Children's home run by Time-Out Children’s Homes Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 1 Registered provider: Time-Out Children’s Homes 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 privately owned. It provides care for up to two children who may experience social and emotional difficulties. At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home; however, two children had lived together during this inspection period. The child was spoken with during the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has been registered with Ofsted since May 2024.

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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

Overall judgement at last inspection: outstanding

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/03/2025 Full Outstanding 26/02/2024 Full Outstanding 25/01/2023 Full Outstanding 21/02/2022 Full Outstanding Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to develop better routines to complete personal care tasks and to promote healthy sleep patterns. Children’s bedrooms are adapted to support sleep hygiene, with the installation of inbuilt speakers for audio books and lullabies. Staff carry out detailed work with children around their specific care needs, to help children feel cared about and valued. Staff have helped children manage their hair care, which has supported their sense of identity and improved their self-esteem.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are progressing in education. Staff ensure that the correct provision is made available to children so that they can thrive. The manager is active in challenging the decisions made by other professionals when they are not in the children’s best interests.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s moves in and on from the home are planned well. Detailed work is carried out with the children to understand their views and wishes regarding their next steps. This is continually reviewed to ensure that their views and wishes have not changed. Staff work with local authorities and the new provider to develop timelines before any moves take place. This helps children to develop new relationships before they move into their new home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s meetings have been adapted to meet the needs of the children. The children regularly make requests and share their wishes and views in these meetings, which staff acknowledge and, when possible, put them in place. When they are not possible or there are delays, the manager will update them on timescales or reasons why it cannot happen.

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

Staff are responsive to children’s risks. They go to great lengths to make sure children are safe. They make comprehensive and detailed records about how they support the children involved. When there have been identified risks to children, staff have explored these fully to make sure that the children have not been harmed.

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

There are detailed health and safety checks and reports for the home to maintain the children and staff’s safety. Safe recruitment checks are very detailed, with the provider introducing increased checks for social media and professional qualifications.

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

When children are in crisis, and their behaviours escalate, staff take action and attempt to de-escalate the situation and hold children to prevent them from hurting themselves or others. However, these actions are not always effective, but learning is taken from this. Supportive discussions are carried out with the children to support their understanding of their behaviours and the responses from staff.

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

When concerns about staff practice have arisen, a detailed fact finding investigation has Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 4 been carried out. Appropriate decisions about staff suitability to remain working at the home have been made. In response, all staff have received refresher training to ensure that they understand professional boundaries and company policies.

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

When work is carried out by on-call managers, this is not always shared with the manager or uploaded to the care system for wider reflection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has a detailed knowledge of the children in her care, and they are the focus of her role. All staff speak positively regarding their role, there time working in the home and, especially, their time with the children. They recognise the development and progress that the children have made and are proud of their achievements.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has detailed oversight of the running of the home. Data analysis of incidents and allegations are carried out to identify themes.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff supervision sessions take place regularly. They are supportive spaces for staff to reflect and focus on their roles and time with the children. Staff’s health and well-being are regular features in the agenda. Staff on probation receive additional supervisions that focus on learning and development and the progress towards probation goals.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Team meetings are well planned, with detailed agendas. Minutes are comprehensive. There is good attendance by staff. There is detailed discussion around the children and reflective practice supports staff development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There is a wide range of child specific training provided to the staff team. Staff qualifications are all in date. However, the statement of purpose is not updated with this information. Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 5

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person 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 must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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Requirement Due date

understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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Requirement Due date

use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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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

understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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Requirement Due date

protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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Requirement Due date

treat each child with dignity and respect. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(ii)(iii)) 10 November 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that the following items, which may be kept in electronic form, are kept in an accessible manner—

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Requirement Due date

records of the use of measures of control, discipline or restraint (see regulation 35);

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Requirement Due date

children’s case records (see regulation 36);

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Requirement Due date

other records (see regulation 37). (Regulation 38 (h)(i)(j)) 10 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 6

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that the statement of purpose includes the details about staff’s qualifications. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 53, paragraph 10.10)

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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: 2523037 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Time-Out Children’s Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Ripponden Mill, Mill Fold, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 4DH

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Inspector

Rachel Moore, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2523037 8 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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Inspector

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