The Prospering Place Ltd

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 1 The Prospering Place Ltd Registered provider: The Prospering Place Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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The service, along with the registered service manager, who is also the nominated individual, registered with Ofsted on 6 October 2023.

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The provider offers non-ring-fenced shared accommodation for up to 10 children in two premises.

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At the time of the inspection, three children aged 16 and 17 were living in one premises, where there is always a staff member on duty. Only adults were living at the other premises, that offers floating staff support.

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Inspection dates: The inspection was announced on 6 October 2025 and started that day. The inspector was on site from 8 to 9 October 2025.

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Outcome

Consistently strong service delivery leads to typically positive experiences and progress for children. Where improvements are needed, leaders and managers take timely and effective action. The next inspection will be in approximately three years.

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Summary of findings

The excellent support that children receive makes a positive difference in their lives. Staff prepare children well for moving on to live independently.

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Summary of findings

Positive relationships between staff and children underpin effective safeguarding. Safeguarding practices are proactive, reflective and collaborative. Children are involved in creating their own safety plans. They learn how to keep themselves safe, and as a result, become safer.

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Summary of findings

The leaders and managers ensure that their service meets relevant regulations and continues to improve. Children consistently remain at the centre of this service. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children develop positive relationships with staff and have positive experiences. They talked about staff being kind, supportive and helpful.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children make progress across many areas of their lives. One child’s mother talked with great pride about the amazing progress that her child has made. The mother commented that, since moving into the supported accommodation, her daughter has become much safer, got more independent and started planning to go to university.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children are at the centre of the planning process and the service that they receive. Their support is individually tailored to their needs, views, wishes and feelings. Children regularly spend time together with staff having meaningful conversations about matters that are important to them, including education and learning, career paths, positive relationships and healthy living.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children receive sensitive emotional support from staff, and this helps them to develop emotional resilience. One child talked about staff teaching her to rely more on herself and supporting her to have high aspirations and be stronger. The provider also has a counsellor who visits regularly and is available to speak to the children and staff. Staff encourage the children to engage with local mental health professionals. This enables children to better understand how their current behaviour may be the result of their previous experiences.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children know that they are listened to and taken seriously. They provide suggestions and make complaints when needed. They always receive swift and full responses from staff. This improves the trust between the children and staff. Staff also ensure that the children have access to advocates.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children develop a sense of belonging. They bring their treasured possessions with them and have personalised their rooms beautifully. One child, who has had many previous placements, has settled well. The child benefits from the stability in their life and they wish to continue to live at the home after they turn 18.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

To ensure that the children continue to grow in their independence, staff carefully balance the levels of direct help and the encouragement that they give to the children to do things for themselves. Altough support plans are usually detailed, the support plan for one child who is on long-term medication is not specific enough. It does not include clear steps towards gradually enabling the child to take full responsibility for managing their medical condition themselves.

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How well children are helped and protected

Children experience a sense of safety and security. They are supported to learn how to keep themselves safe. Incidents are rare and when they do occur, they are managed well. Children who have previously harmed themselves while living elsewhere have not engaged in this while living at this supported accommodation. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 3 Staff’s safeguarding practices are collaborative, proactive and reflective. Staff create risk assessments and safety plans with children. Staff and children review these documents every three months and after each incident. This process includes conversations about the protective factors and what can prevent the risks from occurring in the first place.

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How well children are helped and protected

The effective safeguarding practices start with careful consideration of all children’s needs and risks before they move in. The potential influence of children on each other is explored fully at the point of a child’s referral. The provider is a strong gatekeeper. They ensure that only those children who are ready to live in supported accommodation, where staff who are on duty usually visit only every other day, do so.

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How well children are helped and protected

The local police and local authorities have agreed protocols for children who go missing. This ensures that the children receive timely and effective multi-agency responses when needed. Staff follow these protocols in practice. Staff request return home interviews from the child’s placing local authority after each episode of going missing. The staff also carry out their own in-depth conversations with the children about the potential risks that they might face while they are missing and discuss how children can keep themselves safe. The frequency of children going missing reduces over time.

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How well children are helped and protected

All staff are trained to level 3 in safeguarding children. Staff know how to recognise and share concerns. One child’s social worker said that the safeguarding practices, commitment to information-sharing and respect for the voice of the child are commendable and set a standard that other providers should aspire to.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff have established a positive working relationship with the local authority designated officer (LADO) for dealing with allegations against staff. Staff appropriately seek advice from the LADO when issues around staff conduct arise, in line with the procedures for safeguarding children.

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How well children are helped and protected

Health and safety arrangements, including for fire safety, ensure that the physical environment remains safe. Children learn how to keep their home safe.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The leaders and managers are passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children. The statement of purpose enshrines their child-centred vision and guides staff practice. Strong assurance processes ensure that the service is effective and fulfils the statement of purpose.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The leaders and managers ensure that all the staff have the right attitudes, skills and knowledge to support children effectively. Staff receive comprehensive training on a wide range of relevant topics. They have opportunities to reflect on their practice during supervision sessions and team meetings. Annual appraisals and regular discussions about their performance facilitate staff’s professional Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 4 development. One staff member talked about the stable, empathetic and professional environment being essential for delivering reliable support to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

New staff receive a comprehensive induction that includes shadowing an expereinced member of staff. This support can be extended when appropriate to ensure that new staff feel confident in their role.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Decisions about when to seek overseas criminal records checks for prospective staff are not always in line with the Home Office guidance. All other recruitment checks are completed robustly to ensure that staff members are suitable to work with children and be in a position of trust.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The leaders and managers have embraced regulation and their registered status with Ofsted. They submit safeguarding notifications and send quality of support review reports to Ofsted regularly and in a timely manner. This enables Ofsted to maintain good oversight of the services and support delivered to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The leaders and managers have continued to enhance the service since registration. They have improved the management structure and introduced an online recording system.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Records are of a good quality. They clearly evidence the excellent support that the children receive, and the positive effect that this has on improving children’s progress and outcomes. Staff have recently completed training on language that cares . This learning is embedded in staff’s practice as daily logs are written to children, rather than about children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Children have opportunities to participate in the development of the service. They were actively involved in creating a policy on the safe and considerate use of a new digital game. This was bought at their request.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The leaders and managers have developed close working relationships with children’s social workers and other professionals. The social workers speak positively about this service. One child’s social worker said, ‘In my experience, this was one of the best supported accommodation services that they have come across.’ Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that when a child is on long-term medication, their support plans show clearly how they will be supported to gradually take full responsibility for managing this. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 36)  The registered person should ensure that the staff recruitment guidance regarding when to seek an overseas police check is in line with good practice. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 51)

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children, 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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 6

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: The Prospering Place Ltd

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider address: Suite 401 Coventry Chambers, 1-3 Coventry Road, Ilford, London IG1 4QR

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Supported accommodation provider details

Email address: referrals@theprosperingplace.com

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Inspector

Seka Graovac, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: The Prospering Place Ltd 7 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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