Dreamfo Housing Limited

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 1 Dreamfo Housing Limited Registered provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited

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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.

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provider

The service can accommodate up to 35 children in nine group-living homes that are limited to supporting looked-after children and care leavers. The provider operates in London.

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provider

At the time of the inspection, the service was providing support for 18 children aged 16 or 17.

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provider

The service has a registered service manager and a nominated individual. Both have held these roles since the service registered with Ofsted in August 2023.

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provider

The registered service manager has been absent since 10 September 2025.

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Inspection dates: 22 to 24 October 2025

The inspection was announced on 20 October 2025 and started that day. The inspectors were on site on 22 and 23 October 2025.

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Outcome

Inconsistent quality of service delivery adversely affects some children’s experiences, and this may limit their progress. Leaders and managers must make improvements. The next inspection will be within approximately 18 months.

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Summary of findings

Children said that they feel safe and are protected from harm. Most children live in comfortable and well-maintained homes. However, one of their properties is not homely. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 2 The provider works with a diverse range of children of different genders and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Most staff are supporting children to improve general independence and life skills, and this leads to progress for these children.

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Summary of findings

Not all children participate in the development of their support plans, and staff could not demonstrate how they consult children about the individual support they need. As a result, the support provided is not consistently targeted to help individual children achieve the goals that are important to them.

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Summary of findings

Ofsted is not notified of all significant events.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Children are supported to develop practical independent living skills, such as cooking, laundering, cleaning and budgeting. Staff work with children’s strengths and build on these towards achieving independence.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

All children engage in education or employment. Staff have high expectations for children. They offer encouragement and practical help in enrolling for college or applying for jobs. One child is at college and works part time.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Most staff treat children with dignity and respect. The service is responsive to the individual identities of children and supports a diverse group of children from different genders, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. When relevant, children are encouraged to engage in faith-based activities and participate in cultural celebrations. This helps children to feel valued and respected.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Most children are supported in maintaining good health. All children are registered with health professionals, including GPs and dentists, and receive regular check-ups. Staff encourage children to take responsibility for their health and well-being. However, one child missed two health appointments due to lack of communication by staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children

Some children are supported by staff who know them well and understand their needs. This is not consistent across the service. Not all the children are receiving the same level of support.

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How well children are helped and protected

Children say they feel safe. There is a stable and consistent staff team in each home that allows staff to build good relationships with children. All children have an allocated named worker and can also approach any staff member, including managers, for support. This enhances children’s sense of security and ensures their voice is heard.

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How well children are helped and protected

Children know how to make a complaint and feel confident in doing so. Most children say that any complaint they make is listened to and acted on by staff. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 3 Leaders and managers recruit staff safely and recruitment records are well maintained. All necessary pre-employment checks are carried out before staff begin working with children. This includes identity verification, enhanced police checks, references and employment histories.

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How well children are helped and protected

Staff have access to a wide variety of training that is tailored to meet the needs of the children they support. Leaders and managers ensure that their mandatory training for all staff includes topics such as safeguarding, child sexual exploitation, online safety, building therapeutic relationships, radicalisation and de-escalation skills.

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How well children are helped and protected

Children do not consistently receive individualised or responsive support. This may expose some children to increased risk of harm. Children’s risk assessments do not consistently reflect their current and known risks. When children move into the home, their support plans and risk assessments do not consistently reflect the children’s behaviour at the point of their referral. Concerns about the safety and welfare of some children have arisen due to staff not implementing the training that they have received to meet the competing needs of the children.

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How well children are helped and protected

When a serious incident occurs, managers and staff act to ensure that children are safe. The actions they take include working closely and sharing information with other agencies, including the police and social care professionals. However, managers do not inform Ofsted of all significant events. This hinders Ofsted’s oversight of the actions taken by the provider to ensure children are safeguarded effectively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The service is supported by nominated individual and registered service manager. They visit the home regularly and are known by the staff and children. One staff member said, ‘I am proud to be part of a team that genuinely cares about the well- being and future of every child we support.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The leaders and manager are aware of the strengths and areas of improvement. They recognise that their current electronic system is ineffective in helping them to maintain effective oversight of the undertaking. A new system has been obtained, and the staff are currently being trained to use this. As the new system is not fully embedded in practice, the effectiveness of this is yet to be tested.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

Many professionals gave positive feedback. One social worker said, ‘The staff are genuinely invested in supporting the young people The manager has been consistently helpful and communicative.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers

The quality of support and safety in homes for children varies. The registered manager’s approach in agreeing which children will come to live in the undertaking is weak. The manager has accepted children whose needs and risks are not suitable for supported accommodation. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 4 Managers are approachable and very supportive of all staff. They receive regular, formal support in the form of team meetings and supervision sessions. While these sessions take place, they do not provide staff with the opportunity to discuss the support that they provide to children and the progress that the children make. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 5

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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 leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the supported accommodation undertaking that puts children first and prioritises their wellbeing and development.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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ensure that staff work effectively as a team, where appropriate, to meet the needs of children;

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ensure that arrangements are in place to manage referrals of children to the supported accommodation undertaking and admissions of children to premises used as supported accommodation, including, where relevant, emergency referrals and admissions. (Reg 4 (1) (2)(b)(f) 10 November 2025

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The support standard is that children receive individual and tailored support that meets their needs.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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ensure that plans for support are based on initial referral information, are meaningful and are created in full consultation with the child, taking account of relevant plans for the child;

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keep the child’s support under review, taking into consideration the plans for support, and relevant plans, to ensure that the child’s needs continue to be met and that the child is kept safe; 10 November 2025 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 6 engage and work with the accommodating authority if the registered person has concerns or if the child’s support needs to be changed, including where that change may mean that the child requires more intensive support. (Regulation 7 (1) (2)(b)(c)(f))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that children have up-to-date support documents and are responsive to changes in children’s needs.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify the CIECSS and any relevant person without delay if—

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a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation or child criminal exploitation;

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child and the registered person considers that incident to be serious;

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there is an allegation of abuse against the supported accommodation undertaking or a person working for it;

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious.

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The registered person must ensure that a notification made under this regulation—

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any other individuals or organisations who or which have been notified;

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any actions taken by the registered person as a result of the matter;

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is made or confirmed in writing. (Regulation 27 (3)(a)(b)(c)(f) (4)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b)) 10 November 2025

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The accommodation standard is that children experience a comfortable and secure living environment. In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to— 10 November 2025 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 7 ensure that the premises used as supported accommodation—

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Requirement Due date

are designed and furnished so as to meet the needs of each child individually and all children collectively;

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

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offer a comfortable, positive and nurturing environment, while respecting children’s need for privacy;

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

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are designed, furnished and maintained to remove avoidable hazards which could pose a health and safety risk to children. (Regulation 6 (1) (2)(b)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix))

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that the staff receive supervision sessions that allows them to reflect on their practice and the needs of the children accommodated. This specifically relates to keeping a record of supervision to provide evidence that supervision is being delivered. It is good practice for a note of the content and/or outcomes of supervision sessions to be kept and to ensure that both the person providing the supervision and the staff member have a copy of the record. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 51). Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 8

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered service manager: Bolaji Adebowale

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Supported accommodation provider details

Email address: info@dreamfohousing.org.uk

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Inspectors

Ann Adesoye, Social Care Inspector Victoria Jones, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider: Dreamfo Housing Limited 9 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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Inspectors

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