Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 1 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare 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 by a large national company. It provides care for up to two children with mental health difficulties who may not be able to live in the community without continued support. The home aims to provide children with a period of stability and assessment.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of this inspection, one child was living at the home.

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Information about this children's home

There is currently no registered manager in post.

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Information about this children's home

There is a separately registered school on site. The inspectors only inspected the social care provision.

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This monitoring visit

The full inspection took place on 3 and 4 November 2025. The home was graded inadequate. Two compliance notices were served under regulation 13, the leadership and management standard and regulation 12, the protection of children standard. This monitoring visit was to explore the steps taken by leaders and managers to meet the steps set out in the notices.

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This monitoring visit

Both compliance notices have been met. Leaders and managers have developed tools to improve the oversight of the home. This has resulted in a strengthened approach to safeguarding children.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have devised a new tool that shares information with staff about changes to risk assessments in a more efficient way. The new documents show staff what the change is and what has led to this. This helps staff to better understand risk assessments and the process of updating these. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 2 There have been no incidents of ligatures since the last inspection. Managers have ensured that staff have appropriate resources available to them if an incident was to happen in future. Monitoring systems have also been developed that easily highlight if ligature cutting equipment needs to be changed.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have received refreshed training, for example, on what to do if a child has bruises from a restraint. Following the training, staff completed a quiz to demonstrate how they have assimilated the learning into their knowledge base.

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This monitoring visit

An interim manager is in place. He has a detailed development plan in place. He is aware of the ongoing concerns. Together with the responsible individual, they are committed to improving the service.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have not always understood situations that involve risk. For example, the manager had told staff that a child's friend could not visit the home unless this was agreed by managers and the social worker. However, the child told staff that the visit could go ahead. Staff took the child's word for this and allowed the visitor into the home.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers recognised the staff failings and carried out a full investigation. This had a strengths-based approach and looked at what went well, what did not go well and what needs to happen to minimise the likelihood of incidents like this happening again. Staff have been provided with clear opportunities to learn from this, alongside a formal response that reiterates the seriousness of their misjudgement. This supports staff to improve their practice. Another investigation into misjudgements involving medication resulted in learning that has been shared among managers across the site.

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This monitoring visit

Two requirements were not explored at this visit. Leaders and managers are completing ongoing work to meet them. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

03/11/2025 Full Inadequate 10/09/2024 Full Good 22/11/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 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 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

manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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Requirement Due date

understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(vi))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that staff are aware of risks, take action when risks arise and demonstrate professional curiosity on potential risks.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is restated. 15 January 2025

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Requirement Due date

The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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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

help each child to achieve the child's education and training targets, as recorded in the child's relevant plans; 5 January 2025 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 5 understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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Requirement Due date

help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child's relevant plans. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(iv)(v)(x))

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In particular, ensure that children have a routine that promotes readiness for learning, including a healthy sleep/wake cycle.

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Ensure that children are encouraged to attend school and the efforts made to help children are effectively recorded. Ensure that children have a planned schedule of alternative learning opportunities in place should they not attend school.

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The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children's home's overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children's needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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understand and apply the home's statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home's statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child's welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect;

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provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need in order to live there comfortably. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(ii)) 5 January 2025 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 6 In particular, ensure that staff understand and use the prescribed therapeutic model and make appropriate records to demonstrate this.

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Requirement Due date

Ensure that staff use the therapeutic model to ensure effective and useful key-work sessions.

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Requirement Due date

Ensure that children are provided with basic physical necessities, such as clean bedding and appropriate food.

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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: 2730001 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare LTD

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 4th Floor Parkview, 82 Oxford Road, Uxbridge, England UB8 1UX

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Inspectors

Hannah Phillips, Social Care Inspector Sarah Orriss, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2730001 8 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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