Achieving Together Ltd

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Achieving Together Ltd 1 Achieving Together Ltd Registered provider: Achieving Together Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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provider

This supported accommodation service is owned and managed by a private provider. The service can accommodate up to 14 children and young people, in five shared homes.

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provider

At the time of this inspection, this service was providing supported accommodation for seven children. Three shared occupancy homes were visited.

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provider

The service manager has been registered with Ofsted since April 2025.

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Inspection dates: The inspection was announced on 13 October 2025 and started that day. The inspector was on site on 15 and 16 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 within approximately three years.

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Summary of findings

Leaders and managers are enthusiastic and committed to supporting many children to make progress.

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Summary of findings

Safeguarding arrangements work well. Staff closely partner with other agencies to help children get the support and services they need.

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Summary of findings

Children are happy where they live and have strong, positive relationships with staff. Staff know and understand children’s needs well.

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Summary of findings

Leaders and managers learn from past experiences and use the learning to further develop the service. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Achieving Together Ltd 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff form strong, positive relationships with children. Children are happy where they live and feel well supported. One child said that it was the best place they had ever lived.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff are ambitious for children and passionate about the support they provide. Staff undertake meaningful direct work, and most children learn skills for daily living in adult life as a result.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff use a range of approaches to support children who are not making progress. When concerns arise about the suitability of a child’s placement, leaders and managers escalate these appropriately with the placing authority.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff ensure that children are in good physical and emotional health; they undertake targeted sessions around physical and mental well-being which include the support of an in-house therapist.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff understand and respect children’s cultural and religious needs. When children move in, staff help them access appropriate places of worship. They also identify local services that provide children with options relating to their dietary requirements.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Staff update children’s case records to ensure that they reflect their lives and the work that is carried out with them. Case records reflect children’s achievements and clearly relate to their future plans.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Leaders and managers do not ensure that children are consistently informed about how closed-circuit television (CCTV) is used or how they can access independent advocacy support.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff manage incidents relating to children’s safety well. They maintain effective communication with external agencies, ensuring a coordinated response. Children are safer as a result.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff complete thorough risk assessments when children move into the home and update these promptly when vulnerabilities change. This helps to keep children safe.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff support children to stay safe through targeted direct work and referrals to specialist services when required. Staff are consistent in their approach and encourage children to engage positively.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff check on children’s welfare when they are not at home and maintain contact with them. This helps children stay safe and has reduced the number of times that they have been missing from home. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Achieving Together Ltd 3 Staff understand triggers for children’s behaviour and respond proactively to help them to manage difficulties.

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How well children are helped and protected

Leaders and managers ensure that any allegations or suspicion of harm are shared promptly with the relevant agencies and handled in line with statutory guidance. Children are supported and protected as a result.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff have not received sufficient training to strengthen their understanding of contextual safeguarding and the risks associated with exploitation. This limits their ability to recognise and respond effectively when indicators of risk emerge.

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How well children are helped and protected

Not all children live in clean, welcoming homes. For example, some children’s bathrooms were unclean, and key safes were attached to the walls in shared living areas, which detracted from the homely atmosphere.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

There is a strong, cohesive management team that has a good understanding of children’s needs. The registered manager undertakes direct work with children, which ensures that she has oversight of their needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Leaders and managers reflect on practice and learn from experience. For example, they previously admitted children with needs that were too complex for supported accommodation and have since adapted their approach to managing referrals.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Leaders and managers challenge placing authorities effectively when decisions are not in children’s best interests and take appropriate action to advocate for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Leaders and managers do not ensure sufficient oversight of agency staff’s work with children. There are gaps in supervision and training, and agency staff do not attend team meetings. Consequently, this limits agency staff’s opportunities to reflect on children’s needs and progress. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Achieving Together Ltd 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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and the ‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The accommodation standard is that children experience a comfortable and secure living environment.

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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 the premises used as supported accommodation—

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Requirement Due date

are suitable for the purposes of supported accommodation and are accessible, safe, secure and well-maintained;

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Requirement Due date

are adequately maintained so as to provide a welcoming and homely environment within both individual and shared living spaces.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 6 (1) (2)(b)(vi)(viii)) 28 November

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children moving in are made aware of the processes in place to keep them safe, for example the use of CCTV. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 42)  The registered person should ensure that children moving in are made aware of how to access advocacy support. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 43)  The registered person should ensure that external agency staff meet the general fitness requirements of staff and have suitable skills and qualifications to deliver a high-quality service that meets the support standard. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 52) Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Achieving Together Ltd 5

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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: Achieving Together Ltd 6

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: Achieving Together Ltd

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered service manager: Leisa Botting

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Supported accommodation provider details

Email address: accounts@achievingtogetherltd.co.uk

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Inspector

Amie Pearson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Achieving Together 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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