Children's Home run by Care2rise Ltd in Hounslow

Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 1 Registered provider: Care2rise 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 privately owned and provides care for up to 4 children who may have social and emotional difficulties or learning disabilities.

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Information about this children’s home

The home registered in December 2022. The manager registered with Ofsted on 15 January 2026.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, 2 children were living at the home.

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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

Date of last inspection: 3 February 2026

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

03/02/2026 Full Requires improvement to be good 13/08/2024 Full Good 07/09/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 3

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Summary of findings

Children receive good-quality care from staff who understand their needs and support them to make progress. Children benefit from well-planned moves into and on from the home, positive support with education, family relationships and independence, and opportunities to develop confidence through activities and achievements. Children are listened to and involved in day-to-day decisions. Staff promote children’s safety through effective safeguarding practice, training and partnership working. Leadership is stable and child-focused, with an ambitious approach to workforce development. However, improvements are needed to ensure that records, including care plans, risk assessments and missing-from-care records, consistently reflect the quality of care provided and support effective management oversight.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children well in this home. Children moving into the home benefit from careful planning. The registered manager gathers important information from the placing local authority before children arrive, helping staff to understand the children’s needs and provide the right support from the beginning. This ensures that children’s needs are understood and support is in place. Children moving on from the home also benefit from effective planning, helping them to experience positive moves.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are encouraged and supported to engage in education that reflects their interests, aspirations and level of understanding. For example, one child with an interest in animals is being supported to explore opportunities to enrol on an animal management course. In the meantime, staff have arranged regular tutoring to help the child continue learning and develop confidence. This support helps children to make informed decisions about their future and achieve their educational goals.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff promote safe family time in line with children’s care plans. Children are supported to maintain meaningful relationships with their parents, brothers and sisters through face-to-face visits and regular communications. This helps children sustain important connections and supports their sense of identity and belonging.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children with day-to-day tasks and help them develop skills for greater independence. Children receive age-appropriate support to keep their bedrooms tidy, attend to their personal hygiene and take responsibility for simple household tasks. This helps children build confidence, develop practical life skills and prepare for adulthood.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff use age-appropriate and restorative approaches to help children develop positive behaviours and make informed choices. Staff take account of children’s individual needs and level of understand when providing guidance and support. Children’s achievements are recognised and celebrated. For example, one child was rewarded with a trip to a Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 4 theme park in recognition of their consistent attendance in education. This helps children experience success and sustain positive progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy a variety of activities that help them develop their interests, social skills and confidence. However, the outdoor space in the home is not used to its full potential. The registered manager is seeking children’s views about how the garden could be improved. In the meantime, further work is needed to make the area more accessible and inviting.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff value children’s views and make meaningful efforts to understand what matters to them. This helps children to feel listened to and involved in decisions about their lives and the running of the home. However, children’s views, wishes and feelings are not consistently recorded within their care plans. In addition, care plans do not consistently demonstrate how relevant professionals, including advocates and the in-house psychologist, have contributed to children’s development. As a result, care plans do not always fully reflect the range of information and expertise available to support children’s care.

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

Staff use conversations with children to understand any emerging risks and help them stay safe. These discussions improve children’s awareness of their vulnerabilities and support them to make safer choices.

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

Staff receive training that reflects the individual needs and risks of the children they care for. Training is regularly updated through the provider’s learning platform. Staff apply their learning in practice, helping to ensure that safeguarding practice remains current and responsive to children’s needs. This helps staff to feel confident in providing care and support to children.

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

Staff carry out regular bedroom checks in line with children’s plans to help identify safeguarding concerns and environmental risks. These checks are undertaken sensitively, balancing children’s safety with their right to privacy.

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

The home follows safer recruitment practices. Appropriate pre-employment checks are completed before staff begin working with children. This helps to ensure that children are cared for by suitable adults.

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

Missing-from-care and unauthorised absences are managed well. When children do not return home as expected, staff respond promptly and follow relevant procedures. Individualised missing-person grab packs help to support a coordinated response and prioritise children’s safety. However, records do not always clearly distinguish between missed curfews and missing-from-care incidents, which reduces the accuracy of recording and management oversight. Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 5 Staff understand children’s individual risks and take appropriate action to promote their safety and well-being. However, individual risk assessments do not consistently provide clear and detailed guidance about the actions staff should take to keep children safe. As a result, these records do not always support a consistent approach to risk management or provide leaders with sufficient oversight of how identified risks are being managed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers provide stable and effective leadership. Staff speak positively about the support they receive and describe the registered manager as supportive and approachable. This promotes a positive culture and provides consistency for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff work well together and are committed to improving outcomes for children. They communicate effectively and support one another to meet children’s needs and promote their safety and wellbeing.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager ensures that staff receive regular, reflective supervision. This process supports staff development and helps them to build the skills and confidence needed to provide consistent care for children. Staff also benefit from an ambitious workforce development plan and a broad programme of training that reflects children’s current and emerging needs. This helps to ensure that staff have the knowledge and skills required to provide safe and effective care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Leaders and managers are committed to continuous improvement and have created a positive culture where children’s needs remain central to practice. However, management oversight is not consistently effective in ensuring that children’s care plans and risk assessments provide clear and detailed guidance for staff to inform their day-to-day care of children and reflect the quality of support and practice that children experience. Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 6

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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 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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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that monitoring systems are effective in identifying shortfalls in records, including missing-from-care records and risk assessments. Monitoring should provide sufficient oversight to ensure that information available to staff is clear, accurate and supports a consistent approach to meeting children’s needs and keeping them safe. 30 September 2026

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Recommendations

 The registered person should work in partnership with relevant people as appropriate to ensure that each child is provided with support (appropriate to their age and understanding) to communicate their views, wishes and feelings and participate as fully as possible in all aspects of their care planning and daily care. Children’s views, wishes and feelings, and the contribution of relevant professionals, should be clearly recorded within children’s care planning documents. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’ page 22, paragraph 4.6)  The registered person should ensure that staff provide a nurturing environment that is welcoming, supportive and should seek to meet the child’s basic needs in the way that a good parent would. In particular, this should include reviewing the outdoor space for children. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,’

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Recommendations

page 14, paragraph 3.7) Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 7

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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: 2697534 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 118a Barking Road, Royal Victoria Docks, London E16 1EN

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Inspector

Stella Namakula, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2697534 9 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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