Children's Home run by Positive Futures Support Care Limited in Liverpool

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 1 Registered provider: Positive Futures Support Care Limited

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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 operated by a private provider. It provides care and support for one child who may experience social and/or emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted on the 20 October 2025.

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Information about this children’s home

One child was living in the home at the time of the visit.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at a full inspection on 13, 14 and 15 May 2026. Serious shortfalls were found in safeguarding practice, recruitment of staff and in the leadership and management arrangements in the home.

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This monitoring visit

As a result, Ofsted made a decision to issue compliance notices under Regulation 12, the protection of children standard; Regulation 13, the leadership and management standard; and Regulation 32, the fitness of workers standard.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken by the provider to meet the steps outlined in the 3 compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

The manager and responsible individual of the home have developed and implemented an action plan. This has supported change in the home to ensure that the areas of concern are appropriately addressed.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have reviewed recruitment policies and procedures and audited all recruitment files. Through this process, the leadership team has been able to demonstrate adherence to regulation through robust checks of staff’s previous employment. Where there is a lack of clarity with regard to the employment history of a staff member, additional references are explored and risks are thoroughly assessed to ensure their suitability to work with children. Action has been taken to Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 2 ensure that disciplinary action is taken against staff who do not meet the required threshold.

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Due to the changes made, the provider has taken sufficient action to meet the steps of the compliance notice under Regulation 32.

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Managers have reviewed their practice of using agency workers, and a team of internal bank staff has been recruited. Since the last inspection, no agency staff have been used. A new deputy manager has been identified to support the registered manager and provide the team with additional support. All staff who have completed their probationary period have been placed on the nationally recognised training required for their role.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have introduced new monitoring systems to raise standards in the quality of care provided for children. For example, a new independent person has been recruited to provide monthly feedback to leaders and managers. This has helped managers better understand areas for service development. Alongside this, new recording documents have been introduced to support staff supervision. Staff report that this has improved the quality of their practice, although this needs to be further embedded.

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The leadership team has completed a review of documentation to ensure that children’s plans and risk assessments contain clear strategies for staff to follow in order to manage known risks. This is an area of ongoing development.

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This monitoring visit

When incidents have occurred, behaviours have been appropriately understood. The leadership team has ensured that debriefs and evaluations have been completed to support learning from incidents. These are used to inform behaviour support plans that promote de-escalation. There have been no physical interventions since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Due to the limited experience of staff, training has been prioritised by the leadership team. Consequently, the majority of staff have been trained in areas that support the needs of the child living in the home. This has equipped staff to deliver meaningful key work that reduces risks linked to child criminal exploitation, promotes the safe use of electronic devices and helps staff support children’s emotional wellbeing. There are, however, some staff who have yet to complete specific training linked to children’s access to social media and the internet. As a result, requirements linked to the adequacy of staff training remain in place.

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This monitoring visit

Not all additional requirements issued at the last inspection were considered as part of this monitoring visit. These will be considered as part of the next full inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

12/05/2026 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 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 with 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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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(iii))

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Specifically, the registered person should ensure that staff have received training that supports their understanding of risk. 15 August

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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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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;

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child; 15 August Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 5 ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that there is consistent leadership and management of the home; that systems are in place to review the quality of care in the home; that there is sufficient staffing in the home; and that all incidents are reviewed to ensure that they are in compliance with regulation.

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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;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect;

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provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that staff employed in the home are able to deliver high-quality, individualised care and help children to fulfil their potential. 15 August

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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 15 August Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 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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that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a))

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Specifically, the registered person should ensure that sufficient assessment is completed ahead of children’s arrivals to ensure the needs of children can be met by the skills and experience of the staff working in the home.

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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undertake appropriate continuing professional development;

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

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff receive supervision that is completed in line with the service operating procedure. Specifically, this supervision should be sufficiently reflective to support staff professional development. 15 August

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The registered person must prepare and implement a policy ("the behaviour management policy") which sets out—

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how appropriate behaviour is to be promoted in the children’s home; and

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the measures of control, discipline and restraint which may be used in relation to children in the home.

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The registered person must keep the behaviour management policy under review and, where appropriate, revise it.

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes— 15 August Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 7 the name of the child;

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details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time and location of the use of the measure;

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used, or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure. (Regulation 35 (1)(a)(b) (2) (3)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v))

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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: 2859322 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Positive Futures Support Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 25 Goodlass Road, Unit A310, Valleyfield Accountants, Liverpool L24 9HJ

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Inspectors

Jon Dutton, Social Care Inspector Nicola Rutherford, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2859322 9 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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