Children's Home run by Foresight Care Ltd in Wolverhampton

Inspection report for children’s home: 2807082 1 Registered provider: Foresight Care Ltd

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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 privately owned home was registered with Ofsted in January 2025 and provides care for one child with social and/or emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered in January 2025 and is suitably qualified.

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Information about this children’s home

This was the home’s first inspection following registration.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, one child was living at the home, who was present and spoken to.

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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 good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: not previously inspected

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: not applicable Inspection report for children’s home: 2807082 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is cosy, comforting and the child’s room is personalised. Photos of the child and members of staff are displayed around the home to further promote belonging. The child has settled well and said that they are happy living in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff promote the importance of the child’s education well. The child has previously struggled to engage with education. However, the manager and staff have worked with external professionals to support the child in identifying education which meets their needs. The manager has advocated strongly for the child when they have felt support has not been suitable.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work hard to ensure that the child’s health needs are met effectively. The child is registered with the required health services and is supported to attend appointments when needed. This is significant progress for the child, who had previously lacked the confidence to attend appointments to meet their health needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support the child to see their family regularly. They take action to ensure that family time remains safe and consistent for the child and that they listen to the child’s views, wishes and feelings. This has supported the child to maintain good relationships with their loved ones.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager ensures that the child has an individualised care and support plan which is clear and up to date. This enables staff to provide consistent care for the child, who said that they feel well supported by staff in all aspects of their life. However, staff do not always capture or record the child’s views, wishes and feelings to involve them fully in planning their own care.

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

Staff build strong, positive relationships with the child. These relationships help them to manage situations and incidents well. Staff provide consistent support and put in place boundaries. As a result, there has been a reduction in incidents and the child feels safe and secure within the home.

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

The manager produces individualised risk assessments and support plans which are regularly updated. Staff confidently work in line with these plans to support the child and keep them safe. This consistent and therapeutic care provided has helped the child to better understand their emotions and express them in a healthier way.

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

There have been no incidents of the child going absent or missing from the home, which is considerable progress for the child from their starting point. Inspection report for children’s home: 2807082 3 Physical intervention is rarely used by staff and there has only been one incident since registration. The physical intervention used was appropriate and proportionate. Staff also use consequences with the child to help them learn from their actions. However, staff’s recording of incidents and consequences used requires some improvement and records lack significant detail. Furthermore, staff and the manager do not consider the child’s views to help them fully understand the impact and any learning to be disseminated.

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

A review of the home’s location is completed by the manager yearly. This is to ensure any potential risks to children are known and can be managed safely. However, the manager is not consistently consulting the wider community and professionals to gather up-to-date information and ensure that risks can be assessed and managed appropriately.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has a good understanding of the child and is clear on the development needs for the home and staff. The manager is supported well by the responsible individual, who shares the same aspirations and ethos for the child and home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has effective monitoring and review systems in place. These enhance his oversight of the care and support the child receives. Also, they ensure that any shortfalls and development areas are identified, supported and acted on.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff say they feel well supported by the manager, who is reflective and provides consistent guidance and advice. They said that they love the work that they do and believe they are making a difference. Staff also receive regular, reflective supervision, which includes single-subject discussions with the manager to further enhance their learning. As a result, the child is receiving consistent therapeutic care from a committed staff team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and staff have positive relationships with professionals and family members to ensure that the child receives the right care and support. One professional said that they share ‘good communication and working relationship’ with the registered manager. They added that the child ‘has made significant progress in all areas of their life’, and that they are ‘very confident’ in staff and the manager’s ‘ability to care for the child.’ Inspection report for children’s home: 2807082 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 must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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help each child to understand how the child’s views, wishes and feelings have been taken into account and give the child reasons for decisions in relation to the child; and

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regularly consult children, and seek their feedback, about the quality of the home’s care. (Regulation 7 (1)(c) (2)(a)(iii)(iv))

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In particular, ensure that the child’s wishes and feelings are captured in a variety of ways, and that these influence all aspects of their care. 1 June 2025

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The registered person must prepare and implement a policy (“the behaviour management policy”) which sets out—

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how appropriate behaviour is to be promoted in the children’s home; and

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the measures of control, discipline and restraint which may be used in relation to children in the home.

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes— 1 June 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2807082 5 a description of the measure and its duration; and

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Requirement Due date

within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff record details of physical restraint methods and consequences used with the child. Also, they must ensure that debriefs with the child take place to discuss the measures used, which should be recorded accurately.

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff are familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. In particular, records of direct work with the child should be clear to help understand the benefit of this work, and records should be consistent in style. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)  The registered person should review the appropriateness and suitability of the location and premises of the home at least once a year. The review should include the identification of any risks and opportunities presented by the home’s location and strategies for managing these. In particular, the registered person should only include information relevant to the home in the location assessment, gather information from the wider community and assess risks linked to this. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes

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Recommendations

Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 64, paragraph 15.1)

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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: 2807082 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 15 Leopold Street, Birmingham B12 0UP

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Christopher Taylor

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Inspector

Hayley Booth, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2807082 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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