Children's home run by Pure Care Homes Ltd

Inspection report for children's home: 2612810 1 Registered provider: Pure Care Homes Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children's home

The home is operated by a private company. It provides care for up to 3 children who may experience social and/or emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of this inspection, 2 children were living at the home. Both children spoke to the inspector.

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Information about this children's home

The manager registered with Ofsted in June 2023.

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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: outstanding

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2612810 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/07/2024 Full Outstanding 24/05/2023 Full Good 07/12/2022 Full Good 09/03/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children's home: 2612810 3

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are effectively supported in line with their care plans, to move in and out of the home. Since the last inspection, two children have had well-co-ordinated planned moves out of the home, and one child has moved in. Children's needs are carefully considered as part of the referral process. Although one child moved into the home sooner than planned and without visiting beforehand, this was agreed to be in the best interests of the child. This meant that stability could be achieved for the child at the earliest opportunity.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff understand and support the child's health needs well. The manager and staff work closely with health professionals to ensure that the children have access to specialist services when needed. Children are supported effectively by the in-house therapist.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Management and staff place a strong emphasis on children's education. Children are encouraged and supported to regularly attend education. There is effective multi-agency working with education professionals to promote positive outcomes for children.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager and staff understand the importance of family time. Children are supported to maintain relationships that are important to them in a safe and planned way. Additionally, children benefit from access to a wide range of activities and opportunities, including holidays abroad.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is warm and welcoming, and children's bedrooms are highly personalised. The home also has a pet cat, which contributes to a homely atmosphere. The replacing of wooden beading in one child's bedroom was addressed during the inspection.

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

Children have developed positive relationships with staff and appear happy and relaxed in the home. One child has made significant progress while living at the home and has started to develop their independence skills with staff support.

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

The manager has positive working relationships with other professionals. She advocates effectively for children and appropriately challenges professionals to help achieve the best possible outcomes for children.

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

Staff manage the children's free time appropriately, including completing regular welfare checks. This helps to ensure that children are kept safe when spending time in the community. Missing-from-home incidents are rare. When these do occur, staff follow policies and procedures and actively search for the child.

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

Physical intervention is rarely used. When staff do use it, they apply it proportionately and only when necessary, and they record it well. The manager ensures that staff and Inspection report for children's home: 2612810 4 children have opportunities to reflect on incidents, which promotes learning and improved practice.

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

The manager and staff understand their safeguarding responsibilities. One child has unrestricted access to social media which raises potential safeguarding issues. While staff undertake work with the child to address their online safety, their views are not sufficiently captured.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager holds the relevant qualification and is suitably experienced. She is supported by a committed and stable staff team. There is minimal use of staff from other homes within the organisation, which helps to provide consistency of care for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There is a range of experience within the staff team. Some staff are qualified and experienced in residential childcare. New members of staff complete an induction before being enrolled on the recognised childcare qualifications. Staff have access to relevant training to enable them to develop their skills to meet children's needs, including any emerging needs, effectively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff respond appropriately to incidents, including seeking medical attention promptly when required.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff report that they feel well supported by the manager. Regular team meetings provide opportunities for discussion, reflection and shared learning. Staff receive regular supervision sessions, which help them to reflect on and develop their practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Safer recruitment practices are not consistently followed. In one case, gaps in the employment history for one member of staff were not fully explored. Inspection report for children's home: 2612810 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that when recruiting staff, when gaps in their employment histories are explored, this is clearly evidenced in the recruitment records. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 65, paragraph 15.5)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that staff support children to be aware of and manage their own safety and to understand how to protect themselves online. The child’s voice should be captured to understand the impact of this work (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 43, paragraph 9.9)

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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: 2612810 6

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Pure Care Homes Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: Suite 3, 212 Washway Road, Sale, Greater Manchester M33 6RN

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Inspector

Sonja Vega, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2612810 7 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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