Children's Home run by J24 Resourcing Ltd in Derby

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 1 Registered provider: J24 Resourcing Ltd

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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 operated by a private provider. It offers care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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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 July 2024.

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This monitoring visit

The home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 9 and 10 September 2025. Following the inadequate judgement, Ofsted issued a notice restricting accommodation, which means no new children are permitted to move into the home. In addition, Ofsted issued compliance notices under regulation 12 (the protection of children standard) and regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard).

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to assess the progress made towards meeting the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

The two children have remained in the home since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager has improved the leadership and management of the home. There are monitoring tools in place for her to have effective oversight of the home. The manager has implemented a system to review all aspects of the care provided in the home. The manager has addressed practice issues in the staff team, and at the time of this visit, practice was considered to have improved. Staff now have a clear understanding of their roles and expectations in the home. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 2 The leadership team has made improvements to the children’s assessments and plans. These plans provide staff with clear guidance and actions to take to help the children. Staff say they understand the children’s risks and are more confident about how they should respond to keep them safe. The children now receive individualised care based on their needs, and their relationships with staff have improved.

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This monitoring visit

Improvements have been made to missing-from-home procedures. Staff have clear guidance to follow in the event a child is missing from the home. Staff look for children to ensure that they are safe. The home now has a driver on each shift to support collecting the children when they are out of the home. This limits the risks of children being unable to get home. When children return home, staff ensure that they are safe and well. Children are encouraged to keep in touch with staff, and incentives are in place to promote this further. If children return under the influence, staff will seek medical attention when necessary.

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This monitoring visit

Debriefs are now carried out with staff and children. This allows the children to reflect on their behaviour to make better decisions in the future. Staff are also given opportunities to reflect, and the introduction of new systems ensures that these reflections are captured within timescales.

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This monitoring visit

Risks remain high for both children in the home, in particular child criminal exploitation. Leaders and managers have improved multi-agency working, meaning there is joint working to manage these risks. One child has health concerns that are not managed well. Staff have a good understanding of these concerns and now seek the appropriate medical advice when needed.

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This monitoring visit

When there are serious concerns, there is a clear protocol in place to follow. Staff have done so on several occasions, gathering as much information as possible to complete police intelligence forms. This makes professionals outside of the home aware of the serious risks involving children.

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This monitoring visit

A case review was held on 2 October 2025, where it was agreed that the compliance notices have been met. However, requirements raised under regulations 12 and 13 remain. The requirements previously issued under regulations 5, 10, 14, 21 and 40 were not reviewed during this visit. For this reason, they are restated. The notice restricting accommodation will remain in place until risks to children have reduced. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

09/09/2025 Full Inadequate 30/04/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 06/06/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 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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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

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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 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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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to 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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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; and

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feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and 30 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 5 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(1)(a)(b)(c)(e)(f)(g)(i)(ii)(h))

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

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

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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)(vi)(vii)(b)) 30 November 2025

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The health and well-being standard is that—

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children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being. (Regulation 10 (1)(b))

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This requirement is restated. 30 November 2025

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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; and that each child’s relevant plans are followed;

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that, subject to regulation 22 (contact and access to communications), contact between each child and the child’s 30 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 6 parents, relatives and friends, is promoted in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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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;

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the child is, or has been, persistently absent from the home without permission. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(c)(d)(e)(i)(ii))

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

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

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is intended to safeguard each child accommodated in the home;

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is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and

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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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This requirement is restated. 30 November 2025

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Engaging with the wider system to ensure children’s needs are met.

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In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child’s needs; 30 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 7 if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (a)(b)(c))

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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 is restated. 30 November 2025

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that the home is a nurturing, supportive and homely environment that meets children’s needs. They must comply with relevant health and safety legislation, such as alarms and food hygiene. However, in doing so, the registered person should seek, as far as possible, to maintain a domestic rather than institutional impression. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9)

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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: 2686855 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 3, Burley House, Rowditch Place, Derby DE22 3LR

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Inspector

Gary Smithson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 9 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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Inspector

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