Children's Home run by Supreme Child Care Ltd in Oldham

Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 1 Registered provider: Supreme Child Care Ltd Full inspection 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 for up to 4 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, 3 children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in August 2023.

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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

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

06/05/2025 Full Good 30/04/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 26/09/2023 Full Good 05/07/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 3

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Summary of findings

Children are making good progress and are having positive experiences. They share positive relationships with staff. Staff work well with children’s family members and external professionals to support the care needs of children. There are areas of the home that require some attention from the manager to make it more homely.

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Summary of findings

Children are kept safe by staff. The manager has good oversight of incidents such as physical restraints and allegations. Staff work well with children to manage any unwanted behaviours.

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Summary of findings

The registered manager provides strong leadership. She works well with external professionals and provides a good level of support to staff, which helps to ensure they are able to provide good quality care to children.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children have positive relationships with staff, and this helps them to make good progress in different areas of their lives. All children are attending education regularly and achieving well. Children are also making progress with decreases in unwanted behaviour, improved social relationships and greater emotional resilience.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are well supported when they move to and from the home. Staff visit children to see them before they move in. Moves are supported by discussions with the children’s social workers and the implementation of detailed transition plans. When children move on from the home, staff take them to visit their next home and to meet staff there. Staff share their knowledge and skills with their new carers, which helps them have a good understanding of children’s needs. This support helps to ensure that children’s moves go well, and eases children’s anxieties at times of change.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to give their wishes and views. Staff speak with children individually as well as in regular house meetings. This gives prominence to the children’s views and allows them to contribute to the care they receive.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to create good-quality memory books. These contain lots of photos and commentary marking the children’s experiences. This shows the children they are valued as individuals and supports their emotional wellbeing.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s bedrooms are personalised and maintained to a good standard. However, some communal areas are not as homely as they could be, and some areas are in need of repairs. Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 4

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

Staff understand children’s needs and any risks they may face. They complete targeted work with children to help them understand and reduce these risks. Children’s risk assessments are up to date and contain relevant information and strategies to manage risks, which staff work in line with. This all helps to reduce risks to children and keep them safe.

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

Staff use appropriate consequences to address unwanted behaviours. Consequences are often restorative in nature and children respond well to them. This approach helps children to understand their behaviours and to make positive changes when needed.

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

Children have been restrained at times to keep them or others safe. Leaders and managers have good oversight of this, speak to children and staff following incidents and provide updates to the children’s social workers. This oversight helps to ensure that restraints are appropriate and that learning can be identified from them to improve future practice.

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

The manager has good oversight of allegations made against staff. She notifies the children’s social workers and the local authority designated officer as required. Allegations are investigated thoroughly and transparently, and children are kept safe throughout.

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

Safer recruitment checks lack some essential information. There is an unexplained gap in employment for 1 staff member. This means that the registered manager does not have all the essential background information on staff working in the home to ensure that they are suitable to be doing so.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The registered manager is suitably skilled and experienced. She is well supported by her deputy manager and senior care team. She knows the home well, including its strengths and areas to develop.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

External professionals speak positively about the leadership and management of the home. They say that managers are communicative and responsive, and they attend and contribute to all key meetings for children. This helps to ensures that they use their knowledge of children to positively contribute to their care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Managers provide good support to staff. Regular team meetings are well attended by staff and offer a space for focused discussions on practice. Staff are also provided with regular, reflective supervision sessions. This allows staff to develop in their roles, and to share knowledge and skills to provide good quality care to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Generally, the manager has good oversight of children’s care and a good understanding of their needs. However, she was not aware of a significant change to a child’s legal Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 5 status. This lack of oversight means that staff are not fully understanding of the child’s care plan. Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 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 care planning standard is that children receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home. (Regulation 14 (1)(a))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that they are fully aware of any changes to children’s legal status so that appropriate and effective decisions relating to their care can continue to be made. 28 August 2026

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

employ an individual to work at the children’s home if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

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)) 28 August 2026

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the home is a nurturing, homely and supportive environment that meet the needs of their children. ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9)

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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 Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 7 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: 2627737 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Supreme Child Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 3.10, 3rd Floor Universal Square, Devonshire Street North, Manchester M12 6JH

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Inspector

Jon Collins, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2627737 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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