Children's Home run by Prosperous Care Ltd in Leicestershire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2837002 1 Registered provider: Prosperous Care 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

This home is owned by a private provider and cares for up to two 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.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home. The child was spoken with, and the registered manager was present during both days of the inspection.

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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: not applicable Inspection report for children’s home: 2837002 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work hard to make sure that the home is a welcoming and settled environment for the child to live in. Staff take time to get to know the child and involve them in decisions and plans around their day-to-day care. The child speaks about the respect and support given to them by staff. This has helped them to feel safe in accepting support.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child has been supported to decorate their bedroom in a way which reflects their emerging identity. Staff proudly display photos of the time they spend together throughout the home, and this adds to the homely feel and helps the child to feel a sense of belonging and safe enough to relax. Staff and the child enjoy lots of fun times together.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff understand the child’s interests and actively support them to develop these. Recently, the child went on a trip to the countryside, where they were encouraged to try photography, an activity they had shown interest in but felt anxious about attempting. Staff supported and contained the child’s anxieties effectively, enabling them to engage in this new experience in a meaningful and positive way.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff understand the barriers which some children may experience when accessing education. They prioritise education well and support the child to attend daily sessions with a tutor. They work with the tutor to ensure that these lessons are tailored sufficiently well so that they mitigate any further anxiety and anticipate the emotional as well as learning needs of the child on the day. Education professionals praise the home’s attitude towards learning. They say that staff’s close working relationships with them have enabled a realistic plan to be agreed and this has been fundamental in supporting planning for the child to return to school soon.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff listen to the child and make sure that their voice is heard. They have built and maintained strong relationships with the child’s family, which has ensured that the child has spent consistent and meaningful time with their family members.

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

The child says that they feel safe in the home. Staff have worked hard to build strong, trusting relationships, which has enabled the child to feel secure enough to begin exploring and expressing their emotions. Staff have a strong understanding of the child’s needs and vulnerabilities, and they update risk management plans and assessments regularly. This ensures all staff have up-to-date information and can respond in an attuned and consistent way. Because staff understand the child so well and provide such effective support, there have been no missing incidents and only one occasion where staff have needed to use a physical hold. Inspection report for children’s home: 2837002 3 Staff show a high level of reflection following incidents and use this for future learning. This has helped to ensure a steady decrease in the number of serious incidents overall.

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

Complaints and allegations are minimal. However, when they are made, they are generally taken seriously. The child knows how to make a complaint, and they are listened to and involved in investigations. The manager ensures that the child is kept up to date in terms of outcomes and actions through a detailed letter response. However, there have been occasions where incidents have not always been escalated to the regulator and relevant agencies.

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

Medication is safely stored. However, there has been an inconsistent approach to the recording, handling and administering of medication. This has led to three recording errors and medication being misplaced on one occasion. The manager has addressed the incidents, but not sufficiently or consistently enough to prevent a recurrence three times.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff feel well supported by the manager and are confident in raising concerns around any practice which has a negative impact on the child. They enjoy coming to work and feel that the needs of the child are put first. There is a small, permanent staff team, which offers stability to the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Managers provide staff with high-quality, reflective supervision that addresses all practice areas, including staff wellbeing. Training is up to date and covers all relevant areas. Staff are encouraged and supported to attend training that is personal to their own development needs, and that is relevant to the needs of the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The leadership team in the home is open and receptive to feedback, enabling them to implement changes and challenge existing processes to improve outcomes for children. Following an incident where boundaries became blurred, the leadership team reflected on the structure of the staff team and took decisive action to strengthen it. As a result, each staff member now has clearly defined roles and responsibilities, providing the child with greater structure, consistency and stability.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is knowledgeable around the needs of the child, and the staff. They are well supported. However, the leadership structure beneath the manager is still being developed. The leadership team is in the process of developing staff in order to undertake some managerial duties.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There have been isolated occasions where some staff have not used a trauma-informed approach with the child. This has resulted in the child feeling upset and excluded. This has been robustly addressed by the manager in response to the child’s complaint, and performance management plans and training for the relevant staff. Inspection report for children’s home: 2837002 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must make arrangements for the handling, recording, safekeeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the children’s home.

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Requirement Due date

In particular the registered person must ensure that—

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Requirement Due date

medicines kept in the home are stored in a secure place so as to prevent any child from having unsupervised access to them;

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Requirement Due date

medicine which is prescribed for a child is administered as prescribed to the child for whom it is prescribed and to no other child; and

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Requirement Due date

a record is kept of the administration of medicine to each child.

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Paragraph (2) does not apply to medicine which—

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Requirement Due date

is stored by the child for whom it is provided in such a way that other persons are prevented from using it; and

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Requirement Due date

may be safely self-administered by that child. (Regulation 23 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c) (3) (a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, this relates to the registered person ensuring that a clear recording system is implemented for the administering and storing of medication. 15 May 2026

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Recommendations

 Staff should seek to meet the child’s basic needs in the way that a good parent would, recognising that many children in residential care have experienced environments where these needs have not been consistently met – doing so is an important aspect of demonstrating that the staff care for the child and value them as an individual. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.7) Inspection report for children’s home: 2837002 5  Regulation 40(4) requires the registered person to notify Ofsted and other relevant persons if one of the situations specified in regulation 40(4)(a)-(d) occurs, or if there is an incident relating to the protection, safeguarding or welfare of a child living in the home which the registered person considers to be serious (40(4)(e)). (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 63, paragraph

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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: 2837002 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Prosperous Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Alacrity Accountancy, 21–23 High View Close, Leicester LE4 9LJ

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Inspectors

John McDonnell, Social Care Inspector Patrick Rowell, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2837002 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspectors

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