Children's Home run by Creative Living Care in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2731482 1 Registered provider: Creative Living Care

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a private organisation. It is registered to provide care for up to three children with social or emotional needs. There were two children living at the home during this visit.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged to have serious and widespread concerns in relation to the care and protection of children at the assurance inspection on 31 July 2025. This visit took place to review the progress the provider had made following compliance notices being issued under regulation 12, the protection of children standard and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

There have not been any children move in or out of the home since the last visit.

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This monitoring visit

The children’s plans are clear about the staff’s responsibilities when children have been out and not returned to the home. The staff now show curiosity around children’s plans when they are out and ensure they have the information they need.

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This monitoring visit

There has been one concern raised regarding a staff member’s practice. This was raised initially in the spring with the manager and the appropriate action was not taken at that time. However, when this has been brought to the attention of the responsible individual, they have managed this well, and they have ensured that the appropriate people have been informed.

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This monitoring visit

The environment has improved. The home has been decorated, and there are clear guidelines in place around cleaning and maintenance, which are being overseen by the responsible individual. The staff have made efforts to ensure a child’s bedroom is Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2731482 2 equipped and furnished to meet their needs. However, this needs addressing further. Fire doors are no longer propped open.

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This monitoring visit

Oversight on incidents has improved, and the responsible individual has introduced additional monitoring measures. Incidents have decreased, and the staff who were spoken to are now guided by robust individual behaviour support plans that children are encouraged to contribute to. However, for one incident of restraint, the record was not clear as to what intervention had been used and for how long.

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This monitoring visit

When children sustain injuries, the staff act appropriately and obtain medical advice when needed. However, the records and how staff monitor injuries are not always clear.

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This monitoring visit

Although there have not been any children move out since the last visit, the responsible individual has implemented a robust protocol that ensures that plans are communicated appropriately and sensitively with the children and that any moves are in the child’s best interests. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2731482 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

08/04/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 29/10/2024 Full Good 28/02/2024 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2731482 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 registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are signed and dated by the author of each entry.

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securely in the children’s home during the period when the child to whom the case records relate is accommodated there. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, leaders and managers should ensure that all children’s records are clear and well organised. 10 October 2025

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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 the measure and its duration. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(iv)) 10 October 2025

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the staff are familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)  The registered person should ensure that children’s bedrooms include any necessary adaptation to meet the needs of children’s specific health issues. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2731482 5 (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 17, paragraph 3.24)

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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: 2731482 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Creative Living Care

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Creative Living Care Limited, Suite 5b Lincoln House, 5 The Crossroads Business Centre, Freckleton Street, Kirkham, Preston PR4 2SH

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Michael Swarbrick

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Inspector

Kerri Lynch, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2731482 7 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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