Children's home run by YCPG Services Ltd in Walsall

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 1 SC392492 Registered provider: YCPG Services Ltd

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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 privately owned. It provides care for up to 4 children who may experience childhood instability, which may lead to trauma and associated risks.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager is registered with Ofsted. At the time of this inspection, the manager was absent from work and an interim manager was overseeing the day-to-day care.

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Information about this children’s home

The responsible individual left in October 2025. The registered provider has recently appointed a new responsible individual, and Ofsted is currently checking this person has the relevant capacity, experience and skills to carry out the role.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, 1 child was living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at the full inspection that took place on 11 and 12 November 2025. Due to the concerns identified during the full inspection, Ofsted issued a notice restricting accommodation. Ofsted also issued a compliance notice under regulation 12 of The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015. Because there were significant concerns about the safety of children, a visit to review this compliance notice took place two weeks after the full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of the visit was to review the compliance notice in relation to the safety and wellbeing of children and ensure the restriction notice had been adhered to. No other requirements were reviewed at this inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, one child has moved out of the home. Staff are positive about the support they receive from the interim manager and the deputy manager. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 2 Staff have undertaken training and have been provided with opportunities for reflection and learning. However, staff have not been able to demonstrate that they can apply their learning effectively to keep children safe.

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This monitoring visit

Managers and staff failed to take appropriate action when a child shared that they had been sexually assaulted prior to living in the home. Failure to share significant information undermines multi-agency working and compromises the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements. Leaders and managers did not ensure the child was supported to explore the allegation of harm. This has reduced opportunities to consider signs of exploitation, provide reassurances that their experiences are taken seriously, and ensure they have access to appropriate support.

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This monitoring visit

Staff do not keep children safe online. For example, staff are not professionally curious in their practice. This has limited their ability to explore the child’s interactions online and identify risks or patterns of concern. As a result, the child is frequently interacting with unknown individuals with little exploration of any risk this may pose. In addition, the child is not receiving support to help them to keep themselves safe online.

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This monitoring visit

Online safety monitoring systems do not strike a balance between safeguarding and respecting the child’s right to privacy. Poor planning in relation to these systems limits opportunities to anticipate and respond to risk. For example, there was a period when the monitoring system could not be used because log-in information could not be accessed by managers or staff working in the home at the time of the concern. These systems are not safeguarding the child effectively. The acting manager had identified these shortalls and a meeting to address this was scheduled at the time of the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

A review of allegations made by children in the last 6 months has taken place. This review identified that leaders and managers did not consistently take appropriate action and follow the advice of safeguarding agencies. Action has been taken, demonstrating learning from the review process. At the time of this inspection, formal investigations were taking place to review practice.

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This monitoring visit

The child living in the home has made some progress from their starting point. They have not gone missing from the home. Staffing supervision levels have decreased from 2 to 1 to 1 to 1, alongside the child having a positive experience of spending time with their family. This is supporting the child to have experiences more comparable to their peers, while balancing this with the child’s safety.

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This monitoring visit

The child is now attending school daily and has increased their hours of attendance since the last inspection. There are some emerging concerns regarding disrupted sleep patterns, which has the potential to impact their wellbeing and ability to concentrate at school. Leaders and managers are monitoring the situation; however, Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 3 inconsistent practice around mobile phone boundaries is not helping the child settle at an appropriate time each night.

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This monitoring visit

At the time of the inspection, the home was undergoing refurbishment. Decorators were present during the inspection, and some areas of the home had already been painted. A sensory room is being developed to enable children to have a calming space to spend time in.

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This monitoring visit

Due to significant concerns about safeguarding practice, Ofsted are considering enforcement powers and continue to monitor the home closely. The restriction of accommodation notice remains in place. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/11/2025 Full Inadequate 29/05/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 31/05/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 17/01/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 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 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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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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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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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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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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Requirement Due date

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; and

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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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)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(b))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person should ensure that effective action is taken following any safeguarding concerns, and that 25 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 6 children’s plans are kept up to date and give clear direction to staff to support children.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that any allegation made against members of staff is fully investigated to ensure the safety of children.

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Requirement Due date

They must ensure that staff have a clear understanding of the risks associated with children and have the correct training to meet children’s needs and keep them safe.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last and was subject to a compliance notice that was not met at this inspection.

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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 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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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(c)(e)(g)(i)(h)) 12 December 2025 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 7 The registered person must ensure that they have effective oversight of all incidents and take action to address any concerns. They must also ensure that there is a consistent staff team to provide care to children whom they can form relationships with. Additionally, they must ensure the staff have the relevant skills and abilities to meet the needs of the children living in the home.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and was not reviewed as part of this inspection. The care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home.

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

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that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose. (Regulation 14 (1)(a) (2)(a))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that there is an effective process in place to ensure that children are suitably assessed to live in the home alongside other children and their identified risk.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last full inspection and was not reviewed at this inspection. 12 December 2025

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have the capacity, experience and skills to supervise the management of the home, or the homes, in respect of which the responsible individual is nominated. (Regulation 26 (7)(b))

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that the responsible individual has effective and consistent supervision of the home.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and was not reviewed as part of this inspection. 12 December 2025 Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: SC392492 8 The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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

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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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A notification made under this regulation—

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the other persons, bodies or organisations (if any) who or which have been notified; and

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

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must be made or confirmed in writing. (Regulation 40 (4)(b)(e) (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all serious events are report to His Majesty’s Chief Inspector without delay.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was made at the last inspection and was not reviewed as part of this inspection. 12 December 2025

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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: SC392492 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 1, Fairground Way, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 4NU

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