Children's Home run by Promoting Youth Ltd in Central Bedfordshire

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780237 1 Registered provider: Promoting Youth 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 owned home provides care for up to three children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager left the home in July 2025.

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Information about this children’s home

One child was living at the home and contributed to the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 2 and 3 July 2025. Serious shortfalls in safeguarding children and the management of the home were identified. One compliance notice was served regarding the leadership and management of the home. A restriction of accommodation was issued.

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This monitoring visit

A monitoring visit was conducted on 21 August 2025. At this visit, the provider had not taken enough action to meet all of the steps in the compliance notice. A further compliance notice has been served, and the restriction of accommodation remains in place.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to monitor the restriction of accommodation and review the progress that the provider has made to meet the steps in the compliance notice. The provider has complied with the restriction of accommodation. One child is living at the home and contributed to the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The home is overseen by two deputy managers and the responsible individual. Since the full inspection, leaders and managers have ensured that specific training is available for staff. This reflects the individual needs of the child. However, the staff have not yet completed the training that has been made available to them. All staff have attended face-to-face physical intervention training, which has provided them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to safely intervene when necessary and appropriate. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780237 2 Leaders and managers have ensured that the home is free from hazards. All necessary repairs have been completed, and the home is safe.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have provided staff with individual and reflective supervision sessions following an incident. However, the identified learning from these sessions has not been shared with the wider staff team. This is a missed opportunity to improve the quality of care.

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This monitoring visit

Managers and staff have responded appropriately to a significant incident that has occurred. Despite this, management oversight, evaluation, review or action plans are not evident. The child has no effective care plan or independence plan. This fails to plan for the child’s emerging independence. Managers have failed to provide clear direction and demonstrate the necessary oversight. This fails to ensure consistency and continuity of care to support progress for children. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780237 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

02/07/2025 Full Inadequate 18/02/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780237 4

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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

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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

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

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

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that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed, furnished and maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health; and

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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(v)(vi)(d)(e)) 19 September

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*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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and 19 September Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780237 5 promotes their welfare.

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

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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home;

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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and

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

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The care planning standard is that children—

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

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

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plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child’s placing authority;

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that the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if—

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the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs; and 19 September Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780237 6 the child is, or has been, persistently absent from the home without permission. (Regulation 14 (1)(a) (2)(b)(iii)(e)(i)(ii))

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If the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005(30) applies to the home—

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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)(b)) 19 September

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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undertake appropriate continuing professional development; and

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have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once every year. (Regulation 33 (4)(a)(c)) 19 September

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*These requirements are subject of a compliance notice.

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Recommendations

 The registered person should notify Ofsted and other relevant persons if one of the situations specified in regulation 40(4)(a)-(d) occurs, or if there is an incident relating to the protection, safeguarding or welfare of a child living in the home that the registered person considers to be serious (40(4)(e)). In particular, the notification to Ofsted must contain all relevant details pertaining to the safeguarding incident. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 63, paragraph 14.10)  The registered person should ensure that when a child returns to the home after being missing from home or away from the home without permission, they request that the responsible local authority provides an opportunity for the child to have an independent return home interview. The home should take account of information provided by such interviews when assessing risks and putting

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Recommendations

arrangements in place to protect each child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 45, paragraph 9.30)

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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: 2780237 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Promoting Youth Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Phoenix House C/O Jp Accountancy Phoenix House Rosslyn Crescent, Harrow HA1 2SP

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Inspector

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Inspector

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