Children's Home run by Care 4 Every Child Limited in Derbyshire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Limited Full inspection 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 up to four children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in July 2023.

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Information about this children’s home

There were four children living in the home at the time of this inspection.

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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 requires improvement to be 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: 2534185 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

16/05/2023 Full Good 21/06/2022 Full Good 20/04/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are settled and they are making progress. They enjoy secure and trusting relationships with staff who know the children well. The manager and staff understand children’s individual needs, which contributes to effective care planning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Planning for children moving in and out of the home is well thought out. Children’s wishes and feelings are considered. This helped one child to settle soon after they arrived. When one child moved out of the home and back to family, staff advocated for an extended transition, which meant the child and parent received support from staff until the child settled.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are reported to be in good physical health. Staff understand children’s individual health needs. They are proactive in helping children who are anxious about attending health appointments. For one child, this has led to improved health because they are now accessing the right support without delay.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are making progress in their education from their individual starting points. Some children are in full-time education and their attendance is good. One child is receiving a combination of formal and informal learning. Staff are working collaboratively with education professionals to ensure that a school place is found for one child who moved into the home recently. Staff provide children with encouragement and support, and they celebrate children’s achievements.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff provide children with a range of activities specific to their individual hobbies and interests such as swimming, climbing and quad biking. One child enjoys music, and they have taught themselves to play the piano and guitar. Staff have created lovely memory books that capture children’s experiences while living at the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to develop skills to live independently in the future. The patience and empathy of staff has helped one child to make significant progress in building confidence and resilience and to make strong progress with their independence skills. Children have achieved developmental milestones and can better manage their own self-care because of the support received from staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children make progress in building resilience and developing independence. Staff help children to develop the skills to live independently in the future. Children have achieved developmental milestones and can better manage their own self-care because of the support received from staff.

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

Risks to children have reduced since they moved into this home. Staff understand children’s individual risks and vulnerabilities and they are clear about the steps to take to Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 4 mitigate some of those risks. Children’s risk assessments are detailed and kept under review by the manager.

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

Children living at this home do not go missing. There are plans in place with clear guidance for staff to follow, and staff understand their responsibilities should this happen.

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

Children’s online safety is well managed. Staff ensure that there are safeguards to monitor children’s access to the internet if this is needed. Staff regularly talk to children about internet safety.

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

Physical restraint is rarely used. Behaviour management is effective. When consequences for behaviour have been used, records show that these measures have not always been proportionate or restorative. For example, one child’s family time was used indirectly as a consequence, and one child received a financial reparation because they did not eat a meal prepared for them. In addition, consequences are not always recorded in a way that allows the manager to track and monitor any measure used.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager has not always ensured that allegations are taken seriously and investigated. One allegation has not been shared with the child’s placing authority. The child has not been provided with an opportunity to talk about the concerns that they raised, other than with the person who they raised the concerns about. The manager has not always informed Ofsted when children have made allegations about staff who work in the home. This prevents safeguarding partners from having a thorough understanding of safeguarding practice in the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

There are shortfalls in the manager’s oversight of children’s records. Where records have been reviewed, the manager has not identified poor practice and recording, which means that the shortfalls have not been addressed. This is a missed opportunity to improve care practices for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Managers have not ensured that the use of door alarms on children’s bedrooms is assessed according to each child’s individual safety and welfare needs. A generic approach to this form of monitoring is taken which means it is not clear if the use of a bedroom door alarm is necessary for each child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Staff receive regular supervision. Team meetings happen regularly, and they provide staff with an opportunity to discuss changes to the children’s care plans. Staff report that they feel supported by the manager.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Staff receive a good range of training. This includes additional training in areas specific to the children’s needs. Training is kept up to date and under review for all staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager has built strong relationships with other professionals involved in the children’s care. Professionals said that staff know the children well and that Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 5 communication with the home is good. One professional said, ‘Staff and the manager advocate for [name of child’]. They are committed to children, despite the challenges, they do not give up.’ Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 6

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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

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

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Requirement Due date

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)) 24 March 2025

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Requirement Due date

No measure of control or discipline which is excessive, unreasonable or contrary to paragraph (2) may be used in relation to any child.

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Requirement Due date

The following measures may not be used to discipline any child—

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Requirement Due date

any punishment involving the consumption or deprivation of food or drink; or

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Requirement Due date

any restriction, other than one imposed by a court or in accordance with regulation 22 (contact and access to communications), on—

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Requirement Due date

visits to the child by the child’s parents, relatives or friends. (Regulation 19 (1) (2)(b)(c)(ii)) 24 March 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 7 The registered person may only use devices for the monitoring or surveillance of children if—

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Requirement Due date

the monitoring or surveillance is for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child concerned, or other children. (Regulation 24 (1)(a)) 24 March 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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Requirement Due date

there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there. (Regulation 40 (4)(c)) 24 March 2025

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that records of restraint are kept and should enable them and staff to review the use of control, discipline and restraint to identify effective practice and respond promptly where any issues or trends of concern emerge. The review should provide the opportunity for amending practice to ensure it meets the needs of each child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 49, paragraph 9.59)

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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: 2534185 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Allen Mills Howard & Co, Library Chambers, 48 Union Street, Hyde SK14 1ND

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Angela Hodgkinson

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Inspectors

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Angela Ross, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2534185 9 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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Inspectors

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