Children's home run by Esland North Limited

Inspection report for children's home: 2656736 1 Registered provider: Esland North 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

This home is owned and operated by a private company. It is registered to provide care for one child who may require support with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has recently appointed an experienced manager who is not yet registered with Ofsted. The home’s manager and responsible individual were present and supported the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home and was spoken to.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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outstanding

How well children and young people are helped and protected outstanding

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outstanding

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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outstanding

The children’s home provides highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the children’s home contribute to significantly improved outcomes and positive experiences for children and young people who need help, protection and care.

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outstanding

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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outstanding

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2656736 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/03/2024 Full Good 09/08/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home: 2656736 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The child enjoys a positive and meaningful relationship with staff. They show emotional warmth to the child, and there is lots of fun and laughter. This helps the child to build trusting relationships with staff, which supports them to feel settled in the home and make good progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff know the child extremely well. They understand their needs and are providing excellent individualised care and support. As a result, the child is thriving in their development and sense of self. The child is supported to participate in day-to-day decisions and planning of their care. For example, the child has been successfully supported to develop their independence skills in preparation for moving on to supported living.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The child receives comprehensive support to address their physical and emotional well- being. They benefit from support from the organisation’s therapeutic team with additional support from partner agencies. The multi-disciplinary team consistently guides staff on relevant strategies to support and enhance the child’s progress and to adopt a consistent approach to support the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The child participates in education on a full-time basis. Staff effectively liaise with educational professionals and actively support the child to attend and make progress. Staff know the child’s aspirations and encourage the child to make positive decisions in their attendance and engagement with education. This supports the child’s progress towards their future goals.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The environment is homely and maintained to a high standard. The child’s bedroom is personalised with many personal items and memorabilia that the child has chosen and collected. This helps the child feel listened to and settled in their home.

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

The child receives help and support to manage their behaviours and feelings safely. Staff use effective de-escalation techniques and strategies if the child is becoming overwhelmed by emotions. Alongside this, staff use their training, knowledge and strong relationships with the child to understand their behaviour. Therefore, the child receives swift and coordinated responses from staff to keep them safe.

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

Staff understand the risks that the child can be exposed to. Risk assessment documents are regularly reviewed, updated and shared with staff. These provide clarity and direction for staff if incidents do occur, with staff following these plans consistently.

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

Staff undertake training in safeguarding and child protection alongside specific training in relation to the child’s individual needs. Staff also benefit from bespoke support from the Inspection report for children's home: 2656736 4 organisation’s therapeutic team to understand the complexities in behaviours and the safe management of these.

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

Staff have regular team meetings and supervision sessions, which encourage consistent reflection and learning. Safeguarding is always considered in these forums. Staff also participate in monthly therapeutic meetings with the organisation’s therapy team to consolidate their reflective practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There has been a recent change to the management team. The registered manager resigned, and the current home manager has been in post for just two weeks. They have not yet applied to register with Ofsted. However, there has been a robust handover between managers before the current manager started in the role. This has ensured a smooth transition, and the child has been supported throughout the changes.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers have high expectations of staff. The manager provides good management oversight of the home, which supports staff to be ambitious for the care provided to the child. However, as the manager is new to the home, there has not been sufficient time to fully establish and embed relationships with the child and staff team, and this remains an ongoing development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers use the organisation’s therapeutic team to provide research-led information and support for staff, which enhances the care of the child. Staff are highly motivated and committed to achieving excellence for the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff report being happy and well supported at work and are invested in the child’s care. Robust recruitment procedures are in place that ensure staff working with children are suitable to do so. Leaders and managers have effective systems in place to monitor and review their continued suitability.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The statement of purpose does not accurately detail the changes in management and staffing structure of the home. This is an area for development. Inspection report for children's home: 2656736 5

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Recommendation

 The registered person should develop and keep under review a statement of purpose (regulation 16 and schedule 1). The home’s statement of purpose should be child- focused, indicating how the home provides individualised care for the children. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 14, paragraph 3.5)

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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: 2656736 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Esland North Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Suite 1 & 5, Riverside Business Centre, Foundry Lane, Milford, Belper DE56 0RN

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Chelsea Lightfoot

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Inspector

Caroline Coop, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2656736 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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