Children's home run by Hennessy Living Group Limited in Kirklees

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 1 SC482418 Registered provider: Hennessy Living Group Limited

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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 four children who may have physical and/or learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in November 2022.

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Information about this children’s home

There were four children living in the home at the time of this inspection. Two children were present during the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to evaluate the provider’s response to requirements made at the assurance inspection on 21 May 2025, where inspectors found serious concerns.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers work with multi-agency professionals to investigate allegations. Work is completed with staff members to ensure that they understand their responsibilities to safeguard children. However, leaders and managers did not complete their own investigation into the allegation, in line with the organisations policy. Furthermore, the manager did not have access to information from a multi- agency meeting. This hinders the manager from understanding the support needs of staff.

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This monitoring visit

The manager does not make sure that there are always sufficient members of staff on shift. This means that staff levels are not always sufficient to safeguard and support children effectively. Furthermore, agency staff are used due to staff shortages. Feedback from one social worker said that this impacts on staff’s understanding of, and ability to communicate with, children. This includes poor communication with education and health colleagues. This means that children are not receiving consistent care. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 2 The quality of restraint records is improving but one record of an incident did not include any discussion with the child and lacked management oversight. In addition to this, a member of staff was injured and there was no information recorded in respect of this. This affects the consistency of the children’s care and the staff’s ability to learn from incidents.

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This monitoring visit

Care plans do not include all behaviours that children display, including those that can impact on their health. This information is important to ensure that children do not ingest anything that may cause them to become ill. This increases the risk of children needing medical intervention.

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This monitoring visit

One child has their liberty restricted by the home as they are subject to a Deprivation of Liberty order. The home has a copy of the order on their file with incorrect details recorded on it. This means that this order is being executed without legal consent. Furthermore, some of the restrictions in place do not form part of the order and are impacting on how other children can use their home.

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This monitoring visit

Children are supported to understand rules and boundaries in a way that they can understand. Children use their symbols and communication boards during difficult times to tell staff how they feel. Staff take time to produce social stories to reflect on incidents with children. This helps children to better understand the impact of the behaviour on themselves, their peers and staff. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

21/05/2025 Assurance visit Serious concerns identified 19/03/2025 Full Good 08/11/2023 Full Outstanding 11/01/2023 Assurance visit No serious concerns identified Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 4

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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 with 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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Requirement Due date

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

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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

have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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Requirement Due date

understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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Requirement Due date

take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and

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Requirement Due date

are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)) 25 August 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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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— 25 August 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 5 ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

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Requirement Due date

ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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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)(d)(e)(h))

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Requirement Due date

within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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Requirement Due date

a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure;

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Requirement Due date

within 48 hours of the use of the measure, 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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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)(a)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 25 August 2025

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Requirement Due date

children can access all appropriate areas of the children’s home’s premises; and

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Requirement Due date

any limitation placed on a child’s privacy or access to any area of the home’s premises—

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Requirement Due date

is intended to safeguard each child accommodated in the home;

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Requirement Due date

is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and 25 August 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 6 allows children as much freedom as is possible when balanced against the need to protect them and keep them safe. (Regulation 21 (b) (c)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

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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. (Regulation 40 (4)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated. 25 August 2025

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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: SC482418 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Hennessy Living Group Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Rickleton 1B, Bowes Offices, Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street DH3 4AN

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Inspector

Lee Riley, Social Care Inspector Natalie Clark, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC482418 8 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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