Children's Home run by Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Limited in Rotherham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2735148 1 Registered provider: Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Ltd

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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 who may have emotional and social difficulties, or learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in August 2023.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection in November 2024. This is because leaders and managers failed to respond appropriately to allegations made by children. Managers were also not following safer recruitment practice to ensure that staff are safe to work with children. Ofsted issued a restriction of accommodation notice, which prevents further children from moving into the home. Ofsted also raised six requirements.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the progress and the action taken to meet the steps set out in the restriction of accommodation notice. The child who lives at this home was not at the home during the visit.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have reviewed, updated and implemented policies and procedures. This includes the home’s policies on the recruitment of staff, allegation management and a new policy on managing relationships in the workplace.

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This monitoring visit

The systems in place to monitor the safe recruitment of staff have been improved. Monitoring tools have been revised to ensure that additional checks are completed with relevant safeguarding bodies before newly recruited staff start employment. There have not been any new staff recruited since the last full inspection, which means that this new system has not been tested in practice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2735148 2 Individual risk assessments have been introduced to manage close relationships in the workplace. They are detailed and provide clear guidance on role responsibilities and expectations for staff and managers to follow.

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This monitoring visit

The systems in place relating to allegation management have been revised and improved. Leaders and managers have implemented a flow chart, which provides the manager and staff with clear steps to follow when responding to an allegation. The policy has been revised to reflect that an individual conducting any investigation is independent and suitably skilled and experienced to do so. There have not been any allegations since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The manager and staff have completed additional training on managing allegations, and closed cultures in the workplace.

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This monitoring visit

The child who lives at this home is settled and making progress. They continue to make progress in their education. They do not go missing and there have not been any serious incidents in this monitoring period.

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This monitoring visit

The leaders and managers have taken action to address all the steps in the restriction of accommodation notice. Not all the other requirements were considered as part of this monitoring visit. These have been restated. The notice restricting accommodation remains in place until 28 February 2024.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

19/03/2024 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2735148 3

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

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

the individual is of integrity and good character;

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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)(d))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 27 February 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular—

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Requirement Due date

provides for the suspension from work of an employee if necessary in the interests of the safety or welfare of children; and

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Requirement Due date

provides that the failure on the part of an employee to report an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, whether past or present, in relation to a child to the appropriate person is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted. (Regulation 33 (1) (2)(a)(b)) 27 February 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2735148 4 This requirement has been restated.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(v))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 27 February 2025

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Requirement Due date

In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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Requirement Due date

if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (c))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 27 February 2025

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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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

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 27 February 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2735148 5 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(f)(h))

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Requirement Due date

within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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Requirement Due date

details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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Requirement Due date

the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(i)(ii)(vii))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 27 February 2025

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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: 2735148 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Advanced Adolescent Care Solutions Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 38 Sherwood Road, Worksop S80 1QW

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Inspector

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2735148 7 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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Inspector

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