Children's Home run by Infinity Care Home Ltd in Tameside

Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 1 Registered provider: Infinity Care Home 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 owned and operated by a private company. It provides care for 2 children who may have emotional, behavioural and/or learning difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

The home and manager were registered with Ofsted in December 2025.

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Information about this children's home

Two children were living in the home at the time of the inspection. Both children spoke with the inspector during the inspection.

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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

Date of last inspection: not previously inspected

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 2

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Summary of findings

Children with differing experiences of being cared for away from their families are welcomed into the home. Children develop positive and trusting relationships with staff. Staff enjoy spending time with children. They understand their needs. This helps children to have positive experiences and make progress.

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Summary of findings

Leaders and managers provide strong and effective child-centred leadership. There is a consistent focus on the experiences of children and the role of the staff team in promoting children's wellbeing.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

Children have a positive experience of moving into the home. The registered manager ensures that when children move to the home in an emergency, he gains as much information as possible about children to ensure their needs can be met.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

Effective consideration of each child's needs at the point they come to live at the home means that children have positive relationships with their peers in the home. Children live together harmoniously.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

One child has left the home following a significant incident. This unplanned move was a result of restrictions placed on the child following police involvement. Following this incident, the registered manager supported the child's local authority by providing a comprehensive assessment of the child's needs. This helped to inform the child's new carers and reduce disruption to the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

The 2 children currently living in the home are cared for by a stable and committed staff team. Children say that they have positive, trusting relationships with staff. They are making steady progress from their starting points.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

Children are supported to maintain and strengthen their relationships with their families. The parent of one child, who is being cared for away from their family for the first time, said, 'The care my child is receiving is phenomenal. If they can't be at home at the moment, this is the best place for them to be.'

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

Both children received support to complete their secondary education. Staff have helped the children to successfully identify college courses that meet their interests. This is giving them clear next steps to progress their future career aspirations.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people:

The home is warm, welcoming and well maintained. Children are encouraged to personalise their bedrooms to reflect their interest and tastes. The back garden of the home needs improvement so that children have a welcoming and attractive space to spend time. Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 3

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How well children and young people are helped and protected:

Children are effectively safeguarded. Staff use their knowledge of children and children's written plans to reduce risks and provide individualised care.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected:

Children's care records are, for the most part, comprehensive. The registered manager ensures that information is gained from children's placing authorities and other key professionals to inform children's care. For one child, the delegated authority for decision-making provided by the local authority is not signed by people with the authority to do so. As a result, staff do not have an effective written agreement to make decisions on behalf of the child.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected:

Children's records are held electronically. This is a barrier to children accessing and directly contributing to their records should they wish to do so.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected:

Children are encouraged to take risks in line with their age and personal circumstances. One-to-one time spent with children is purposeful and focuses on each child's goals. This support and guidance in the home, coupled with children gaining independence in the community, help children to develop the skills to move towards young adulthood.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected:

When the need for additional support and guidance for children is identified, referrals are made to external agencies in a timely manner. This gives children swift access to specialist advice to address their individual needs.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected:

When significant incidents occur, there is good refection and evaluation of practice from the registered manager. Information is shared with key professionals and Ofsted to support an effective multi-disciplinary response to meet children's needs and ensure oversight in line with regulation.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers:

Leadership and management of the home is strong. The registered manager is developing in his role with the support and guidance of a skilled and experienced responsible individual. They work closely together as a team to provide effective leadership, which drives child-centred practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers:

Leaders have established mechanisms to reflect on the progress and experience of children and evaluate the impact of staff practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers:

The registered manager's review of the quality of care is comprehensive and demonstrates a good understanding of all aspects of the home. Although the views of children, families and external professionals are sought on a regular basis, these are not yet effectively incorporated into the review of quality of care to demonstrate how they have impacted on practice. Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 4 Staff are enthusiastic about their roles. They are very positive about working in the home and feel supported to develop in their roles by the registered manager. Staff receive regular supervision as well as additional opportunities for reflection following incidents in the home. Team meetings are used effectively to consider the progress and experience of children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers:

Both children living in the home come from local communities. Leaders and managers are developing relationships with the local authority in which the home is situated, alongside building on established working relationships with a neighbouring authority. These positive working relationships provide children with opportunities to remain locally, helping them to maintain their existing personal and professional relationships and reducing disruption in their lives. Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 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 within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which—

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Requirement Due date

include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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Requirement Due date

are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that there is a delegated authority agreement in place for each child. This should be signed by a person with parental responsibility and a representative of the child's placing authority who has the authority to sign such an agreement. 17 August 2026

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children can access and contribute to their care records, specifically where these are held on electronic recording systems. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 62, paragraph 14.5)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the review of the quality of care clearly evidences the views of children, staff and external professionals. The review should demonstrate what impact, if any, these views have had on how care is delivered. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 64, paragraph 15.2)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that improvements are made to the back garden of the home to make this a welcoming and attractive space for children. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 15, paragraph 3.9) Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 6

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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: 2856227 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Infinity Care Home Ltd

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 2a Park Road, Hyde SK14 2LN

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Inspector

Dawn Parton, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2856227 8 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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