Children's Home run by Bedspace Resource Ltd in Staffordshire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 1 Registered provider: Bedspace Resource Ltd

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and operated by a private company. It provides care for up to three children. Children may have emotional and/or social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager is appropriately qualified and experienced. He registered with Ofsted December 2024.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home and had been resident since August 2024. The child was present for part of the inspection, and the inspector was able to speak with them and gather their views.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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inadequate

How well children and young people are helped and protected inadequate

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inadequate

The effectiveness of leaders and managers inadequate

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inadequate

There are serious and/or widespread failures that mean children and young people are not protected or their welfare is not promoted or safeguarded.

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inadequate

Date of last inspection: 2 December 2024

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inadequate

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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inadequate

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

02/12/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 17/07/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Children living in this home do not experience care that is safe or nurturing. Weak and ineffective leadership has failed to identify, challenge, or address poor practice. As a result, children’s welfare and safety are compromised. Despite these significant shortfalls, some children have made limited progress from their starting points.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Children are not consistently looked after in line with their needs. Managers and staff have not implemented the recommendations and support outlined in children’s care plans effectively. Consequently, opportunities to address children’s learning, emotional and communication needs are missed. This limits children’s progress and their ability to develop the skills and confidence needed to achieve positive outcomes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

The language used within children’s records is often overly formal and fails to capture the child’s voice or perspective in a way that is meaningful to them. This limits children’s ability to engage and understand their needs and make progress which supports their emotional development and sense of identity.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: inadequate

Staff speak with children frequently with the intention of supporting children’s learning and emotional understanding. These conversations are not delivered in an age- appropriate, child-centred or meaningful way. As a result, they do not help the child to understand or manage their emotions positively.

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

Managers and staff’s response to safeguarding is inadequate and leaves children vulnerable to risk of physical and emotional harm.

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

Leaders and managers do not take effective action in response to serious concerns raised by children or staff about welfare and practice issues. This has resulted in children being left at risk of harm.

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

When children raise concerns the response from staff is poor. There use of language is not sensitive or trauma informed. The language used by staff places responsibility on children to repair relationships and ‘move on’, which risks invalidating their feelings and experiences. As a result, children have been exposed to emotionally harmful responses that undermine their safety, trust and overall emotional well-being.

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

Managers and staff do not implement the approach to care and behaviour management as outlined within the statement of purpose. Therefore, practice is not aligned with the home’s therapeutic model. Consequently, staff actions have escalated some situations, causing avoidable distress and harm to children. Additionally, consequences applied to children are often harsh and punitive rather than restorative, and do not support children to understand or learn from their behaviour. Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 4 The manager and staff’s understanding and management of risk is poor. Staff have not shown sufficient curiosity or taken appropriate action when children harm themselves. Therefore, staff practice has not reduced known risk and children are not kept safe.

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

Managers have not provided staff with clear guidance relating to supporting children’s time in the community or the relationships they form, leaving significant gaps in safeguarding practice and increasing the potential for harm.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The impact of leaders and managers, their oversight and the care they provide is inadequate. The lack of management oversight and inadequate responses to practice shortfalls result in weaknesses in practice going unnoticed and unresolved, reducing the ability of staff to learn from incidents or prevent repeat mistakes. This exposes children to ongoing risks and contributes to inconsistent and unsafe care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The registered person has not ensured that staff and managers have the relevant training, skills and experience to support children. Consequently, staff are not skilled to meet children’s needs; neither do children receive appropriate care and support to safely meet their needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Leaders have not ensured that staff and managers receive regular and meaningful supervision. Therefore, they have not been provided with an appropriate opportunity for reflection on practice, their well-being, children’s safety and welfare. As a result, staff practice lacks consistency and reflection, emerging risks are not identified or addressed in a timely way, and children do not benefit from well-supported, well-guided adults. This undermines the quality of care and places children at increased risk of harm.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Leaders and managers have not ensured that agency staff are recruited safely. Essential checks required under Schedule 2 are missing, including references from previous employers, exploration of employment gaps and verification that referees’ information aligns with staff employment histories. In addition, managers have not assured themselves that agency staff have the necessary qualifications or training to meet children’s needs. As a result, leaders cannot be confident that agency staff are safe or suitable to work with children, which places children at potential risk of harm.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Children have formed positive relationships with some members of staff, and both professionals and parents speak positively about the support staff provide. However, staff report mixed experiences of support from leaders, highlighting the disruption caused by changes within the leadership team. This inconsistency in leadership support affects staff confidence and stability, which can, in turn, impact the continuity and quality of care children receive.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Leaders have failed to notify Ofsted about changes regarding the role of the responsible individuals. A new responsible individual has been appointed and is yet to notify Ofsted. This lack of notification prevents Ofsted from maintaining effective oversight of the Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 5 home’s leadership arrangements, limiting external scrutiny and increasing the risk that weaknesses in governance go unidentified and unchallenged. Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 6

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

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

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

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii))

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This specifically relates to leaders and managers ensuring that effective action is taken in response to serious concerns raised by children about their welfare. Additionally, this relates to ensuring that managers and staff identify, analyse and respond promptly to self-harm risks.

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This also relates to senior leaders taking prompt or effective action in response to concerns raised by staff about practice issues which raise concerns about the welfare of children.

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This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that risk assessments fully consider all aspects of each child’s daily life, including their neurodiverse needs, activities, time spent in the community, and any peer or adult relationships they form.

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Additionally, managers ensure that risk management plans are updated with guidance for staff when new risks emerge. 11 January 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 7 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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(f))

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This specifically relates to managers ensuring that they monitor incidents effectively and promptly when children show high risk behaviours. Additionally, this relates to the registered person ensuring that staff and managers have the relevant training, skills and experience to provide safe and effective care to children.

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This also relates to the registered person ensuring that managers and staff receive training and guidance in the home’s therapeutic model. Additionally, the registered person must ensure that staff consistently implement the agreed approach and ensure that all responses to behaviours, including consequences, are sensitive, restorative and align with the home’s therapeutic model. 11 January 2026

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

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

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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). 11 January 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 8 The requirements are that—

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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)(d))

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This specifically relates to managers ensuring that recruitment practice for agency staff employed to work in the home are safe.

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ensure that each employee completes an appropriate induction

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience;

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This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that all staff, including managers, receive regular, recorded supervision that provides meaningful opportunities for reflection on practice, supports their well-being and promotes children’s safety and welfare. 11 January 2026

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The registered person must compile in relation to the children's home a statement ("the statement of purpose") which covers the matters listed in Schedule 1.

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Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must ensure that the home is at all times conducted in a manner which is consistent with its statement of purpose.

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Regulation 16 ( 1) (5)) This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that the care and support provided to children aligns with its Statement of Purpose. 11 January 2026

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These requirements are subject to a compliance notice.

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Information about this inspection

Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 9 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: 2689205 10

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Bedspace Resource Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 473 Chester Road, Manchester M16 9HF

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Inspectors

Nateisha Cardoza-Evans, Social Care Inspector Sharon Kaur, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2689205 11 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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