Children's Home run by Midas Manors Ltd in Bradford

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 1 Registered provider: Midas Manors Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework.

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for up to two children who may have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in October 2024.

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Information about this children’s home

There was one child living in the home at the time of this visit.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 11 and 12 September 2024. The inspectors found shortfalls and regulatory breaches. No compliance notices were issued, but requirements were made under Regulations 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 25, 32, 33 and 40.

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This monitoring visit

Since the full inspection, one child has moved out of the home.

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The child living in the home has trusted and secure relationships with staff. The child said that the staff ‘genuinely care about me and help me if I have any problems’. Additionally, the child says that they feel safe.

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Staff support children to be healthy through access to routine and specialist health appointments. This includes seeking medical attention when a child accidentally burnt themselves. Furthermore, children have a balanced and nutritious diet.

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Staff support the child to make progress with their education. As a result, the child is now attending college. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 2 There have been two incidents where a child went missing from the home. In both instances, staff took appropriate action to ensure the child’s safe return, and the manager notified the regulator in a timely way. However, the child did not have the opportunity to speak to someone independent. This is a missed opportunity to assess the child’s welfare and to try and understand the reasons for them going missing.

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This monitoring visit

Since the full inspection, there have been changes to the leadership and management of the home. The manager has now registered with Ofsted and a new responsible individual has oversight of the home. The responsible individual has introduced new systems to improve the management oversight of the home. These changes are in their infancy and there is still work to be done, such as ensuring that the views of the children’s parents are sought to gather feedback on the quality of the care provided to children.

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This monitoring visit

In addition, the responsible individual has introduced an induction programme for staff and is due to undertake an audit of safer recruitment checks. Although these are positive steps to address some of the shortfalls identified at the full inspection, it is too early to assess the impact of these new systems.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager speaks highly of the new responsible individual and the support that she is providing to him and the staff team. Furthermore, staff describe an improvement in staff morale and confidence in the leadership and management of the home. Staff are now working as a team. The staff welcome the training that has been introduced, as this is supporting them with their professional development and their ability to meet the needs of the child living in the home.

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This monitoring visit

In addition, the assessment of the suitability of the location of the home contains gaps in information. This does not help staff to keep children safe in the home and while in the community.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has an action plan to continue the improvement work in this home. Following a case review on 12 November 2024, it was agreed that the manager and responsible individual have taken adequate steps to safeguard and protect the welfare of the child living in the home. The requirements made at the last inspection are outside of the scope of this visit, if they were not reviewed. These will be reviewed at the next inspection.’ Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/09/2024 Full Inadequate 31/05/2023 Full Good 25/10/2022 Full Good 29/11/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 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 with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

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. (Regulation 7 (1)(c) (2)(a)(i))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 5 January 2025

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The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child's relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child; and

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that the home's day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(b)) 5 January 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 5 In particular, strategies to keep children safe that are agreed at the admission stage should be recorded in the children's risk assessments. The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that—

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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home; and

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(c)(f)(h))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 5 January 2025

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The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home. (Regulation 14 (1) (a)(b))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 5 January 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 6 After consultation with the fire and rescue authority, the registered person must—

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ensure, by means of fire drills and practices at suitable intervals, that persons working at the home and, so far as reasonably practicable, children are aware of the procedure to be followed in case of fire. (Regulation 25 (1)(d))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 5 January 2025

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The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home, if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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the individual is of integrity and good character;

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the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform;

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the individual is mentally and physically fit for the purposes of the work that the individual is to perform; and

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full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(a)(b)(c)(d))

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that checks that help them to determine a person’s suitability are completed prior to them starting work at the home.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 5 January 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 7

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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: 2573447 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 19 Poplars Park Road, Bradford BD2 1DU

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Inspector

Shirin Khan, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2573447 9 regulates and inspects 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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