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Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Dreamss 1 Dreamss

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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provider

This supported accommodation service is owned and operated by a private provider. The service provides up to 13 group-living premises, which are limited to accommodating looked-after children and care leavers. The provider is registered to provide solo-occupancy accommodation. However, at the time of the inspection, they did not have any premises operating in this category.

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provider

The provider can accommodate up to 55 children. At the time of the inspection, the service was providing support for 25 children aged 16 and 17.

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provider

The service manager, who is also the sole director and nominated individual, registered with Ofsted in January 2024.

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This monitoring visit

On 20 March 2026, Ofsted carried out a monitoring visit in response to concerns that the provider was operating outside of its conditions of registration by admitting children to its single-occupancy premises who were not yet ready to safely live alone. Following that monitoring visit, Ofsted issued compliance notices with regard to the leadership and management of the service and the support that children receive. Ofsted also issued a notice restricting accommodation.

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This monitoring visit

On 5 May 2026, Ofsted carried out a further monitoring visit to review the progress made by the provider to meet the compliance notices and to assess compliance with the notice restricting accommodation. Ofsted concluded that although some progress had been made, this was not sufficient to meet all the concerns raised in the compliance notices. Both compliance notices were reissued, and the notice restricting accommodation remained in place. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Dreamss 2 The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the progress made by the provider to meet the compliance notices and to assess compliance with the notice restricting accommodation.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last monitoring visit, leaders and managers have worked collaboratively with the placing authority to review the children’s needs. They have assessed that 3 of the 5 children whose records Ofsted reviewed have the skills to continue to live safely on their premises. Two children have moved to alternative placements where their needs can be better met.

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This monitoring visit

All the premises are now registered as group-living premises that are limited to looked-after children and care leavers. There continues to be one staff member on shift 24 hours a day. This is because the manager said she intends to admit other children to these group-living homes in the near future, and children will share the staff resource. Children have been consulted about this change and said that they would like to live with another child. Children’s social workers agreed that this would be positive for children.

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This monitoring visit

New monitoring systems have been designed to help the manager maintain better oversight of children’s needs and to identify any changes that occur in each premises. This system has not yet been implemented across the organisation and remains in a development stage. As a result, the impact of this new monitoring tool is unclear.

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This monitoring visit

Similarly, senior managers have reviewed and revised the support planning tool. The tool has not yet been implemented but aims to ensure that children are able to co- design their support to ensure it is meaningful and purposeful to them and their individual circumstances.

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This monitoring visit

The manager said that she now understands the categories of accommodation and the characteristics of children who can safely live in supported accommodation. She intends to take a lead role in the admission and assessment of children who move into the service and the initial development and design of their support. This will help to ensure a consistent approach that is aligned with the organisation’s statement of purpose.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted concluded that sufficient progress had been made to meet the compliance notices and that there are no longer any grounds for the notice restricting accommodation. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Dreamss 3

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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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and the ‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the supported accommodation undertaking that puts children first and prioritises their wellbeing and development.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff work effectively as a team, where appropriate, to meet the needs of children. (Regulation 4 (1) (2)(a)(b)) 30 August 2026

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Requirement Due date

The support standard is that children receive individual and tailored support that meets their needs.

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

ensure that children are encouraged and enabled to take a lead role in determining the support they receive and to participate in and influence how the supported accommodation operates;

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Requirement Due date

keep the child’s support under review, taking into consideration the plans for support, and relevant plans, to ensure that the child’s needs continue to be met and that the child is kept safe; 30 August 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Dreamss 4 co-operate with the child’s accommodating authority in agreeing the child’s placement plan or, as the case may be, pathway plan. (Regulation 7 (1) (2)(a)(c)(d))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must keep records of other information relating to the supported accommodation undertaking set out in Schedule 3.

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Requirement Due date

maintain the records in Schedule 3, which may be kept in electronic form;

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Requirement Due date

ensure that the records are kept up to date;

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Requirement Due date

ensure that the records are accessible to children, the CIECSS and each accommodating authority;

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Requirement Due date

retain the records for at least 15 years from the date of the last entry. (Regulation 25 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)) 30 August 2026

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to follow up information received by Ofsted and/or to ensure that the supported accommodation provider was complying with regulation.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Dreamss 5

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider address: 25 Grove Terrace, Bradford BD7 1AU

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered service manager: Cecelia Russell

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Inspectors

Beth Forster, Social Care Inspector Laura Grundy, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Dreamss 6 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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