location of the premises used for the purposes of the children’s home at least once in each calendar year taking into account the requirement in regulation 12(2)(c) (the protection of children standard).

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Requirement Due date

When conducting the review, the registered person must consult, and take into account the views of, each relevant person. (Regulation 46 (1) (2)) 28 February 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2776085 5 This specifically relates to ensuring that the home’s risk assessment reflects the risks associated with the main roads that are close to the home.

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that all staff receive supervision of their practice, ensuring that individual supervision with each staff considers safeguarding concerns for the children. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.2)  The registered person should ensure that there is clear recording when a child has been spoken to following restraint and that records are easily accessible to the staff and the child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)  The registered person should keep records when incidents of restraint are reviewed and when there has been learning from these. The reviews should consistently be recorded. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’, pages 49, paragraph 9.59)

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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: 2776085 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Flat A, Ashton Court, 1 Oxford Road, Aylesbury HP19 8ER

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Inspectors

Jess Baines, Social Care Inspector Caroline Hose, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2776085 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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