Children's Home run by Prosperity Children’s Services Limited in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 1 Registered provider: Prosperity Children’s Services Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is run by a private provider. It offers care and support for one child who may experience social and/or emotional difficulties and/or have learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager voluntarily cancelled their registration on 7 September 2025. An acting manager is in post.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has a registered responsible individual.

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Information about this children’s home

No children were living in the home at the time of the visit.

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This monitoring visit

The home was judged inadequate at the full inspection which took place on 19 and 20 August and 15 and 16 September 2025. Serious shortfalls were found in safeguarding practice and in the leadership and management arrangements in the home.

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This monitoring visit

As a result, Ofsted made a decision to issue compliance notices under regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken by the provider to meet the steps in the two compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

An interim manager has been appointed and has applied for registration with Ofsted. The interim manager, the responsible individual and senior managers have developed and implemented a detailed action plan. This has ensured that the identified areas for development are being addressed effectively.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have completed additional training to strengthen their knowledge and practice in relation to safeguarding, professional curiosity and accurate recording and Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 2 reporting procedures. Additional training sessions have been planned to develop staff’s knowledge of therapeutic parenting, supporting children who go missing from care, and awareness of county lines.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have been actively supported to reflect on previous incidents in the home, to assist learning and continuous improvement. The interim manager has supported staff to identify areas for their personal development to enhance their skills, knowledge and confidence.

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The interim manager has completed a review of documentation to ensure that children’s plans contain clear strategies for staff to follow to manage known risks. A new system has been devised to confirm that staff read and understand any changes made to children’s written plans.

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This monitoring visit

New auditing systems have been introduced to strengthen the oversight of care quality in the home. These systems enable leaders and managers to monitor and evaluate care practices more effectively, ensuring that standards are consistently upheld.

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This monitoring visit

In addition, the provider has revised internal processes to enhance senior management involvement. Weekly senior manager meetings have been established to provide regular, structured opportunities for reviewing the care of children and identifying areas for improvement.

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Staff are currently working in the provider’s other homes. The manager continues to supervise the staff and to have oversight of their practice. Regular team meetings have taken place to maintain staff development.

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This monitoring visit

Therefore, the provider has taken sufficient action to meet the steps identified in the compliance notices under regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

The additional requirements issued at the last visit were not considered as part of this monitoring visit and will be considered as part of the next full inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

19/08/2025 Full Inadequate 18/06/2024 Full Good 10/10/2023 Full Good 28/02/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 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 Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. The registered person(s) 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; and

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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. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered provider must ensure that staff provide children with routines and structures to support the child to make progress and to promote their welfare. 9 November 2025

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The registered person must maintain records ("case records") for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are kept up to date. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b))

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In particular, the registered provider must ensure that children’s records are detailed and accurate and contain all the necessary information. 9 November 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other 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;

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious; 9 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 5 there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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Requirement Due date

a child protection enquiry involving a child—

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Requirement Due date

concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry); or

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Requirement Due date

there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(e))

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that the quality of the recordings of key- worker sessions are purposeful and evaluative, so that they are helpful to a child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken and the progress made by the children’s home since its last Ofsted inspection.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Prosperity Children’s Services Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 8, Venus House, Mercury Rise, Altham Business Park, Altham, Accrington BB5 5BY

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Inspector

Suzanne Birchall, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2685151 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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Inspector

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