Children's home run by Inspirations Leicestershire Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 1 Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a private provider.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is registered to provide care for up to four children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, four children were living in the home.

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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: 2557603 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

12/03/2024 Full Good 29/03/2023 Full Good 20/04/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The home is warm and welcoming. The interior and exterior are well kept. The manager and staff respect children and hold them in high regard. Consequently, the atmosphere in the home is positive, all of the children feel valued and they have very positive relationships with the staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff know the children exceptionally well and which approach to use with each child. For instance, one of the children responds well to humour, while another requires a more cautious approach to ensure that they can cope with the attention of staff. The bonds between the children and staff are excellent, showing that they genuinely care and are nurturing. This means that the children feel confident, comfortable and make consistent progress in all areas of their development.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children’s health and emotional well-being are well supported. Staff support children to access specialist assessments and support services when required. Staff follow clear, multi-agency strategies to support children to make good progress. For example, staff work closely with children’s mental health services to support children who hurt themselves. As a result, children are starting to make sense of their experiences and behaviours. This helps children to feel secure and have a better understanding of themselves.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff and managers work closely with each child’s family and other adults involved in the child’s life. Communication between staff, parents and professionals is excellent. Staff ensure that, wherever possible, children’s families remain involved in their child’s life. One professional said, ‘I can’t praise them enough. They go above and beyond all the time. They have spent the time getting to know and support the child.’ Parents are positive about the relationships that the children have been able to develop because of the environment they are living in. A parent said that their relationship with their child is, ‘in a much better place’.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff ensure that they meet children’s individualised needs in relation to race, culture and identity. This enables the children to have positive self-esteem and respectful relationships with each other.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children’s views are considered and acted on. Children know how to make a complaint if they are unhappy, and previous complaints have been acted on quickly to the satisfaction of the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The manager maintains an excellent relationship with the children, she is very approachable and available to the children. When children return from school, they seek out her whereabouts to have a conversation about their day. The team work well together so that children have excellent experiences. Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 4

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

Staff and managers work closely and proactively with a range of agencies to keep children safe. They provide children with a consistent daily routine. Children enjoy this and benefit greatly from the day-to-day structure. Staff provide emotional warmth and understanding. This supports children to feel safe and secure.

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

Some children have accessed inappropriate content online. The staff have managed this well. They are flexible and change their care practice to ensure children’s safety. Staff use individual key-work sessions with children to address the risks associated with the internet or any other areas they are concerned about. Because of the individualised work with children, they are helped to understand the risks and how to keep safe.

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

The quality of the relationships that children have with staff means that they feel they can talk openly about risks. The children’s risk management plans set out the risks and vulnerabilities and the actions that staff should take to keep them safer. Staff have a detailed understanding of these assessments, and they are kept under regular review. The manager and staff work collaboratively with external professional agencies so that children’s risks are reviewed holistically. When staff are concerned for children, they act immediately to keep children safe. The manager and staff demonstrate a great understanding of the vulnerabilities and potential risks posed to the children. Staff are knowledgeable and use safeguarding protocols and procedures when required. Incidents have been reported to other agencies and professionals to ensure that action is taken to manage and reduce risks.

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

Staff have regular supervision and attend team meetings. These meetings support staff to reflect on children’s needs. Team meetings have a strong focus on children’s needs. The provider’s assistant psychologists attends meetings and delivers interactive sessions which helps staff to understand children’s vulnerabilities and needs, and also enhance staff’s skills.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and deputy manager are ambitious for the children and have high expectations of the staff team. All of the staff spoke very highly of the managers. The ethos of the home comes from the manager, who wants to provide the best possible care for the children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and staff are knowledgeable about the children’s lives. They demonstrate a level of empathy and understanding for each child. Staff focus on children’s strengths. The staff work together well as a team, and this has provided the children with good support and care. Staff say they love working in this home. They see it as an extension of their own families and refer to the children and themselves as being a family. They say they are very well supported and staff morale is extremely high. Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 5 During the inspection, the staff demonstrated that they have an in-depth understanding of each child, and they take great pride in providing nurturing care. The children benefit from staff who are fully attuned to their needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has monitoring system in place. This provides informative insight into the children’s care. Although these records are detailed, there is not always analysis in documents which could be used to provide additional scrutiny. This was acknowledged by the manager. Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 6

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that they actively review all children’s documents so that all information recorded is correct, and that monitoring systems are in place. (‘Guide to Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 52, paragraph 10.2)

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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 Childrens Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 131a London Road, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5DP

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Inspector

Corline Parker, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2557603 8 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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