Children's home run by Vines Support Services Limited

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 1 Registered provider: Vines Support Services Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately operated home provides care for up to two children with emotional and social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager is registered with Ofsted. The manager was not present during this visit.

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Information about this children’s home

There was one child living at the home at the time of this monitoring visit.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 14 and 15 April 2025.

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This monitoring visit

Following the inspection, several statutory requirements were set and four compliance notices were issued in relation to regulation 10, the health and well- being standard, regulation 12, the protection of children standard, regulation 13, the leadership and management standard and regulation 40.

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This monitoring visit

A visit was carried out to assess whether the compliance notices had been met. The compliance notices had not been met. Leaders have not taken sufficient action in relation to the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have not provided assurances that they know their staff’s strengths and areas for development to ensure that they are able to meet children’s needs in a timely manner.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders do not understand the areas that require improvement, which would improve the experiences and care of children. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 2 Ofsted has issued a notice to cancel the provider’s registration.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements and recommendation from the last inspection were not assessed at this visit.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

14/04/2025 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 3

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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 with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

If the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005(a) applies to the home—

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Requirement Due date

the registered person must ensure that the requirements of that Order and any regulations made under it, except for article 23 (duties of employees), are complied with in respect of the home. (Regulation 25 (2)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that appropriate measures are in place so that children and staff are aware of the procedure to be followed in case of a fire. 25 May 2025

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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Requirement Due date

have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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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

that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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Requirement Due date

ensure the effective induction of each child into the home;

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Requirement Due date

that the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has 25 May 2025 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 4 concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs. (Regulation 14 (1) (2)(a)(b)(i)(e)(i))

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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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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

help each child to express views, wishes and feelings;

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Requirement Due date

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. (Regulation 7 (1)(c) (2)(a)(iii)) 25 May 2025

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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

understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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Requirement Due date

help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally. 25 May 2025 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 5 (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v))

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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Requirement Due date

positive responses to other children and adults.

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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

meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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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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Requirement Due date

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)(v)(x)) 25 May 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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Requirement Due date

undertake appropriate continuing professional development;

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Requirement Due date

receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience; and

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have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once every year. (Regulation 33 (4)(b)) 25 May 2025

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Recommendation

 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. Staff should record information on individual children in a non-stigmatising way that distinguishes between fact, opinion and third-party Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 6 information. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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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: 2794301 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Vines Support Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: C/O Quantum Uk Business Solutions Ltd, Breakspear Park, Regus, Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4TZ

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Inspector

Corline Parker, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2794301 8 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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