Children's Home run by Sweet Hope Manor Limited in Nottingham

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 1 Registered provider: Sweet Hope Manor Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned by an independent provider. It provides care for up to 4 children with emotional or social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has applied to register with Ofsted.

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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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This monitoring visit

The home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 17 and 18 June 2026. Following the inadequate judgement, Ofsted issued compliance notices under regulation 12 (the protection of children standard) and regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard).

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to assess the progress made towards meeting the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

Two children have remained living at the home since the last inspection. No further children have moved into the home.

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This monitoring visit

The children live in a home that has been recently decorated and feels warm and welcoming. They have been actively involved in decisions to renovate several areas of the home. As a result, all communal rooms have been refreshed and feel inviting.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have supported staff to reflect on their practice effectively, and appropriate challenge has been given when needed. Staff have been able to access several training courses to develop their understanding and inform the care of children. Managers have developed systems to test out staff competence and be assured that the skills will be implemented effectively. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 2 Children continue to experience positive relationships with each other at the home. Where difficulties arise, staff provide effective support to help children understand each other’s perspectives and repair relationships. Staff actively encourage the children to spend meaningful time together and carefully plan a range of enjoyable activities throughout the week.

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This monitoring visit

Staff respond consistently and effectively when children go missing from home or are at risk of exploitation. Missing-from-home and exploitation-related incidents are reviewed collectively, enabling professionals to identify patterns and escalate concerns. When additional risks emerge, managers liaise with the local authority and hold emergency team meetings to ensure staff understand their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe. There have been no physical interventions during this period.

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This monitoring visit

When required, the manager takes decisive action to investigate concerns regarding staff practice and allegations. She liaises with safeguarding partners effectively and identifies required actions. Children’s views are gathered following incidents, which link into actions taken. Recordings are clear and evidence reflective discussions and how decisions are made.

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This monitoring visit

Conflicts of interest among staff working at the home are now well understood and risk assessed. This prioritises an environment where staff can whistle blow should this be required.

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This monitoring visit

The responsible individual and manager have identified shortfalls in practice and have taken appropriate action since the last inspection to address these concerns. The responsible individual has implemented a clear auditing framework that focuses on understanding and evaluating the experiences of children living at the home, providing effective oversight of practice. The manager has also developed systems to strengthen monitoring and review arrangements. However, these systems are not yet fully embedded in practice, and it is therefore too early to determine their overall effectiveness in driving sustained improvement and ensuring consistent oversight of care.

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This monitoring visit

Staff benefit from robust support systems. They have regular access to supervision sessions and team meetings that have a focus on reflection and learning. Targeted workshops have ensured that staff understand children’s risk assessments and adhere to these in practice. However, recordings of some supervision sessions were repetitive of each other and did not always specify each staff member’s strengths or ongoing areas of development.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have access to a broad range of mandatory training. Training is refreshed within required timescales, but staff have not recently revisited some training that relates to current risks to children.

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This monitoring visit

Children’s risk assessments have been made more accessible through the introduction of simplified documents that enable staff to quickly understand Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 3 identified risks and the actions required to keep children safe. Staff demonstrate a clear understanding of the expected levels of observation and supervision for the children living at the home. However, while practice is generally consistent, staff do not always record observations in line with requirements, reducing managers’ ability to evidence that children are being monitored and supported as planned.

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This monitoring visit

The compliance notices issued following the last full inspection have been met. However, a requirement under regulation 13 has been issued. The requirement previously issued under regulation 32 was reviewed during this visit and found to have been met. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

20/05/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 25/09/2024 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 5

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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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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

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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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

understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home;

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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)(a)(b) (2)(f)(h))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person should ensure that the manager has effective oversight of children’s progress and staff practice to inform improvements in care, and that all staff receive training that meets the individual needs of children living at the home. 7 September 2026

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that staff are familiar with the home’s policies on record-keeping and understand the importance of careful, objective and clear recording. In particular, this relates to staff ensuring records have enough detail to describe the events clearly. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4) Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 6

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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: 2771481 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Sweet Hope Manor Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ

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Inspectors

Louise Copping, Social Care Inspector Hannah Shoreson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2771481 8 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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