Elysian Field Limited

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 1 Elysian Field Limited

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Registered provider: Elysian Field Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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provider

This supported accommodation service is operated by a private provider in the West Midlands. It can accommodate up to 48 individuals in 2 single-occupancy premises, 6 shared or group living premises that are limited to accommodating looked-after children or care leavers, and 6 shared or group living premises that are not limited to accommodating looked-after children or care leavers.

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provider

At the time of the inspection, 15 looked-after children aged 16 or 17 were living in the premises.

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provider

The service does not have a registered manager. The previous manager registered with Ofsted in May 2025 and left their role in March 2026. The service is managed by an interim manager who has applied to Ofsted to be registered.

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provider

The provider operates two models of support. The first model supports unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in premises that do not have staff. Children in this model receive a standard 10 hours of support per week for their first four weeks, reducing to 5 hours of support per week. They have access to an out-of- office hours helpline. The second model of support is for care-experienced children who require support from a staff member 24 hours a day. In this model, a staff member is awake on duty in a group living home.

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provider

The service was registered in February 2024.

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This monitoring visit

From 18 to 22 May 2026, Ofsted carried out a full inspection. The provider was judged to be outcome three. Serious and widespread concerns relating to the leadership and management of the service and the premises were identified. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 2 Following that inspection, Ofsted issued compliance notices with regard to the leadership and management of the service, the standard of accommodation and the notification of serious incidents to Ofsted. Ofsted also issued a notice restricting accommodation.

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This monitoring visit

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

During this review period, the nominated individual has relinquished their role and a new experienced nominated individual has been appointed. Both the proposed service manager and the proposed nominated individual were present during the inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has developed a new tool to screen all serious incidents and consider if they should be shared with Ofsted. The tool has not yet been tested because there have been no serious incidents. However, seniors and managers have been trained in how to use the new procedure. Ofsted will keep this under review.

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This monitoring visit

Shortages of permanent staff continue. However, several new staff members have been recruited, and safer recruitment checks are being undertaken. To support consistency for children, the manager has utilised two regular agency workers. The manager intends to induct temporary staff members with the organisation’s core training modules. However, the systems required to do this have not yet been implemented. As a result, the temporary agency workers continue to rely on their own training. This was previously found to be irrelevant to children’s needs.

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This monitoring visit

Permanent staff members have been allocated new mandatory training that aligns with children’s known needs and vulnerabilities. However, some staff have not yet undertaken this training. This means that gaps in staff knowledge remain an area of concern.

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This monitoring visit

Safer recruitment checks are now supported by a recruitment policy. However, the policy describes recruitment procedures from application to interview. It does not describe how safer recruitment checks will be undertaken. Furthermore, some managers who take part in recruitment practice do not have any relevant training to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to carry out this important safeguarding work with rigour.

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This monitoring visit

Children continue to live in premises where risks are not appropriately managed. For example, despite a risk assessment identifying that windows on the second and third floors required window restrictors, there are no window restrictors in place and children were observed with their windows wide open. Health and safety managers who are responsible for auditing premises have failed to identify these risks.

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This monitoring visit

Although some progress has been made, Ofsted are concerned that the leaders and managers’ oversight of the service and the standard of accommodation that children Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 3 live in is poor. As a result, Ofsted is likely to reissue enforcement action. Other requirements were not reviewed during this inspection and are therefore repeated. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 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 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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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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ensure that staff work effectively as a team, where appropriate, to meet the needs of children;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills appropriate for the work that they are to perform;

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ensure that the supported accommodation undertaking has sufficient staff to support and accommodate children safely and effectively;

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implement recruitment practices that ensure staff are suitable to work with children and to keep them safe from harm(1);

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ensure that arrangements are in place to manage referrals of children to the supported accommodation undertaking and admissions of children to premises used as supported accommodation, including, where relevant, emergency referrals and admissions;

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ensure that arrangements are in place for the supervision, training and development of staff. 10 June 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 5 (Regulation 4 (1) (2)(a)(d)(e)(f)(g))

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*The accommodation standard is that children experience a comfortable and secure living environment.

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

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ensure that the location of the premises used as supported accommodation is suitable for the category or categories of supported accommodation provided, by—

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reviewing the appropriateness and suitability of the location of each of the premises used as supported accommodation ("a location assessment"), and in doing so, consulting and taking into account the views of each relevant person;

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carrying out a location assessment of each of the premises used as supported accommodation at least once in each calendar year;

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ensure that the premises used as supported accommodation—

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are suitable for the purposes of supported accommodation and are accessible, safe, secure and well-maintained;

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are adequately maintained so as to provide a welcoming and homely environment within both individual and shared living spaces;

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are designed, furnished and maintained to remove avoidable hazards which could pose a health and safety risk to children;

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comply with all relevant statutory provisions dealing with health and safety or fire safety matters. (Regulation 6 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(b)(vi)(viii)(ix)(x)) 10 June 2026

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

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

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ensure that plans for support are based on initial referral information, are meaningful and are created in full 10 June 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 6 consultation with the child, taking account of relevant plans for the child;

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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;

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Requirement Due date

in the event that the registered person or a member of staff considers that an accommodating authority or a relevant person is failing to provide the support set out in a child’s relevant plans, make representations, or, as the case may be, enable staff to make representations, to the accommodating authority or relevant person with a view to ensuring that the child’s needs are met. (Regulation 7 (1) (2)(b)(c)(h))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must give notice in writing to the CIECSS, as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, if any of the following events take place or are expected by the registered person to take place—

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the premises of the supported accommodation undertaking are significantly altered or extended, or additional premises are acquired for use as supported accommodation.

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If premises are no longer used, or intended to be available for use, as supported accommodation by the supported accommodation undertaking, the registered person must give notice in writing to the CIECSS no later than 10 working days after the registered person becomes aware of the decision to cease use of the premises.

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Requirement Due date

Where additional premises are acquired, commissioned or arranged, or the supported accommodation undertaking intends to acquire, commission or arrange additional premises, and the supported accommodation undertaking intends to provide supported accommodation at those premises, the registered person must give notice in writing to the CIECSS as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, of the following—

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the characteristics of the children for whom it is intended the supported accommodation undertaking will provide accommodation at the premises, including the age range, number and sex of the children; 10 June 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 7 the category or categories of supported accommodation to be provided at the premises.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must give notice in writing to the CIECSS within 72 hours of the supported accommodation undertaking—

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accommodating a child for the first time in any premises which were not referred to in the registered person’s application for registration;

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accommodating a child in premises for the first time after the premises are brought back into use, after the undertaking temporarily ceased to use the premises as supported accommodation. (Regulation 34 (1)(g) (2) (3)(a)(b)(c) (4)(a)(b))

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keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it, and

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notify the CIECSS of any revisions and send the CIECSS a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 9 (3)(a)(b)) 10 June 2026

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*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that all staff are familiar with information- sharing requirements relating to the young people that they care for and act in accordance with these arrangements. They must ensure that children’s information is not shared inappropriately. (‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’, page 58)

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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: Elysian Field Limited 8

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: Elysian Field Limited

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider address: 4 Bloors Lane, Rainham, Kent ME8 7EG

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Inspector

Beth Forster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Elysian Field Limited 9 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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Inspector

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