Children's Home run by Your Care Nursing Ltd in Kent

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 1 Registered provider: Your Care Nursing 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 was registered with Ofsted in June 2025 and is privately owned. It provides care for up to 2 children who experience social and emotional difficulties. At the time of this inspection, one child was living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted on 12 June 2025.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 17 February 2026. This monitoring inspection was undertaken to look at the progress made in response to the requirements issued at the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has started to implement changes in response to the requirements set; 2 of the 7 requirements have now been met. The remaining requirements have been repeated following this inspection. Leaders and managers are implementing new systems to improve and monitor the standards of care offered to children. However, these systems are still in their infancy and, as such, cannot be fully tested.

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This monitoring visit

The quality of children’s care planning has improved. New systems for storing relevant care plans and children’s records are helping managers to have better oversight of the quality of records. In addition, systems enable staff to have timely access to information, assisting them to care for the children. Children’s wider care and education plans have been reviewed. Managers are working with the children’s placing authority to ensure that all necessary information is obtained and in place. However, one child does not have a suitable pathway plan to prepare them for their move from the home. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 2 Activities offered to children are now varied and enable the children to try new things. Managers have implemented systems to review the activities offered and to monitor the children’s engagement, to check that they remain interested. The children are involved in selecting activities and plans are adapted if necessary. Since

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the last visit, activities have included go-karting, going to the cinema, meals out, baking, nail art and shopping.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have received training in responding to behaviours of concern, including children going missing. The guidance available to staff when children go missing has been reviewed and staff are able to describe how they would respond to incidents. No children have gone missing from the home since the last inspection, so the new arrangements are yet to be tested.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have ensured that all staff have received training in behaviour management, restraint and de-escalation. In addition, the home’s behaviour management policy has been reviewed to ensure that guidance for staff accurately reflects the permitted measures to be used and the records which must be kept after any incidents of restraint. Managers are aware of the discussions that should take place following incidents in the home and understand the regulatory timescales for discussing incidents with staff and children.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have begun to implement systems to improve their oversight of the home. External consultants have helped them to explore the findings from the last inspection and the managers have begun to make changes to their processes for supervision, auditing and safer recruitment. Many of these changes are still in their infancy and are yet to be fully embedded.

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Safer recruitment systems are not effective. Managers have not reviewed the recruitment records of staff already working in the home to ensure that checks meet regulatory requirements. Some staff records do not include the necessary identity documents, including proof of address. There is no system in place for assessing and interviewing staff who are transferring from working in supported accommodation, to ensure that they have the skills and experience to work with children. Managers have not yet ensured that staff are enrolled to take the appropriate qualifications to develop their skills and knowledge.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have implemented systems to ensure that supervisions are held. Due to the short time frame since the last inspection, it is unclear if supervisions are now happening more frequently. Managers are exploring options for other styles of supervision to encourage peer reflection and learning. However, records of supervision do not capture the discussions, learning or reflection taking place. It is not possible to see how supervision is used to reflect on the quality of care and to improve practice in the home. Supervisions do not result in measurable targets for managers to review and are not being used for managers to check how well the staff understand children’s care planning. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/02/2026 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 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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The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm;

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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(b)(e))

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In particular, the registered person should ensure clear protocols are in place for staff to follow in response to children going missing and managing children’s behaviour. Specifically, monitor the quality of records to ensure they are 7 June 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 5 not repetitive or duplicated. Ensure that staff know how to access guidance and can respond in a timely manner to children going missing and behaviours of concern.

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

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home;

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(f)(h)) 7 June 2026

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The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a) (3)(d)) 7 June 2026

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The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and 7 June 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 6 have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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

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plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child’s placing authority;

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that each child’s relevant plans are followed. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(iii)(c))

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(b)) 7 June 2026

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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: 2824925 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Your Care Nursing Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Falcon 113, High Street, Rainham, Kent ME8 8AA

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Inspectors

Georgia Carty, Social Care Inspector Ben Wilson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2824925 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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