Children's Home run by Enhanced Young Persons Care Limited in Middlesbrough

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC455864 1 SC455864 Registered provider: Enhanced Young Person’s Care Ltd

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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 eight children with social and emotional difficulties and children who may have mental health conditions.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in May 2024. There were five children living in the home at the time of the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit took place following information received that indicated there may have been a breach of regulations. The inspector found no serious or widespread concerns during this inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The manager takes action to address staff conduct. When complaints are received, the manager investigates them to establish the facts and address the issues directly. Topical supervisions, training and staff meetings help the manager to address concerns and promote the home’s ethos.

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This monitoring visit

Children have access to specialist health services. The staff follow guidance from mental health services and speak with children’s GPs to follow up on referrals for specialist assessments and support. Staff use this advice to update children’s plans and tailor care to their individual needs. As a result, a child with complex needs has a plan that is helping to reduce the impact of their health issues.

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This monitoring visit

Staff listen to and act on the children’s views and wishes. Children attend regular meetings with their peers and have discussions with staff. The manager also has conversations and conducts topical consultations with children to gain their views Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC455864 2 and understand if improvements can be made. This helps children to feel listened to and in control of their lives.

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This monitoring visit

The manager’s review of missing episodes does not highlight important information to help keep children safe. For example, the manager’s review of missing incidents did not include who the child was with, their address or the circumstances in which the child was found. Furthermore, plans have not been updated to include this important information. Consequently, this information was not considered in two further incidents, which may have helped police and staff to act sooner to safeguard the child.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has not been effective in ensuring that staff who are working with children are suitable to do so safely. One staff member’s Disclosure and Barring Service check showed that they have been convicted of a violent offence. However, the manager has not recognised this as a potential risk to children in their care. This has allowed an unsuitable adult to work with vulnerable children. Action has been taken to address the shortfalls in recruitment practice to ensure that this does not happen again. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC455864 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/05/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 04/06/2024 Full Good 06/06/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 03/05/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC455864 4

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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 with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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Requirement Due date

have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm; and

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(b)) 29 December 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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Requirement Due date

if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home, if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

the individual is of integrity and good character; and 29 December 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC455864 5 full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(a)(d))

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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: SC455864 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Enhanced Young Person’s Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 1 Fox Street, Sunderland Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE10 0BD

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Inspector

Lee Riley, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: SC455864 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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