Children's Home run by J24 Resourcing Ltd in Derby

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 1 Registered provider: J24 Resourcing Ltd

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and operated by a private organisation. It provides care for up to 3 children who may have social and emotional difficulties. There were 2 children living in the home at the time of the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in July 2024.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 3 and 4 December 2025. Ofsted issued a notice restricting accommodation at the full inspection in September 2025. The notice restricting accommodation was reissued at the inspection in December 2025.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to assess the progress and action taken by the manager following the restriction of accommodation. It was also to review the progress made by leaders and managers in addressing the concerns raised at the full inspection.

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Managers have developed an action plan. This outlines the steps taken to address the requirements made at the full inspection in December 2025. Progress includes training to develop staff skills and knowledge, and manager oversight.

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The home is regularly reviewed by an independent visitor. However, the independent visitor does not always provide the additional layer of scrutiny and oversight they should. Managers oversight has improved since the last inspection. However, this is not always critically reflective. This impacts on progression of staff development and therefore the care provided to children.

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Children’s risk assessments do not always contain information relating to their specific needs. One child’s risk assessment provides guidance to staff about how to support children effectively. However, it does not consider all known risks. A risk assessment for another child does not relate to their specific known risks and Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 2 references a different child. This leads to inconsistent approaches from staff in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children.

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Children have made some progress since the last inspection. One child has been missing from home on fewer occasions. Staff follow the individualised risk assessment for this child more consistently. As a result, there has been a reduction of risk.

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Staff have been supported to access training to develop a greater understanding of children’s need. One member of staff said how they were dealing with the behaviours and now they have been supported to explore why children may struggle with their emotions.

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Children’s opportunities to develop and learn through education remain limited. Staff do not support children with education-focused activities. As a result, children’s learning and development are being hampered.

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Staff do not support children to prepare for future independence and adulthood. The manager can highlight the vulnerabilities for children moving on to independence. Despite this, there has been minimal preparation provided by staff in supporting children with this.

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Although areas for improvement remain, the provider has made some progress in addressing the primary concerns following the full inspection in December 2025. The restriction of accommodation was lifted following this monitoring visit.

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The remaining requirements raised at the full inspection in December 2025 will be reviewed at the next inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

09/09/2025 Full Inadequate 30/04/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 06/06/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 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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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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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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manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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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; 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;

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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(vi)(vii)(b)(e)) 19 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 5 In particular, the registered person must ensure that children’s individual risk assessments are relevant to their needs and that staff consistently follow them.

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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 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 work as a team where appropriate;

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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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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;

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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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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; and

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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)(b)(c)(e)(f)(g)(i)(ii)(h))

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In particular, the registered person must have effective oversight of the quality of care provided to children so they 19 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 6 can identify areas of concern and respond with clear and measurable actions. This specifically relates to embedding monitoring systems and capturing children’s progress effectively.

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The registered person must ensure that all staff have regular practice-related supervision where clear targets are set and reviewed. The registered person must also ensure that staff training is up to date and takes into consideration the individual needs of children.

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The registered person must ensure that there is understanding among all involved in the care of children of the impact the quality of care has on children and their experiences.

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This requirement was set at the last 3 inspections and is restated.

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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 that each child’s relevant plans are followed;

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

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that each child’s relevant plans are followed;

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that the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if—

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the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs;

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the child is, or has been, persistently absent from the home without permission. (Regulation 14 (1)(a) (2)(c)(e)(i)(ii))

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In particular, the registered must ensure there are clear plans for children’s future independence. This requirement was set at the last inspection and is restated. 19 March 2026

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The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so. 19 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 7 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study;

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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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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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maintain regular contact with each child’s education and training provider, including engaging with the provider and the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement;

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help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible;

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help each child who is above compulsory school age to participate in further education, training or employment and to prepare for future care, education or employment;

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help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans; and

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that each child has access to appropriate equipment, facilities and resources to support the child’s learning. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(viii)(ix)(x)(b))

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff support children to attend and participate in education. It also refers to the registered person ensuring that staff are Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 8 creative and persistent in encouraging children to engage with education.

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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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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. (Regulation 40 (4)(a)(e) (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii))

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This requirement was set at the last inspection and is restated. 19 March 2026

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For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), an individual who works in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date, the individual has attained—

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the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) ("the Level 3 Diploma"); or

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a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma.

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in the case of an individual who starts working in a care role in a home after 1st April 2014, the date which falls 2 years after the date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home. (Regulation 32 (4)(a)(b) (5)(a))

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This requirement was set at the last inspection and is restated. 19 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 9 In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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the quality of care provided for children;

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the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and

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any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children. (Regulation 45 (2)(a)(b)(c))

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This requirement was set at the last inspection and is restated. 19 March 2026

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When the independent person is carrying out a visit, the registered person must help the independent person—

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if they consent, to interview in private such of the children, their parents, relatives and persons working at the home as the independent person requires; and

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to inspect the premises of the home and such of the home’s records (except for a child’s case records, unless the child and the child’s placing authority consent) as the independent person requires.

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The independent person must produce a report about a visit (“the independent person’s report”) which sets out, in particular, the independent person’s opinion as to whether—

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children are effectively safeguarded; and

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the conduct of the home promotes children’s well-being.

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The independent person’s report may recommend actions that the registered person may take in relation to the home and timescales within which the registered person must consider whether or not to take those actions. (Regulation 44 (2)(a)(b) (4)(a)(b) (5)) 19 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 10

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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: 2686855 11

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: J24 Resourcing Ltd, Unit 3, Burley House, Rowditch Place, Derby DE22 3LR

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Inspectors

Kathryn Hurley, Social Care Inspector Chloe Harvey, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2686855 12 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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