Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 1 Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd Registered provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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This supported accommodation service is owned and managed by a private provider. The service can accommodate up to 20 children in 10 shared or group-living homes that are limited to accommodating looked-after children and care leavers.

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The service can also accommodate one child in a single occupancy house that is limited to accommodating looked-after children and care leavers.

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At the time of this inspection, this service was providing supported accommodation for nine children aged 16 and 17.

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The service manager registered with Ofsted in April 2025. The provider was registered with Ofsted in July 2024.

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Inspection dates: The inspection was announced on 12 May 2025 and started that day. The inspectors were on site on 14 and 15 May 2025.

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Outcome

Consistently strong service delivery leads to typically positive experiences and progress for children. Where improvements are needed, leaders and managers take timely and effective action.

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Outcome

The next inspection will be within approximately 3 years.

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Summary of findings

Children make extremely good progress from their starting points. The staff build meaningful and positive relationships with the children. Children feel safe and supported and this gives them the confidence to navigate their way to adulthood. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 2 Leaders, managers and staff aspire to support all the children to have improved outcomes. Leaders and managers are reflective. They adopt a culture of learning to continually improve the services that they offer for children.

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Summary of findings

Children, staff and external professionals speak highly of the impact that the service has on promoting positive outcomes for children and preparing them for adulthood.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children receive support from a caring and dedicated team of staff who prioritise their progress and safety. Children are involved in creating their support plans, which makes them personalised and, importantly, ambitious. They capture well the progress children make from their starting points, from learning to drive and gaining employment to making plans to go to university.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff have high aspirations for children’s education, training and employment. They identify children’s strengths and areas of interest and provide support and encouragement to enrol, study or apply for jobs. One child shared their plans for going to university and another was hoping to start a landscaping business.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

When children are not engaged in education, training or employment, staff, with the organisation’s education and employment coordinator, help them to understand the barriers to this. They work with education and training providers to seek alternative opportunities for the children, for example online courses and learning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children living in the service have a range of needs. For example, some children require enhanced support to meet their social and emotional needs, while others require fine tuning of their independence skills. Staff have a diverse range of skills, and this helps to ensure that children make good progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Relationships between staff and children are a particular strength of this service. Honesty, trust and humour are qualities of the staff team, which result in positive and kind relationships. Children were overwhelmingly positive about the staff and the support they receive. They said staff were ‘great’, ‘staff respect me’, and ‘they are here for me’, which show the trusting relationships in place. One child said a staff member had asked her to tell the inspector that he had a ‘magnificent beard’.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children are supported to maintain and develop positive relationships with the people who are important to them. Staff and managers work collaboratively with family members to promote positive outcomes for children. When this is not possible, staff take time to support children to understand why, and to help children to process their emotions and feelings about their individual circumstances.

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How well children are helped and protected

Children’s vulnerabilities are identified and understood by staff. Children receive support that is tailored around developing their understanding of risks and how to Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 3 keep themselves safe. When new risks emerge and historical risks reduce, risk assessments reflect change and progress. Leaders and managers recognise these documents could benefit from greater consultation with the child and evidence how the child understands their own vulnerabilities.

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How well children are helped and protected

Leaders, managers and staff work effectively with other agencies to develop individualised safety plans to keep children safe. Professionals were overwhelmingly positive of the support the children receive, which helps them to reduce risk and learn to live safely.

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How well children are helped and protected

Children said they feel safe. They said that staff help them to make the right choices and are always there for them when they need them. Staff recognise the importance of building trusting relationships with children so that when they have any concerns about their safety, they can speak up about these.

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How well children are helped and protected

There are few complaints, allegations, serious incidents or episodes of children going missing. When these have occurred, leaders and managers have been swift to share, report and support children. Leaders and managers, along with children, take time following any incident to reflect and consider learning.

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How well children are helped and protected

Safer recruitment procedures used across the service help leaders and managers to ensure that children are supported by suitable staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Leaders and managers have high expectations of themselves and the organisation. This is underpinned by an established open culture, where inclusion and an understanding of the vulnerabilities and diverse needs of children are fully understood.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Leaders and managers ensure that staff’s values and vision are aligned with the ethos of the organisation. When these do not align, leaders and managers confidently challenge staff members. In doing so, they are assured they have a strong passionate and committed workforce.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Staff said that they are supported and valued by the registered manager. They benefit from regular supervision that addresses any performance or development needs. Since the service was registered in July 2024, leaders and managers have worked hard to develop the systems and processes that support staff. All staff spoke positively of these changes, and one said, ‘Communication, advice and guidance has improved greatly in the last 10 months, which has given me more confidence in the structure of the company. Management always makes themselves available to help and the support I get from them is invaluable.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Relationships between the service and other agencies are strong and effective. One professional said, ‘The standards of care that I’ve observed have always been of a good standard. The skill and attitude of the staff team has been of an exceptionally Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 4 high standard and the child has told me that she has never felt so safe and so happy.’ Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 5

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that children are actively involved in the shaping of all their plans for support, which should take into account their views, wishes and feelings. In particular, this relates to a child’s risk assessment. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 34)

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children, 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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 6

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd

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Supported accommodation provider details

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

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered service manager: Kirstie O’Connor Farrant

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Supported accommodation provider details

Email address: Kirstie.oconnorfarrant@streetzahead.co.uk

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Inspector

Linda Bond, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Streetz Ahead Creative Housing Ltd 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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