Children's Home run by Resicare Alliance Limited in North Northamptonshire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2806939 1 Registered provider: Resicare Alliance Limited

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is managed by a private company. It provides care for up to eight children who have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

Three children were living at the home at the time of the inspection. The inspector spent time with all three children as part of the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in April 2025.

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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: this is the first inspection of the home. Inspection report for children’s home: 2806939 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

This is the first inspection of the home since registration in April 2025. Three children are living in the home at the time of the inspection. No children have yet moved on from the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager understands the importance of care planning and understanding children’s individual needs before children move into the home. This planning includes input from the clinician team, parents and the manager. The moves are done at a gradual pace. Children and parents meet the staff and visit the home before the child moves in. The manager has moved children in at gradual intervals to allow the children to settle into their home and not to become overwhelmed.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children are all relatively new to the home. None of the children have formal education places. The manager has worked with the provider’s head of education to ensure that children all have education with qualified and specialist teachers. Social workers have made several referrals for specialist school provisions. In the interim period, staff are doing their best to provide children with structure and good-quality education.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have positive relationships with children. Some children have complex communication needs. Staff use creative communication methods to ensure that their voice is heard. Staff were observed to be enthusiastic, patient and nurturing with children, resulting in children who are relaxed, happy and have fun with staff. Children feel loved, valued and understood while living here.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are helped to increase their independence. Small achievable goals are worked towards. Two children have complex personal hygiene needs. They have made significant progress with the help from staff. Another child has become confident using cutlery. These skills enable the children to have important life skills to become more independent.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Due to children’s complex sensory processing needs, some children find eating different foods challenging. Staff encourage children to try a range of food. The children are offered good-quality home cooked food to assist with this challenge. The children have input into their preferred weekly menus. Before moving to the home, one child would only eat plain pasta. The child has enjoyed trying various new dishes. This is good progress for the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children spend valuable time with family members who are important to them. Staff support children with their family time. Staff take time to build trust with children’s families. Parents said that their children are happy and safe. One parent said that the child receives high standards of care, and that the staff are excellent. Inspection report for children’s home: 2806939 3 The children benefit from the support and expertise of a psychotherapist. Sessions help to gradually build trusting relationships with children and include play. The sessions will be used to inform and to plan for the child’s emotional well-being needs. The psychotherapist also provides important emotional support to children’s parents. Working with parents is fundamental to working towards reunification with families wherever possible.

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

Staff have appropriate safeguarding training. Professionals and parents are confident in staff’s ability to safeguard children. Staff implement safeguarding procedures wherever necessary.

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

There has been just one incident of physical intervention. Staff understand that physical intervention should only be used as a last resort. They use their positive relationships with the children to prevent unnecessary use of physical intervention practice.

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

There have been no missing-from-home incidents. The manager ensures that children are supported with high staffing ratios to meet the children’s needs. Staff understand how to respond to an incident if a child were to go out of staff’s sight. Knowing how to respond helps keep children safe.

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

The staff use creative behaviour support techniques that are unique to each child. Children use a range of techniques, including balloon popping, listening to soothing music and breaking pasta, to help manage their feelings. Staff understand and implement the children’s known behaviour strategies confidently. There has been a notable decrease in unwanted behaviours and children are learning how to better manage their own emotions.

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

Staff understand the importance of children learning about their own safety. Staff use widgets to deliver important key-work sessions on expressing emotions safely and personal safety. Staff help children to have safety awareness.

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

There has been one medication error. This was managed well. Staff sought medical advice and informed the relevant people promptly. No harm came to the child. However, the records of the incident were insufficient.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager is knowledgeable and holds a relevant leadership qualification. He has support from a competent responsible individual. Staff said that the managers are ‘brilliant, approachable and supportive’. Morale is high because staff are motivated to deliver good-quality care to children. Inspection report for children’s home: 2806939 4 A social worker spoke highly of the staff team and manager. She is impressed with the care they provide. She said that communication is good and that the manager and staff understand the child’s needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive bespoke training. Most of the training is provided by the specialist clinician team. Most staff hold a relevant residential qualification or are working towards this. Some staff have a level 5 diploma. Good training helps staff to understand and meet the children’s complex needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

An independent person visits the home each month. Reports are of good quality and include feedback from children, parents and professionals. The independent person makes appropriate recommendations that help the manager to improve the quality of care that children receive.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Managers have not ensured that all care records are completed or signed off to indicate their oversight. Children’s direct work electronic records have not been approved in a timely manner. On two occasions, the manager has not completed an evaluation of incidents. The training matrix was inaccurate due to a new system being implemented. The manager started to address this administrative shortfall immediately during the inspection. Inspection report for children’s home: 2806939 5

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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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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, the registered person must ensure that staff and children’s records are accurate, and that reviews of incidents happen in a timely manner. 22 December 2025

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Information about this inspection

The inspector has 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: 2806939 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Resicare Alliance Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 147 Stamford Hill, London N16 5LG

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Inspector

Amy Miles, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2806939 7 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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