Children's home run by Care 4 Every Child Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2849262 1 Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child 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

The home is privately owned and offers care for up to 2 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

This is the first inspection of the home since it was registered in September 2025. The registered manager, who registered with Ofsted in April 2025, was present throughout the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, there was one child living in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2849262 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have worked consistently to build positive and trusting relationships with the child, creating a stable and supportive environment, where the child feels safe and understood. They recognise the importance of spending quality time with the child and ensure that opportunities for fun and positive experiences outside the home are a regular part of the child’s routine, strengthening and supporting the child’s emotional development.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support the child to stay healthy and make referrals to specialist agencies where necessary. They maintain consistent and purposeful communication with the child’s school, focused on supporting the child’s meaningful engagement in education. This sustained and coordinated approach has contributed to the child feeling safe and confident enough to return to school after a significant period of absence.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure that children are listened to and supported to express their views through meetings, direct conversations with adults and access to independent professionals. They spend regular one-to-one time with the child, focusing on topics that matter to them, including their emotional wellbeing. These discussions are handled with empathy, patience and understanding. Staff record the sessions clearly and accurately, ensuring that the child’s voice, views and language are faithfully represented.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s moves into and out of the home are well planned and child focused. When children move into the home, the registered manager ensures detailed information is shared with staff so that they can provide informed and consistent support to children from the outset. When children leave the home, this is also managed in a planned and sensitive way. In one recent example, a child was able to remain within the organisation, ensuring continuity of care and maintaining relationships with key adults who know them well.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s cultural needs are considered well and met by staff. They supply specific skin and hair products and have supported the child to go to a culturally specific hairdresser.

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

The child says that they feel safe living in their home. The manager and staff have open and honest conversations with the child about risk. Risk management plans are clear and cover each specific risk. The individual support plans are specific to the child’s needs. Regular reviews of plans mean they are up to date and ensure staff practice in a way to address risks.

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

The manager and adults use creative approaches to help the child to manage their emotional wellbeing. This includes staff using various mediums, such as art, music and a Inspection report for children’s home: 2849262 3 therapy box. This has resulted in incidents linked to a child’s emotional wellbeing reducing.

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

Because staff know the child well, there have been no complaints and no need for staff to physically hold or restrict the child. Their relational approach to safeguarding is consistently child focused and proportionate. Online risks are also well understood and managed effectively, with the manager and staff taking a proactive approach to supporting and monitoring children’s use of phones and online platforms.

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

Safeguarding notifications and incidents are recorded in detail, and the manager ensures that a debrief is completed with both the child and the staff member involved. The manager maintains thorough oversight and reviews every incident, sharing any learning with the team to support consistent practice for children. Key professionals, including the social worker, are routinely notified, and the child’s social worker has been positive about the safeguarding arrangements in the home. There was a delay in notifying the local authority designated officer following a disclosure; however, the registered manager took prompt action to rectify this once it was identified.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home benefits from a permanent manager and a stable, committed workforce. Staff speak positively about the manager and work hard to maintain current, reflective practice, which directly supports the child’s day-to-day experience. The manager is well supported, including through mentoring that strengthens their leadership and development. Staff describe feeling confident, valued and motivated in their roles, with one member saying ‘I really enjoy coming to work. I feel comfortable and confident working here.’

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

New staff benefit from a comprehensive induction, which includes mandatory training and a well-planned introduction with the child. Staff training is comprehensive and includes bespoke training in line with children’s emerging needs and vulnerabilities.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has implemented clear and quality assurance processes in the home. These processes ensure that they have a consistent oversight in all areas of management and enable them to maintain a strong level of oversight into the strengths of the home and areas to develop.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Regular supervision is offered to all staff in the home. The supervisions cover wellbeing, the child living in the home and safeguarding. Supervisions are recorded with management oversight and actions set. However, recordings do not sufficiently unpick and make explicit areas, such as what impact and why specific training for staff has supported the child. Opportunities to improve children’s care could be missed. Inspection report for children’s home: 2849262 4

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Recommendations

 Staff should report any allegation of abuse immediately to a senior manager within the home. Any allegation of harm or abuse must be addressed in line with the home’s child protection policy. In particular, this refers to ensuring that any allegations are reported promptly to the local authority designated officer. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 44, paragraph 9.17)

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Recommendations

 The registered person must have systems in place so that all staff, including the manager, receive supervision of their practice, which allows them to reflect on their practice. In particular, this is around the recording of training in supervision. Ensuring the impact and reflection on practice is captured. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations including the quality standards,’ page 61, paragraph 13.2)

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Information about this inspection

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: 2849262 5

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Care 4 Every Child Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Allen Mills Howard & Co, Library Chambers, 48 Union Street Hyde SK14 1ND

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Angela Hodgkinson

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Inspector

John McDonnell, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2849262 6 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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