Children's Home run by Madiba Yorkshire Limited in Rotherham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 1 Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Limited Monitoring visit Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and operated by a private provider. It offers care for up to three children who experience social and emotional difficulties and may have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this visit, two children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in November 2024. The registered manager was not working at the home at the time of the visit.

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This monitoring visit

An assurance inspection was carried out on 23 July 2025. During this inspection, Ofsted identified significant shortfalls in the leadership and management of the home. As a result of the shortfalls, a decision was made to issue a notice restricting accommodation to prevent children moving into the home. Ofsted also issued a compliance notice under regulation 13. In addition, several additional requirements were raised.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to monitor the provider’s compliance with the notice restricting accommodation and its progress in meeting the steps set out in the compliance notice.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has complied with the notice restricting accommodation, and no children have moved into the home.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has made progress in meeting some of the steps in the compliance notice. The unmet steps have been restated. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 2 The children’s risk assessments and care plans have been reviewed. These are now clearer about the levels of risk affecting children and what staff need to do to safeguard them. The acting manager has implemented a new system so that social workers can review children’s risk assessments and care plans. Furthermore, a new process is in place to ensure that all staff working with children have read and are familiar with children’s plans.

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This monitoring visit

Additional training has been identified to support staff in meeting children’s specific needs, including responding to self-harm and using ligature cutters. Most of the core staff team has completed the training, and there are plans for the remaining staff to complete this in the coming weeks. The staffing arrangements have been reviewed to ensure that there is always a trained member of staff available.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, the registered manager has stopped working for the provider and has requested to cancel their registration voluntarily. The provider has appointed an interim manager to work in the home and has already started the process of appointing a new manager who intends to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

Senior leaders have increased their monitoring of the home. This includes being visibly present in the home to support the interim manager and deputy manager and to provide assurances to the children.

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This monitoring visit

New monitoring systems have been developed. However, some of these are yet to be used, and others are in their infancy. The effectiveness of these new systems is therefore untested.

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This monitoring visit

The children continue to receive inconsistent care due to unfamiliar staff working in the home. There is still a heavy reliance on staff support from the provider’s other homes, along with some use of agency staff.

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This monitoring visit

During the visit, a significant shortfall was identified in the vetting of an agency member of staff. This left children at risk of harm. The operations manager took immediate action to prevent reoccurrence and provided assurances to Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements previously raised under regulations 11, 12, 13, 33, 35 and 40 were not reviewed during this visit. For this reason, they are restated. An additional requirement was raised under regulation 32. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

29/04/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 16/04/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 13/12/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 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 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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(e)) 5 October 2025

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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

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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; 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)(h))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 5 October 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 5 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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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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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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manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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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;

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies; and

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that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(b))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated. 5 October 2025

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

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults. 5 October 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 6 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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

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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children; and

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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)(ix)(x))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated.

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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undertake appropriate continuing professional development;

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated. 5 October 2025

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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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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”) has spoken to the user about the measure; 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)(b)(i)(c))

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This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated. 5 October 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 7 The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated. 5 October 2025

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The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home,

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if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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the individual is of integrity and good character;

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the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform;

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the individual is mentally and physically fit for the purposes of the work that the individual is to perform; and

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full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(a)(b)(c)(d))

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This requirement was not reviewed and has been restated. 5 October 2025

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*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 8

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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: 2730253 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: One City West, Gelderd Road, Leeds LS12 6NJ

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Inspector

Claire Webster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2730253 10 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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