Children's Home run by Pinnacle Care Provisions Ltd in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2653112 1 Registered provider: Pinnacle Care Provisions 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 operated by a private organisation. It provides care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this visit, the home’s registration was suspended. Therefore, no children were living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate on 25 October 2024. Inspectors identified serious concerns in relation to staff safeguarding practices and poor and ineffective leadership and management arrangements. Following the inspection, a notice to suspend the home’s registration was issued along with compliance notices under regulation 12 (the protection of children standard) and regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard). A monitoring visit was carried out on 17 December 2024. Following this visit, Ofsted issued further compliance notices under regulations 12 and 13. The notice to suspend the home’s registration remained in place.

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This monitoring visit

A monitoring visit was completed on 16 January 2025. The outcome of this visit was that the compliance notice for regulation 12 was met. However, the provider had not taken sufficient action to meet the compliance notice under regulation 13. Due to the ongoing serious concerns in respect of leadership and management, a further notice to suspend the provider’s registration was issued on 17 January 2025.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the suspension notice and review the action taken by the provider. Ofsted found that the provider has complied with the suspension notice.

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This monitoring visit

Changes have been made to the leadership and management arrangements at the home. However, the provider has not adhered to their own recruitment policy. The provider has recruited a new manager and responsible individual. However, their Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2653112 2 suitability for these roles has not been assessed by Ofsted. Staff understand leadership and management arrangements.

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This monitoring visit

Communication between leaders and managers has been strengthened by the introduction of leadership and senior leadership meetings. Leaders and managers understand their roles and responsibilities. Developments have been made to the managers’ monitoring systems. For example, the manager has introduced new auditing tools.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have recruited permanent staff. This will support children to be cared for by familiar adults. Staff understand their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe. Staff access training, regular supervision sessions and team meetings. This supports staff to have the knowledge and skills to care for children. Managers have used reflective discussions and scenario-based questions to ensure that staff have understood how to apply the training to their practice when caring for a child.

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This monitoring visit

The provider had taken sufficient action to meet the shortfalls outlined in the notice of suspension. Therefore, the suspension was lifted. However, the suitability of the proposed responsible individual and the proposed manager has not been assessed by Ofsted. Therefore, an urgent condition has been imposed that reduces the number of children for whom the home can provide accommodation and care from three children to one child. This condition is in place until 23 June 2025.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements previously raised under regulations 8, 32 and 40 were not reviewed during this visit. For this reason, they are restated. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2653112 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

01/10/2024 Full Inadequate 29/11/2023 Full Good 07/09/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good 21/06/2022 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2653112 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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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

help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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Requirement Due date

support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study;

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Requirement Due date

promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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Requirement Due date

help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(v)(viii))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is restated. 24 April 2025

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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

full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (3)(d))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is restated. 24 April 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2653112 5 The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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Requirement Due date

there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(e))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is restated. 24 April 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: 2653112 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Pinnacle Care Provisions Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 399 Hollins Road, Oldham OL8 3BD

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Inspector

Sally Griffiths, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2653112 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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