Children's Home run by Madiba Yorkshire Limited in Doncaster

Inspection report for children’s home: 2801419 1 Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire 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 owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for one child with a learning disability and social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in July 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

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2801419 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child living in the home is settling in well. The carefully planned transition into the home over several months has been instrumental in this achievement. This is because staff started to develop a relationship with the child and supported the child through their journey into the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is actively engaged in learning. The arrangements for the child to receive tuition in the home are working well. Staff support and encourage the child in their learning and ensure they have an established routine around this. In addition, staff work closely with the child’s tutor to support their learning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The staff are proactive in meeting the child’s health needs. The child is registered with a doctor and dentist. Staff work with health professionals to better understand the child’s health needs to ensure the child has access to specialist support services they may need.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work creatively with the child to help them make progress. Staff reward the child for positive behaviours and there is a reward system in place to provide incentives that the child enjoys. The staff review how well the child responds to this and look for other incentives and rewards to keep the child engaged.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s views and wishes are regularly sought and listened to. Staff work with the child and welcome their views and suggestions. When the child has made a complaint, the manager has taken steps to investigate. This helps the child feel valued and listened to.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support the child to spend time with their family and loved ones. This includes family visiting the child in the home and spending time together in the community. This helps the child stay connected to those people who are important to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is making progress in the brief time they have lived in the home. Professionals and staff are positive about the progress the child is making from their starting point. This provides assurances that staff are doing all they can to support the child.

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

The child receives a high level of supervision and support to keep them safe. This is supported by a legal framework for staff to put additional safety measures in place if necessary. Staff are provided with training to ensure they have the skills to understand how best to instil protective measures to ensure the child experiences the least restrictions to keep them safe.

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

Staff work with the child to help them understand their risks and vulnerabilities. Staff have conversations about important subjects, and this helps the child think about what Inspection report for children’s home: 2801419 3 they do and why. This is helping the child have safer experiences in the home and community.

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

Few physical interventions take place in the home. Staff use their skills to de-escalate situations to reduce the risk of physical holds taking place. Clear boundaries are in place and conversations take place so the child can discuss what has happened and how they have felt about this. Staff reassure the child that they want to help them to be safer.

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

The child has up-to-date risk assessments and plans. These provide details about the child’s known risks and vulnerabilities. The plans provide staff with clear directions on how to respond to the child to ensure they receive a consistent approach from staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home is managed by an experienced registered manager with support from a deputy. The manager knows the child well and has oversight of all records relating to the child. In addition, the manager has systems in place to monitor and review the quality of care the child receives.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are provided with training to develop their skills. Staff complete an induction programme when they start to work at the home. This includes completing mandatory training required to ensure they have the basic skills necessary. The manager commissions specific training for staff to enhance their development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers develop positive working relationships with external agencies to support the child. In addition, they access their therapeutic resources to provide specialist consultation for staff to support the child’s progress.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Safer recruitment practices are in place. This ensures that only adults who are safe to do so are welcomed to work in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Not all staff receive regular reflective supervision. Although new starters are expected to receive supervision more frequently, this does not always happen. When supervision does take place, the quality of this can be poor and does not evidence that staff are given the time to have reflective conversations.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Records made for the child are not always accurate. Incorrect information, such as the time an incident occurred, or another child’s details, was seen on the child’s records. This means the child does not have an accurate record of their time in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager does not keep a record of all adults who come into the home. Staff from a linked home access the home regularly and there is no log maintained for safeguarding or fire safety reasons. The leaders and managers accept that only staff working on shift should be entering the home and a record of others entering the home will be maintained. Inspection report for children’s home: 2801419 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 registered person must ensure that all employees—

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Requirement Due date

receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(b)) 19 December 2024

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that:

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Requirement Due date

 any adults entering the home sign in and a log entry is held

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Requirement Due date

 children’s records have accurate dates and correct information recorded. 19 December 2024

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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: 2801419 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: One City West, Gelderd Road, Leeds LS12 6NJ

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Children’s home details

Registered manager: Jessica Corrales-Ruiz

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Inspector

Joanne Wallis, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2801419 6 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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