Children's home run by Madiba Yorkshire Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 1 Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire 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

The home is owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for up to two children with social and emotional difficulties; and who may have a learning disability.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager at the home since 28 February 2025. The manager has made an application to register with Ofsted.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home.

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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: 3 February 2025

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

03/02/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff are more attuned to the child, particularly how the child communicates. This has increased staff confidence to meet the child’s needs and offered reassurance to the child that staff understand them. This has been the foundation for the progress that the child has made.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff achieve an appropriate balance between maintaining boundaries and positive routines for the child. This, alongside the manager working collaboratively with health professionals has supported a reduction in medication that the child takes. There has also been an improvement in the child’s sleep routine. These changes have positively impacted on the child’s mood, and ability to engage in the world around them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The positive changes to the child’s routine and a better understanding of the child’s needs have led to education being increased. The child now receives up to 18 hours per week with a tutor, who has remained consistent while the child has lived in the home. The child is making academic progress in line with their abilities, but more importantly the child has been supported to spend more time engaging in something that is important to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff use various forms of communication and communication aids to support the child. This includes the use of Picture Exchange Communication, Makaton, and social stories. The use of varied communication methods has allowed the child to make more choices about their life and has supported the child’s speech to become clearer.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is supported to engage in the outside world. Trips are focused on what the child enjoys, while also challenging the child to have new experiences. Trips to places such as large furniture stores, allow the child to ride on lifts and escalators, eat meatballs, and have a ride in the car, which are all things that the child enjoys. Photos are taken and kept in a memory book.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s parents are positive about the care being provided and the communication between them and staff. They shared that, ‘[Name of child]’s life is [Name of child]- driven. Their world has been made to fit [Name of child] rather than them conforming to the world.’ The child’s social worker also shared that living at the home has been “life- changing” for the child.

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

The child continues to receive high levels of support and supervision, aligned to his needs. There continues to be a legal framework in place to ensure that the child always remains safe. Staff have a good understanding of the child’s needs. Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 4 Most of the time staff have the skills and experience to support the child to remain calm. At times, this includes staff holding the child. Records reflect that staff hold the child for the shortest time needed, and support the child to calm during the hold, in line with the child’s plan. Written records have improved in quality. However, conversations with the child are inconsistent and not always in line with the communication aids that the child uses. During the inspection, managers developed a template to support better quality conversations with the child after a hold. There have been two occasions when the child

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

was held on the floor, despite staff not having the skills to do this. Both times were necessary for everyone’s safety. However, there was a delay from senior leadership, in ensuring that staff have the skills to do this.

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

The use of social stories has enabled staff to share information with the child to create a predictable environment. This has meant staff can prepare the child for things such as urgent health appointments or people coming to the home. However, not all staff have been supported effectively to learn or develop these skills.

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

There continues to be regular damage to the home. This includes furnishings, fixtures, and fittings. This is reported swiftly and appropriately, but the volume of damage and the limited time when the child is not present in the home means that managing this is a challenge. However, changes have been made to things such as the child’s toilet and the introduction of integrated seating to prevent significant damage and minimise the need for repairs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

A new manager has been appointed since the last inspection. She is suitability qualified and has applied to register with Ofsted.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff feel supported by the manager. Supervision takes place for all staff regularly. The quality of supervision continues to vary. Some records indicate appropriate challenge when practice falls below the expected standard. Other records indicate a poor understanding of reflective practice. The manager is aware of this disparity and there are plans in place to address this.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

When new staff start work at the home, they are subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks. They receive an appropriate induction from the organisation followed by induction from the individual home that they are allocated to. Probation reviews take place to ensure that staff are meeting the requirements of their job role.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Currently only the deputy manager and one member of staff are qualified. All staff are enrolled onto the required residential qualification once they have successfully completed their probation. There is a system in place to monitor the progress of staff through their qualification.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager’s system to monitor training is currently ineffective. It is not possible to understand whether all staff had appropriately completed the organisation’s mandatory training. It also appeared that many of the child-specific training needs identified by the Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 5 provider have not been completed by staff. This does not support staff to have the skills to meet the child’s individual needs effectively. Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 6

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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 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

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child; and

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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.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c)(h)) 2 January 2026

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that staff who provide supervision ensure reflective practice is consistently used to continuously improve the care provided to children. (Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards, Page 61, paragraph 13.2).

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have 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: 2793162 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Madiba Yorkshire Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: One City West, Gelderd Road, Leeds LS12 6NJ

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Inspector

Joanna Beal, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2793162 8 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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