Children's Home run by Care 2 Share 2 Ltd in Redbridge

Inspection report for children’s home: SC052946 1 SC052946 Registered provider: Care 2 Share 2 Ltd Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately run home provides care for up to five children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered with Ofsted in 2003. The manager registered with Ofsted in May 2018 and is suitably qualified.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, three children were living at the home. Another child had recently moved back to the care of their parent.

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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: SC052946 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

19/03/2024 Full Good 27/02/2023 Full Good 22/02/2022 Full Good 10/02/2020 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: SC052946 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have a sense of belonging in the home. They benefit from a homely environment that is aesthetically welcoming and maintained to a high standard.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff and children have positive relationships. Staff provide children with consistent engagement, support and nurture. When new children move into the home, they receive a warm welcome and where possible, have a choice of bedroom. One child commented that staff were nice.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make steady progress from their starting points. Staff set achievable goals and offer incentives to encourage children to engage. Children are supported to develop skills around their behaviour and relationships. One child has recently returned to parental care with ongoing support from staff. The parent has highly praised the management of this reunification.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children engage well in key-work sessions, discussing topics such as relationships, keeping safe, personal hygiene, identity and school attendance. Staff encourage children to express their thoughts, feelings and wishes. This makes them feel listened to and valued.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The registered manager and staff encourage children to participate in positive activities in the home and in the community. All children enjoy participating in cooking sessions. However, children’s engagement with other activities is variable. Two children have recently been introduced to playing pool.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have access to education, but their school attendance can vary. Staff are committed to encouraging education, highlighting the importance of daily attendance. The registered manager and staff work closely with the headteacher of the virtual school to ensure that children maintain their education. One child will soon be returning to full- time education in a mainstream school.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are in good health. Staff support children to seek medical attention and attend routine and specialist health appointments. Staff build good relationships with health professionals to ensure that children’s health is promoted. Care plans clearly include children’s diagnoses and health needs. These recorded details assist the staff to understand the impact of their decisions on children’s daily lives.

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

Children trust staff and openly express their wishes. Staff promptly raise concerns to the relevant partnership agencies to reduce and mitigate risks. Communication is regular and child-centred. Inspection report for children’s home: SC052946 4 When children go missing from the home, the staff follow the correct protocols. There has been a considerable reduction in children going missing since the last inspection.

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

Incident reports are detailed and demonstrate that de-escalation techniques are effectively applied. However, these do not always have management oversight. Behaviour support plans do not always provide enough information to enable staff to be attuned to children’s behaviour.

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

Staff ensure that risk assessments capture risks that are relevant to children. However, risk assessments do not take full account of children’s backgrounds and past trauma. There is not enough consideration given to the matching analysis to ensure that any potential risks are fully assessed when a new child moves into the home.

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

The recruitment of new members of staff is robust, and they receive tailored induction training. This helps to ensure that staff have the right skills to meet the children’s needs.

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

Staff advocate on behalf of children and will challenge other professionals promptly and appropriately.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager and deputy manager have managed the home over a long period of time. However, the management oversight across records is not effective in ensuring that shortfalls are picked up and addressed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The leaders and managers show high aspirations for the children. They ensure that staff have the right knowledge and understand the children’s needs. This is evident when reading staff meeting minutes, training records and staff supervision records.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The staff training programme is bespoke, comprehensive and ensures that the service is meeting the needs of the children in line with the home’s statement of purpose.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive monthly supervision that addresses their training and development needs. New members of staff receive two supervision sessions in their first month of employment.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are consistent in offering support to families and helping children to stay in touch with people who are important to them. Inspection report for children’s home: SC052946 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should address general principles for behaviour management in the children’s home. The behaviour support plans should include an understanding of each child’s behaviour to allow their needs, aspirations, experiences and strengths to be recognised and their quality of life to be enhanced. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 46, paragraph 9.35)  The registered person should evaluate and have oversight of missing-from-home incidents to identify any gaps in training, skills, or knowledge for staff, or to record and retain evidence of what worked well. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 46, paragraph 9.31)  The registered person should understand the needs of the child, as set out in their relevant plans, and understand the risks all children face, in line with the matching analysis, when a new child moves to the home. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes

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Recommendations

Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 48, paragraph 9.53)  The registered person should keep children’s risk assessments updated while they remain in the home. Risk assessments must be signed and dated by the author of each entry. In particular, the registered person should ensure all entries are appropriately recorded, with management oversight. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 62, paragraph 14.3)

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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: SC052946 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 46 The Ridgeway, North Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7QN

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Mehnaaz Chaudhary

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Inspector

Natalie Mitchell, Social Care Inspector Angela Reid, Social Care inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC052946 7 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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