Children's Home run by Aspris Care Central Limited in Norfolk

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC379357 1 SC379357 Registered provider: Castle Homes Care Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately run home provides care for up to four children who may have experienced trauma that has left them vulnerable.

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Information about this children’s home

There was one child living at the home at the time of the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in June 2023.

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This monitoring visit

The inspector was aware during this inspection that a serious incident that occurred at the setting since the last inspection is under investigation by the appropriate authorities. While Ofsted does not have the power to investigate incidents of this kind, actions taken by the setting in response to the incident were considered alongside other evidence available at the time of the inspection to inform the inspector’s judgement.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have worked with placing authorities following a serious incident at the home. They are working together to try to minimise and manage the impact of this incident on the child living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have provided staff with access to support following the serious incident. Leaders and managers are ensuring that sufficient staff are on shift to enable staff to take breaks when needed. Staff spoken to said that they felt supported by leaders and managers.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have ensured that some work has taken place to support children when they have struggled with sleep. This has included purchasing new bedding, moving bedrooms, essential oil diffusers and a weighted blanket. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC379357 2 When staff meetings take place, a member of staff from another home provides cover. This is designed to ensure that as many of the home’s staff can attend the meeting. However, the process for the handover of information to the staff member covering is not sufficiently clear and no record was made. Consequently, some elements of the internal plan for a child were not followed.

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This monitoring visit

The requirement and recommendation raised at the full inspection in January 2025 were not reviewed at this monitoring visit and are therefore restated. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC379357 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

14/01/2025 Full Good 12/03/2024 Full Good 17/11/2022 Full Good 15/11/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC379357 4

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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

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

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Requirement Due date

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), an individual who works in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date, the individual has attained—

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Requirement Due date

the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) (“the Level 3 Diploma”); or

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Requirement Due date

a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma.

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Requirement Due date

in the case of an individual who starts working in a care role in a home after 1st April 2014, the date which falls 2 years after the date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home; or

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Requirement Due date

in the case of an individual who was working in a care role in a home on 1st April 2014, 1st April 2016. (Regulation 32 (1) (3)(b) (4)(a)(b) (5)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 28 March 2025 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC379357 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that all staff have their performance and fitness to carry out their role formally appraised at least once annually. This appraisal should take into account, when reasonable and practical, the views of other professionals who have worked with the staff member over the year and children in the home’s care. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.5)  The responsible person should ensure that staff seek to meet the child’s basic needs in the way that a good parent would. Doing so is an important aspect of demonstrating that the staff care for the child and value them as an individual. In particular, ensure that handovers provide staff with information consistent with children’s plans and checks on children are carried out in line with what a good parent would do. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the

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Recommendations

quality standards,’ page 15, paragraph 3.7)

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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: SC379357 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Castle Homes Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 2 Barton Close, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester LE19 1SJ

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Michelle Batchelor

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Inspector

Ashley Hinson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC379357 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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