Children's Home run by Hazelmont Social Care LTD in Wolverhampton

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 1 Registered provider: Hazelmont Social Care Ltd

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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 company. It is registered to provide care for up to 3 children who may be experiencing emotional or behavioural difficulties. The home has been subject to a 3-month condition since 9 June, and has not had any children living in the home since then.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was triggered by the provider notifying Ofsted that they intend to admit children. The purpose of the visit was to identify whether the 3-month condition should be lifted, or further enforcement action taken.

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This monitoring visit

At the time of the inspection, the registered manager’s post was vacant. A manager has been in post in the home since February 2026 and has applied to register with Ofsted. Similarly, the responsible individual’s post is vacant; the inspector completed the suitable persons interview of the applicant responsible individual as part of this inspection visit.

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This monitoring visit

The home was clean, tidy and well decorated. However, some shortfalls were identified. The fencing in the garden has broken panels, and one child’s bedroom lacked a wardrobe. The home does not currently have a working car, which may disadvantage children, given the location of the home. At the time of the inspection, there were no first-aid kits in the home, and the manager had not ensured that there was a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher in the kitchen, as advised in the home’s most recent fire risk assessment.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have followed safer recruitment practices to promote children’s safety and currently have sufficient staff to welcome one child into the home. Appropriate plans and structures are in place for the induction, supervision and appraisal of staff. However, staff had not completed training in first aid or in the home’s model of behaviour management. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 2 At the time of the inspection, staff were working in the provider’s other homes as part of their induction. They have not had the opportunity to meet as a team, and with the manager, to prepare to welcome a child.

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This monitoring visit

Following the inspection, the provider has sent the regulator a satisfactory action plan to address the identified shortfalls and has committed to not admitting any children into the home until the identified shortfalls are addressed. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

04/06/2024 Full Good 29/08/2023 Full Good 14/03/2023 Full Good 19/10/2021 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 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

After consultation with the fire and rescue authority, the registered person must—

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take adequate precautions against the risk of fire, including the provision of suitable fire equipment in the children’s home. (Regulation 25 (1)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to the manager actioning recommendations made in the home’s fire risk assessment. 27 April 2026

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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 (1) requires the registered person to—

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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. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that staff are trained in the home’s behaviour management model and in first aid. 27 April 2026

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Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children; 27 April 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 5 use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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Requirement Due date

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

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provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need in order to live there comfortably;

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(vii)(c)(i)(ii))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that children’s bedrooms are appropriately furnished, that repairs to the garden fence are undertaken promptly, that the home’s car is roadworthy and that the home has first-aid kits accessible to staff. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 6

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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: 2562675 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Hazelmont Social Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: West Midlands House, Gipsy Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands WV13 2HA

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Inspector

John Tomlinson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2562675 8 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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