Children's Home run by Prosperity Children’s Services Limited in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 1 Registered provider: Prosperity Children’s Services 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 2 children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home registered with Ofsted in October 2024.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, one child was living in the home. The child was not available to speak with the inspectors.

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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 requires improvement to be 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: 19 November 2025

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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: 2808376 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

19/11/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 15/04/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 3

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Summary of findings

The child is making good progress in all areas of their life.

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Summary of findings

The child has positive relationships with staff. This helps the child to feel settled living in the home.

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Summary of findings

Staff have a good understanding of the child’s needs. Staff provide the child with consistent care to meet their individual needs.

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Summary of findings

There are shortfalls in the operation of the home. The registered manager is making improvements to address these shortfalls.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child has positive relationships with staff. Staff are practically and emotionally available to the child. They work hard to build trust and help the child to feel settled. The child can talk to staff and share any worries and concerns they may have.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child’s individual interests and activities are supported by staff. This includes staff supporting the child to volunteer at a local horse sanctuary and attend a local specialist youth club. This activity helps increase the child’s confidence and socialising skills.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work well with the child’s social worker and specialist services to ensure the child receives the right support at the right time. The child has access to regular therapy to explore their thoughts, feelings and behaviours safely. This helps the child to develop positive coping strategies.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is registered with essential health services to ensure their physical health needs are consistently met. However, records do not include up-to-date information in relation to the child’s health. There is no evidence of any direct impact on the child; however, this is a missed opportunity to monitor the child’s health needs effectively.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff recognise the importance of education. They work with the child to encourage their engagement with education in line with their individual needs. Staff work with education professionals to ensure that the child attends school. As a result, the child is now attending education.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Individual plans are in place for the child. These plans support staff’s caring practices. These capture the child’s views, wishes and feelings about their care. This ensures staff understand how to help the child to progress. Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 4 Staff ensure that there are opportunities for the child to contribute to and understand decisions that are made about their care. These meetings celebrate the child’s successes, set future goals and encourage the child to share their views. This helps the child to feel valued.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support the child to maintain positive relationships with their family and friends in line with their wishes. This helps them to maintain a sense of identity and provides them with a support network outside of the home.

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

Staff understand the child’s vulnerabilities. Safety plans include the child’s views about how they prefer to be supported. This ensures that they are involved and encouraged regarding decisions about their care. The child’s social worker said that staff have good relationships with the child and highlighted this as a key strength to keeping them safe.

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

Staff use a range of behaviour strategies and incentives to promote positive behaviour. Staff speak to the child about their behaviour and reinforce incentives and rewards. Staff use de-escalation strategies, only using physical intervention as a last resort to ensure the child’s safety when required.

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

Staff manage incidents of self-harm effectively. Staff seek appropriate medical attention promptly and complete bedroom searches with sensitivity. During a recent incident, staff maintained the child’s safety. Staff shared information with relevant professionals and emergency services.

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

There has been one incident of the child going missing from the home since the last inspection. On this occasion, staff did not follow the strategies in the risk assessment. This led to a delay in the child being reported missing. Despite this, staff spoken with know what to do if a child goes missing from the home.

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

Strategies are in place to help children stay safe when they use the internet. Staff help children understand how to stay safe. Staff talk to children about the potential impact that accessing specific content online can have on their emotional wellbeing.

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

Recruitment procedures and practices are robust and effective. The registered manager completes all required pre-employment checks. This helps to ensure that only suitable adults are employed to care for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The registered manager does not have effective monitoring and review systems in place. Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 5 The registered manager does not ensure that there is sufficient staffing to provide care for all children. This could impact on children receiving care that meets their individual needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The registered manager takes sufficient action when there are shortfalls in staff practices. However, there was a delay in the registered manager sharing information with relevant professionals.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

External monitoring does not support the registered manager to make improvements in the quality of care staff provide for children. The registered manager has plans in place to improve this.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Since the last inspection, leaders and managers have improved staff practices. Staff now receive regular supervision that provides staff with the opportunity to reflect on their practices. Records demonstrate that team meetings consist of therapeutic input, quizzes and safeguarding scenarios. This helps to improve staff knowledge on a range of topics relevant to the child in their care.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

There is a settled staff team in place. Staff said they benefit from the support and guidance provided by managers. Staff have positive relationships with one another and said that they feel supported by the team. Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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Requirement Due date

take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and

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Requirement Due date

are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(vi)(vii))

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Requirement Due date

Specifically, leaders and managers must ensure that all staff follow children’s missing-from-home protocols. 28 September

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

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

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

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Requirement Due date

Specifically, leaders and managers must ensure that there are sufficient staff to care for children. 28 September Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 7 The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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Requirement Due date

there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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Requirement Due date

there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (3)(c)(e))

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Requirement Due date

Specifically, leaders and managers must ensure that the timely submission of regulation 40 notifications to Ofsted and the local authority designated officer are made without delay when managing allegations of the professional misconduct of staff. 28 September

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that records of the child’s annual medical outcomes are kept up to date and stored securely while they remain in the home. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.3)  The registered person should ensure that the annual appraisal of staff includes feedback from children and other professionals. (‘Guide to the Children’s Home Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.5)

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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: 2808376 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Prosperity Children’s Services

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 8, Venus House, Altham Business Park, Altham, Accrington BB5 5BY

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Daniel Blackburn

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Inspectors

Chervone Collins, Social Care Inspector Cheryl Field, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2808376 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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