Children's Home run by Kartikeya Solutions Limited in Haringey

Inspection report for children's home: SC483623 1 SC483623 Registered provider: Kartikeya Solutions Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The privately run home provides care for up to five children who have social and emotional difficulties. Three children were living in the home at the time of this inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered with Ofsted in September 2014. The registered manager has been in post since March 2021.

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Information about this children’s home

The provider has a school in the building that two children living at the home attend. The inspector only inspected the social care provision on this site.

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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: 21 February 2024

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: outstanding

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: SC483623 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

21/02/2024 Full Outstanding 06/09/2022 Full Good 16/03/2022 Full Good 03/03/2020 Interim Sustained effectiveness Inspection report for children's home: SC483623 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make good progress at the home. The staff are caring for children with high- level complex needs. The team is committed to supporting children to reach their full potential. The home’s therapeutic approach to care supports the staff to manage children in a trauma-informed way. This is evidenced in the children’s comprehensive risk assessments.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are consulted regularly in key-work sessions and in children’s meetings, and their wishes and feeling are carefully considered. Their views are valued and listened to.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure that safety plans for children reflect their risks and vulnerabilities. Staff work with a range of professionals to ensure that children are safeguarded. Staff support children to understand risk, through targeted key-work sessions.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s care plans are detailed and show the good progress that children make while living at the home. Children attend education which supports them to have a sense of achievement and a feeling of being like their peers.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to maintain relationships with family and friends. This has included supporting a child to contact her mother, to help her understand her identity and life story. Children have friends in the community, and they are supported to spend time with them away from the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have good relationships with staff, who care about them. Children said they feel safe at the home, and they were able to identify adults they trust.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have fun while living at the home. They participate in a range of activities, including going on a speedboat, visiting the cinema and going out for meals. This supports children to have fun and enjoy their childhood.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is clean and tidy, with appropriate furniture. The home requires some structural work and needs new windows. The home in general would benefit from some modernisation, to make it feel more homely and cared for.

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

Staff support children through crisis as safely as possible. There is a therapeutic approach to understanding the triggers of crisis. The insights gained are applied and reviewed to develop effective ways to support children living at the home.

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

Physical interventions are managed well. Staff only use physical intervention to keep children safe. Children have an opportunity to reflect with the manager and learn from any serious events. Children have access to an independent advocate. Inspection report for children's home: SC483623 4 Medication is safely administered by the staff at the home. All staff have attended medication training. Accurate records are kept and all medication is stored correctly. This supports children to remain emotionally and physically well, so that they can participate fully in day-to-day activities.

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

When children are missing, staff follow the children’s protocols. Staff respond quickly to patterns of missing behaviour. They are proactive in requesting muti-agency meetings to create safety plans that reduce risk for children living in the home.

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

Children have comprehensive dynamic risk assessments. These start before children come to live at the home. Children’s assessments detail all areas of their lives and identify risk, support and action. This helps staff to understand the level of need for each child and to safeguard the child by working with them to help them to understand risk.

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

Staff consistently attend mandatory training, giving them a knowledge base for caring for children. One child is currently subject to a deprivation of liberty (DoL) order. However, staff have not attended the available DoL training to support them to understand the DoL process and the implications for children living under these restrictions.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff at the home receive regular supervision and annual appraisals. This supports them to develop in their roles and to reflect and learn to improve their practice. Staff also develop their therapeutic understanding by attending one-to-one sessions and reflective team case discussions.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff say that they feel supported by the senior leadership team and that the management team gives appropriate direction and structure to the home that makes everyone who lives there feel safe. Staff say the home is a good place to work.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The senior manager has an excellent overview of the service. This is reflected in the weekly monitoring reports that provide them with a clinical oversight of the home and the work that is being carried out. This supports the manager to develop the service.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager suitably challenges other professionals to ensure that children receive the support and interventions that they need. This has resulted in additional appropriate services being provided to the children, meeting their needs and supporting them through difficult periods in their lives.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Feedback from external professionals and children’s families acknowledges how hard the team works to support the children to make progress. They say communication from the home is good. One family member felt this was the first home that had really consulted with her and included her in decisions made about the child. Inspection report for children's home: SC483623 5

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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

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

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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 13 (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the leadership and management team must ensure that staff attend suitable training to understand and meet the needs of children living at the home. 20 January 2025

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that all areas of the home are maintained to a satisfactory standard. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9)

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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: SC483623 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Kartikeya Solutions Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Kartikeya Solutions Limited, 47 Hillfield Park, London N10 3QU

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Inspector

Helen Daniel, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: SC483623 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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Inspector

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