Beaufort Support Services

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider – monitoring visit: Beaufort Support Services Beaufort Support Services

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Registered provider: Beaufort Support Services

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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provider

The service is owned and managed by a private provider. It provides 2-shared living premises that are limited to accommodating looked-after children or care leavers.

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provider

At the time of the visit, the service provided accommodation for 9 children aged 16 and 17 years old.

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provider

The service and service manager registered with Ofsted in January 2025.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to monitor the provider’s ability to safeguard children. It took place in response to the volume of Regulation 27 notifications that Ofsted had received. These related to the management of children’s needs, referrals to the local authority designated officer (LADO) and children going missing.

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This monitoring visit

The provider was not given notice of the visit.

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This monitoring visit

Inspectors visited both the premises where children were living.

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This monitoring visit

The inspectors found significant regulatory breaches relating to the leadership and management of the service.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have failed to ensure that only children who are ready to live in supported accommodation do so, and that staff are suitably trained to support children. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider – monitoring visit: Beaufort Support Services Leaders and managers have demonstrated some awareness of mismatches between children’s needs and the service’s capacity. They have recognised that several children have been admitted into the service before the children have the skills required for semi-independent living.

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This monitoring visit

The lack of targeted, specialist training for staff has limited their ability to meet the complex needs of those children who are not yet ready for a supported accommodation.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have taken corrective steps to identify and move some children on to more appropriate placements. However, two children who require a higher level of support, due to their continued risk of criminal exploitation and community-based harm, remain in the service. Leaders and managers are now taking action to improve support for these children, and plans are in place for these two children to move to more appropriate placements.

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This monitoring visit

Children’s safety is compromised. Since the service was registered in January 2025, children have been reported missing from home regularly. Some children have since moved on to alternative placements. However, two children continue to go missing regularly and remain at significant risk when they do so.

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This monitoring visit

Staff respond appropriately when children go missing from their homes. The staff follow the children’s individual support and safety plans, and they appropriately notify the local authority and police each time a child is missing. On the children’s return, staff make genuine efforts to engage with children. Staff explore the reasons why children went missing in order to try to reduce the likelihood of further episodes. Despite the efforts of staff, the strategies used are not effective in reducing the persistently high level of missing-from-home episodes for children.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers consistently notify local safeguarding teams of concerns, maintaining close partnership working with agencies such as the police. The action taken by leaders and managers following a referral to the LADO is appropriate and in line with procedures, and it demonstrates a commitment to multi-agency safeguarding practice.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has not fully met its regulatory responsibilities. While the provider consistently notifies safeguarding agencies of significant incidents, the provider has failed to notify Ofsted of all significant incidents as required. This limits Ofsted’s ability to maintain proper oversight of the service and to understand how effectively children are being safeguarded. This failure undermines transparency and weakens external assurance of safety. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider – monitoring visit: Beaufort Support Services

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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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and the ‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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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 supported accommodation undertaking that puts children first and prioritises their wellbeing and development.

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

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

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills appropriate for the work that they are to perform;

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ensure that arrangements are in place to manage referrals of children to the supported accommodation undertaking and admissions of children to premises used as supported accommodation, including, where relevant, emergency referrals and admissions. (Regulation 4 (1) (2)(a)(c)(f)) 6 March 2026

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify the CIECSS and any relevant person without delay if there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 27 (3)(f)) 6 March 2026

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The protection standard is that children are enabled to feel safe and that their needs are met.

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

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are protected from harm; 6 March 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider – monitoring visit: Beaufort Support Services are enabled to keep themselves safe;

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Requirement Due date

have their individual needs met. (Regulation 5 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii))

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Requirement Due date

*This requirement is subject to a compliance notice.

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to follow up information received by Ofsted and to ensure that the supported accommodation provider was complying with regulation.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider – monitoring visit: Beaufort Support Services

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: Beaufort Support Services

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider address: Unit 2 Hollygrove Business Park, Verwood Road, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 2DB

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered service manager: Matthew Rogers

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Inspectors

Sharron Escott, Social Care Inspector Linda Bond, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider – monitoring visit: Beaufort Support Services 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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Inspectors

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