Children's Home run by Resicare Alliance Limited in Bedford

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 1 Registered provider: Resicare Alliance 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 privately run and provides care for up to 6 children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

There were no children living at this home at the time of this inspection.

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Information about this children's home

There has been no registered manager working in the home since 8 October 2025. They formally left the service on 24 December 2025.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at the last full inspection on 25 November 2025. Ofsted subsequently served a compliance notice in relation to the leadership and management of the home.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this inspection was to monitor and establish the provider's progress in meeting the steps set out in the compliance notice.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, no new children have been admitted into the home. No children have lived at the home since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The appointed responsible individual has, in partnership with other leaders, implemented or embedded systems that have been disseminated across the organisation to improve standards and address the shortfalls identified at the last inspection. Staff are now expected to read and understand children's care plans, risk assessments and behaviour management plans before supporting a child. The responsible individual now has an implemented system in place to monitor this. Although there are no staff working in the home, the systems in place that staff from this home are now using in other homes evidence a stronger approach. The home's information management system requires staff to acknowledge on the Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 2 system that they have read the relevant documents. Staff supervisions also monitor compliance. These systems help to ensure that staff are more likely to understand

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This monitoring visit

children's needs and offer individualised support strategies.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders ensure that staff complete the organisation's core training. Staff have completed additional, comprehensive face-to-face training in child sexual exploitation in addition to online training. This supports staff to enhance their understanding and enables them to identify and respond to children at high risk of sexual exploitation from the day a child moves in. This is particularly important as the home intends to offer a bespoke service to children at high risk of sexual exploitation as outlined in the home's statement of purpose.

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This monitoring visit

There are currently no children living at the home, therefore, there have been no safeguarding incidents. Senior leaders have redeployed staff and the deputy manager to other homes in the organisation to further their knowledge and understanding of safeguarding responsibilities. The responsible individual concluded an investigation of a staff member and appropriately shared information with the local authority designated officer for oversight. The deputy manager is scheduled to attend training in advanced safeguarding and investigations.

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This monitoring visit

At the last inspection, there were concerns of poor management oversight. Leaders have introduced and/ or embedded systems to track performance across all areas of the home. These include monitoring arrangements, such as debriefs following physical interventions and requesting return home interviews after missing-from- home incidents.

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This monitoring visit

The home has sufficient staff to meet the needs of one child. The home currently has no registered manager. The home's statement of purpose has not been updated to reflect these changes.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have met the requirements of the compliance notice under the leadership and management standard. This inspection did not review all requirements and recommendations made at the last inspection. Therefore, these will be restated and reviewed at the next inspection.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

25/11/2025 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 3

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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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The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children's home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the 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;

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plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child's placing authority. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(iii)) 20 February 2026

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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; 20 February 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 4 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)(v)(vi))

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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the name of the person who used the measure (“the user”), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure;

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within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (“the authorised person”)—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(vi)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 20 February 2026

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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; 20 February 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 5 there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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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)(a)(b)(c)(e) (5)(a)(i)(iii)(b))

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keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and

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notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(a)(b)) 20 February 2026

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the children's home does not routinely deprive a child of their liberty without a court order, such as a deprivation of liberty standards under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 order ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,' page 50, paragraph, 9.63)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that when a child returns to the home after being missing, they request that the responsible local authority provides an opportunity for the child to have an independent return home interview. ('Guide Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 6 to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 45, paragraph 9.30)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children's case records are kept up to date, signed and dated by the author of each entry. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,' page 62, paragraph, 14.3)

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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: 2842675 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Resicare Alliance Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 147 Stamford Hill, London N16 5LG

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Inspector

Priscilla Koroka, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2842675 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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