Children's home run by Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd

Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 1 Registered provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing 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 home is run by a private provider and is registered to provide care for up to two children. At the time of the inspection, two children were living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered with Ofsted in November 2024.

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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

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: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

During the inspection, both children living at the home were seen and spoken to. Children enjoy living at this home and say that they feel as though staff care about them. The warm and trusting relationships that staff build with children help them to settle in the home and make some progress from, at times, difficult starting points.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s health needs are generally well met. Clear strategies are in place to support children with additional health needs. Staff understand these needs well and support children sensitively and empathetically. However, staff and managers do not provide children who smoke or vape with consistent enough encouragement and support to stop.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children at this home are not yet attending school consistently. Staff advocate strongly for children and work collaboratively with education professionals to try to remove barriers towards children attending school. For example, staff and school staff were able to work together to develop support strategies to help one child during the transition between home and school. As a result, the child’s distress at these times has now reduced.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Education professionals spoken to were positive about the proactive approach of staff and the support and encouragement they provide to children. However, due to the short period of time that children have been living at the home at the time of the inspection, the effectiveness of this support in the medium and longer term is not yet known.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home environment is clean, tidy and well presented, and children can personalise their bedrooms. However, some areas of the home contain unnecessary signage, which can detract from the homely environment. Managers took some action to address this during the inspection.

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

Vulnerabilities were identified at the inspection in how well children are helped and protected. These centre around leadership and management oversight.

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

The relationships that staff have with children at this home are an important factor in helping children to become safer. Children feel able to speak to some staff about any concerns or worries that they have.

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

Staff have a good understanding of children’s needs and the strategies that are in place to keep them safe. However, staff do not consistently speak to children about keeping themselves safe, healthy relationships or expectations of appropriate behaviour. Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 3 When children go missing, staff take appropriate action in line with children’s care plans. Staff search for children and report them missing. When children return home, they are welcomed warmly.

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

For one child, the number of missing episodes has decreased overall since they have lived in the home. As a result, deprivation of liberty safeguards that had previously been in place for this child have been removed and they are now able to spend time outside of the home independently.

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

When there are serious safeguarding concerns, appropriate action is taken to protect children and relevant safeguarding procedures are followed. However, staff and managers have not always demonstrated sufficient curiosity about risks to children in the community.

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

The home is led by an appropriately qualified and experienced manager. The responsible individual has recently begun to provide additional support at the home and a full-time deputy manager is in post. Staff say that they enjoy working at this home and generally feel well supported by the visible and approachable managers.

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

The registered manager has worked to form positive relationships with the children living in the home and he has a good understanding of their individual circumstances and needs. However, some staff have raised that the positive relationship the manager has with children can, at times, undermine their own relationships with children and impact the consistency of care provided to them. The manager has reflected on this and recently made the decision to step back from direct day-to-day involvement in children’s care.

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

Appropriate monitoring systems are in place. However, inconsistent management oversight has meant that there have been missed opportunities to identify learning, gather information about concerns and better understand potential risks to children outside of the home.

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

When incidents take place, staff are not consistently supported to reflect on the event or their own practice. As a result, staff practice concerns and developmental needs are not routinely identified and addressed. Staff receive regular supervision, and team meetings are used to share information and reinforce expectations. However, these do not provide staff with sufficient opportunities to reflect on and develop their practice.

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

Managers have identified a need for reflective opportunities for staff, and clinical group supervision sessions have recently been started. At the time of the inspection, one session had taken place and, therefore, the impact of this support could not be fully considered.

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

Agency staff are used at this home alongside permanent members of staff. Basic recruitment checks are completed by managers before agency staff work at the home. Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 4 However, full required recruitment checks have not been completed for all agency staff working at the home on a more regular basis. Managers took action to address this issue during the inspection. Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 5

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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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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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;

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(e)(f)(h)) 5 June 2025

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— that staff— 5 June 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 6 meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child’s behaviour, in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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communicate to each child expectations about the child’s behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship;

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are provided with supervision and support to enable them to understand and manage their own feelings and responses to the behaviour and emotions of children, and to help children to do the same. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(x)(xi))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person should ensure that staff effectively communicate to the child the expectations about their behaviour and support the child to develop their understanding of appropriate behaviour and healthy and appropriate relationships. The registered person should also ensure that staff are given appropriate support and opportunity to reflect on their own feelings and responses to children.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that appropriate recruitment checks are completed regarding any agency staff who work at the home. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.1) Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 7

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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: 2801128 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 58 Northgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1SQ

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Inspector

Janet Jauregui, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2801128 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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Inspector

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