Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in East Riding of Yorkshire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 1 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is managed and run by a private provider. It provides care for up to four children who may have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

There are two children living in the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in July 2025.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account good

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managers

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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managers

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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managers

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/08/2024 Full Good 11/10/2023 Full Good 12/10/2022 Full Good 06/07/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Two children are living in the home. Both children were spoken to as part of the inspection.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are making progress. Staff know the children well and are committed to providing stability. Children feel listened to and can identify staff that they can talk to. One child said, ‘This is like my family,’ and that they would like to stay in the home for longer.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s voices are heard. Children understand their plans and share their views to participate in decision-making. Children are supported through an advocate, if necessary, to further support their wishes being shared. This means children feel valued and part of their own plans.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s educational needs are promoted. Staff support children with their learning and encourage children to maintain engagement. This has meant one child has taken all of their formal examinations. Staff have maintained relationships with educational professionals to ensure consistency in supporting children. The children have aspirations and have set their own goals, and they have secured college places to further progress them in the next academic term. This supports children in engaging with education and encourages them to achieve their aspirations.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are provided with support plans to meet their needs. Staff provide an independence programme that is tailored to each child’s needs, age and ability. However, this is not captured in the independence files. Children have no formal record of what they have achieved to look back on. Some records are written to the child and are pleasant to read. This is not consistent across all children’s documents.

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

Children feel safe and like living in the home. Staff have developed trusting relationships with children to help them feel safe. Staff provide care in line with children’s plans to provide consistency and keep children safe. When a child’s plan has not been followed and this is identified, it is addressed by the manager. This ensures consistency in the care provided to children.

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

Staff understand children’s risks. The children’s key workers regularly update risk assessments and plans. The clinical team offers staff therapeutic insight and guidance to strengthen risk assessments and inform strategies. Staff are provided with clear guidance and strategies to manage identified risks and keep children safe.

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

When a child goes missing from home, staff follow the missing-from-home plans and take action to reduce risk. When a child returns home following a missing-from-home Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 4 episode, staff ensure they are safe and well. Staff request a return home interview with the local authority. However, there is no challenge to the local authority to ensure it is completed. This is a lost opportunity to learn, review and evaluate the information shared by the child. Any information that is shared by the child with staff is not always recorded effectively.

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

Incidents in the home are rare. Incidents that do happen are recorded by staff, along with supporting documents. The organisation of these documents means they are not all kept together, and information has to be looked for in separate places. This means that some information is missing or not easily available to staff, and this does not help them promote the child’s safety.

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

Safeguarding concerns or allegations are responded to effectively. Staff offer support to the child and inform relevant professionals to reduce potential harm. The manager completes a safeguarding notification. However, reviews and monitoring of safeguarding notifications have been inconsistent. This has meant one safeguarding incident was delayed in being notified. One safeguarding concern regarding staff conduct was not notified, and this prevented oversight and review from the regulator.

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

Alarms are used on children’s bedroom doors to monitor children entering and leaving their bedrooms. This is not an assessed need and is not reviewed effectively for children living in the home. Records do not show that the use of door alarms is necessary and proportionate.

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

The home has a new registered manager who has improved oversight. Until recently, the home had been without a registered manager for a sustained period. Some oversight was maintained but this was largely from a distance. This meant it became inconsistent over time.

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

The new registered manager is knowledgeable about the strengths and weaknesses of the care that the staff provide. The manager is open to challenge and recommendations to support future change. The manager has implemented initial changes to address weaknesses and is reviewing other aspects of care to implement further changes to strengthen the care offered to the children.

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

The manager’s monthly monitoring lacks effectiveness as quality assurance checks have failed to identify gaps in documentation. Children’s case records are not consistently maintained with accurate information, and the current monitoring tool does not enable the manager to comprehensively oversee and evaluate all aspects of care.

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

Staff have confidence in the new registered manager. The staff are new and need to develop in their roles. However, they are feeling stable now and have a sense of ownership regarding the care being delivered. Staff say that they feel reassured that management will remain consistent and be a strength to further develop the team. Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 5 Staff receive supervision to support them in their practice. The supervision tracker has not been completed in line with the provider’s policy to track frequency. Supervision that has taken place is of varying quality. Supervision does not provide staff with the opportunity for reflection, which limits learning and development of practice. Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 6

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person 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 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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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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

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

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that children’s documents are available and that manager oversight is visible on documents as expected. Document accuracy must be maintained, and documents must be reviewed regularly and reflect updates. 30 Oct 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person may only use devices for the monitoring or surveillance of children if—

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Requirement Due date

the monitoring or surveillance is for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child concerned, or other children;

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the monitoring or surveillance is no more intrusive than necessary, having regard to the child’s need for privacy. (Regulation 24 (1)(a)(d)) 30 Oct 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records ("case records") for each child which—

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Requirement Due date

include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child; 30 Oct 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 7 are kept up to date; and

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Requirement Due date

are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c ))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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Requirement Due date

there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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Requirement Due date

there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(c)(e)) 30 Oct 2025

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that when a child returns to the home after being missing from care or away from the home without permission, the responsible local authority provides an opportunity for the child to have an independent return home interview. Homes should take into account information provided by such interviews when assessing risks and putting arrangements in place to protect each child. (Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 45, paragraph 9.30).  The registered person should have systems in place so that all staff, including the manager, receive supervision that allows them to reflect on their practice and the needs of the children assigned to their care. A record of supervision should be kept for staff, including the manager. The record should provide evidence that supervision is being delivered in line with regulation 33 (4)(b). (Guide to the Children’s Homes

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Recommendations

Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 61, paragraph 13.2 and 13.3).  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. Information about the child must always be recorded in a way that will be helpful to the child. (The Guide to The Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 62, paragraph 14.4).

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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: 2594539 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 4th Floor, Parkview, 82 Oxford Road, Uxbridge UB8 1UX

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Inspector

Kate Jackson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2594539 9 regulates and inspects 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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Inspector

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