Children's Home run by Madiba Yorkshire Limited in Rotherham

Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 1 Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Limited

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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 three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties, and who may have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in November 2024.

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Information about this children’s home

There were two children living at 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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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The children’s home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

16/04/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 13/12/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 3

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improvement to be good

The poor leadership and management of the home, and poor safeguarding practice has impacted on the overall experiences of the children. Children are making progress but have mixed experiences of living at the home. One child has lived alone at this home for over a year, and a second child has recently moved into the home. The child moved into the home in a planned and positive way, and were helped by staff to settle in. However, the relationship between these children has not always been positive.

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improvement to be good

Children enjoy open and trusting relationships with staff. Staff talk to the children about a range of topics specific to children’s individual needs. Children spoke positively about their relationships with staff. Children have shared with staff about the difficulties in their relationship with each other, but the issues have still not been resolved.

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improvement to be good

Children make progress in their education. With support and encouragement from staff, children who have previously not attended school or college are now attending. Children have improved attendance. Staff advocate for children in their education. For one child, this has led to a plan for their additional learning needs to be assessed.

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improvement to be good

Staff understand children’s health needs and they help them to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. One child has made progress in managing their own self care needs and their diet is improved since they moved into the home. Staff help children to overcome anxieties about their health, and for one child this has led to them attending health appointments and they are now accessing dental treatment. Children with an identified need for therapy are accessing the right support.

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improvement to be good

Children are making progress with their independent living skills in line with their individual plans. Staff understand the barriers and anxieties children experience when they prepare to transition into adulthood. Records show that staff talk to children about their feelings, and they provide children with lots of reassurance. Staff provide children with positive praise; they celebrate their achievements, and they capture children’s day- to-day experiences in memory books.

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improvement to be good

The poor relationship between the children living at this home has led to increased risks for both children. Both children spoke to the inspectors and one said that they do not feel safe living at the home. This is because of the relationship with the other child.

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improvement to be good

Despite children talking to staff about concerns in their relationship, the manager and staff have lacked curiosity about emerging risks in the relationship between the children. Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 4 This means that action has not been taken to reassure children that they are being kept safer by staff.

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improvement to be good

Children’s privacy is not respected, and children’s belongings are not kept safe. One child has entered the other child’s bedroom on multiple occasions without permission. This includes the child taking personal belongings and entering the bedroom at night while the child is asleep. This has happened even when children have high levels of supervision from staff. These concerns have not been investigated in a timely way.

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improvement to be good

Children’s individual risk assessments are detailed, and they provide staff with clear guidance. However, one child’s risk assessment has not been kept under review, and it has not been updated following a serious incident. This means that staff are not fully informed of the new risks and strategies to use to minimise these.

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improvement to be good

Staff use their relationships with the children to respond when children show unwanted and risky behaviour, and they understand the steps to take when children harm themselves. When staff have intervened physically, records show that this has been necessary to ensure that the children are kept safe. However, staff and children are not always provided with the opportunity to talk about incidents when children have been held.

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improvement to be good

Children rarely go missing. When this has happened, staff are proactive in their approach, they search for the children, and they report them missing to the police.

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

Leaders and managers have not followed safeguarding procedures when a child made a serious allegation that they had harmed the other child living at the home. While action was taken to ensure the children’s immediate safety, the concerns were not reported to the appropriate safeguarding professionals in a timely way. Leaders and managers spoke to the children, but they did not ensure that the children were provided with the opportunity to speak to the police or an independent person. This has the potential to hinder any future investigation.

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

Leaders and managers have not responded in a timely way to an allegation made by a child about a member of staff’s conduct, including a lack of supervision of children and staff being asleep while they should be working. There is no record in the staff member’s supervision notes showing that a conversation took place.

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

The monitoring systems are ineffective. Shortfalls in children’s records and staff training records have not been identified and addressed. This prevents the manager from having a full oversight of the home.

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

The manager has not always provided full information about incidents when reporting them to Ofsted. This prevents the regulator from having a full oversight and understanding about the risks for individual children and the actions being taken by the manager to mitigate those risks. Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 5 There has been one complaint made by a child. Records show that steps have been taken to investigate the complaint and the child has received feedback about the outcome.

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

Staff are receiving regular supervision. This allows them to reflect on their practice and to discuss the children’s plans. Staff said that they feel supported by the manager and the deputy manager.

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

Overall, feedback from other professionals who are involved with the children was positive. One professional said, ‘Staff provide consistent boundaries for [name of child] and the relationships are positive. This is the most settled [name of child] has been in a long time.’ Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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Requirement Due date

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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Requirement Due date

manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other; and

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i))(iv)((vi)) 28 July 2025

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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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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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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; and 28 July 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 7 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(f)(h)) The registered person must ensure that—

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Requirement Due date

within 48 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so ("the authorised person")—

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Requirement Due date

has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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Requirement Due date

has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; 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. (Regulation 35 (3)(b)(i)(ii)(c)(iv)) 28 July 2025

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that they notify Ofsted if one of the situations specified in regulation 40(4)(a)-(d) occurs, or if there is an incident relating to the protection, safeguarding or welfare of a child living in the home which the registered person considers to be serious (40(4)(e)). In particular, this record should provide a clear description of the event and the actions taken. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 63, paragraph 14.10)

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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: 2730253 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: One City West, Gelderd Road, Leeds LS12 6NJ

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Inspectors

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Rachel Fairhurst, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2730253 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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