Children's Home run by Bedspace Resource Ltd in Cheshire East

Inspection report for children’s home: 2813108 1 Registered provider: Bedspace Resource Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

A private company runs this children’s home. It is registered to provide care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

This is the home’s first inspection since its registration in December 2024.

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Information about this children’s home

Three children have moved into the home during this inspection period. The inspector was able to speak to all children about their experiences of living in the home.

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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: 2813108 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff create a warm, homely environment for children. This allows the children to be relaxed in their home. The children are settling into the home and have built positive, trusting relationships with the staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

There are excellent plans in place for children moving into the home. The manager carefully considers the needs of children moving into the home alongside the skills and experience of the staff team. The manager ensures that they speak to the children’s network and meet the children before they move into the home. Activities and overnight stays are arranged to enable children to get to know staff before moving into the home. This helps children build familiarity with the home and staff before moving in.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager and staff promote children’s education. All children are in full-time education and are supported with their individual educational needs. Staff proudly display children’s certificates of achievement in the home. This helps build children’s confidence in their education and supports them to take pride in their work.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are registered with key healthcare professionals and are supported to attend their appointments. When health concerns are raised, the home’s manager works with the children’s network to ensure referrals to health support agencies are made to ensure their healthcare needs are met.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s views and wishes are promoted in the home. Children are invited to contribute to the care and support they are provided with in the home through brainstorming sessions. This allows children to contribute to the day-to-day decisions about their care, resulting in them feeling listened to and understood.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy various activities together, such as swimming, bike rides and football. Staff are starting to encourage separate activities, with enquiries made to football, boxing and athletic clubs. This will help children form individual hobbies around their own interests and enable them to build social skills and form friendships in the local community.

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

The children identify staff as trusted adults and approach them with their concerns. Staff respond to concerns warmly and sensitively. The children do not make complaints about their care; however, they know how to do so. Children feel safe in the home.

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

Staff practice is consistent. Communication between staff is clear, therefore there are consistent boundaries in the home. This enables children to feel secure. Other Inspection report for children’s home: 2813108 3 professionals say, ‘Staff and the manager maintain clear boundaries and consistent expectations, while also demonstrating genuine warmth and care for the children.’

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

Staff understand the children’s individual risks and strategies to support them. The children’s risks are documented in safe care and safe home plans that direct and support staff to prevent and reduce risks.

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

A clinical psychologist leads monthly reflective practice sessions with the staff team. This equips staff with the skills and guidance to support children to understand their care experiences in a safe and constructive manner. Staff talk to children sensitively about issues that are affecting them, including fears, relationships and emotions.

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

Incidents in the home are mostly due to play fighting escalating into minor altercations between children. Staff respond promptly and in line with children’s safe care plans. Children are spoken with following incidents to help them repair relationships and learn different ways to play together. However, the manager does not review all incidents. This does not ensure that staff are responding effectively.

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

Staff are trained to physically restrain children to keep them and others safe. However, restraints are not used. This is because staff use de-escalation techniques effectively when children are in crisis.

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

Staff use creative resources to support their discussions with children about puberty, hygiene, internet safety and relationships. This enables children to recognise risks and keep themselves safe when using social media or gaming online and prepares them for changes to their body and emotions.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and the deputy manager have a focused vision for the children and the staff team. They are committed to improving outcomes for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and the deputy manager have good oversight of the home. They use Regulation 44 and 45 reports as a monitoring tool and complete their own monthly audits. The detailed audits help them to understand how the children are making progress and to devise actions to overcome challenges. This ensures that children are receiving good-quality care, and that the home is operating in line with regulation.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers follow safer recruitment procedures and complete further checks when necessary. This confirms staff are fully checked before being able to provide care to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Induction programmes for new starters are detailed, and learning is supported by experienced staff members. This ensures that staff are aware of key information and processes to aid their role before directly working with children. Inspection report for children’s home: 2813108 4 Team meetings take place monthly. Team meetings are used to discuss current issues for the children, reflect on practice and ensure all staff are aware of, and working with, children’s safe care plans. Staff also use this time to share work they have completed with children to help inform care planning. This helps promote collaborative working. The manager also uses quizzes to develop staff’s knowledge and understanding of policies and procedures.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive good-quality supervisions. These are supportive and focus on children’s needs, staff development, training and ensuring all staff are working in line with the provider’s model of care. The manager has a good understanding of staff’s strengths and areas of development. Staff are encouraged to use their strengths to support their practice. This is helping staff to feel empowered in their role. Staff feel they are fully supported by the manager and the deputy manager and enjoy working in the home. Inspection report for children’s home: 2813108 5

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Recommendation

 The registered person should actively review incidents and ensure these are reviewed by persons independent of the incidents to ensure they are proactively implementing lessons learned and sustaining good practice. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 55, paragraph 10.24)

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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: 2813108 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Bedspace Resource Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 473 Chester Road, Manchester M16 9HF

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Inspector

Renée Sims, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2813108 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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