Children's Home run by Green View Young People Limited in Barnsley

Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 1 OFSTED USE ONLY

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SC386057 Registered provider: Green View Young People Limited 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 provider. It provides care for up to 2 children who have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in August 2021. However, there has been a period of several months when the manager has not had day-to-day management of the home.

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Information about this children’s home

One child was living at the home at the time of the inspection and was spoken to by the inspector. Two other children lived at the home for a short time during this inspection period but have since moved out.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers inadequate

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requires improvement to be good

The children’s home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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requires improvement to be good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 2 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

13/05/2025 Full Good 23/04/2024 Full Outstanding 31/05/2023 Full Outstanding 04/10/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 3 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Summary of findings

The registered manager was absent from the home from June 2025 until March 2026. There was no registered manager in day-to-day control of the home during this time and leaders have failed to ensure that a manager has applied to be registered.

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Summary of findings

Furthermore, when the responsible individual left their position on 24 December 2025, leaders have failed to appoint a new responsible individual that meets the requirements of Regulations.

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Summary of findings

This raises significant concerns about the leadership and management arrangements of the home during this time. Management oversight has been poor and changes to the staff and management team have led to periods of instability that have had an impact on the continuity of care provided to children.

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Summary of findings

The registered manager has now returned to her role, and there is a plan for her to become the responsible individual. There is a new manager in post who is still to apply to register with Ofsted. Leaders’ safer recruitment checks have not been sufficient to ensure that this manager is suitable to run the home.

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Summary of findings

The recent changes implemented have had a positive impact on staff morale and the quality of care provided to the child.

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improvement to be good

There have been changes to the management arrangements during this inspection period. This includes there being no registered manager in day-to-day control of the home. This has led to periods of instability that have had an impact on staff and to the continuity of care provided to children. This has resulted in poor management oversight and has had an impact on the overall experiences and progress of children judgement.

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improvement to be good

The registered manager identified concerns with the interim management arrangements which has led to shortfalls in regulatory compliance. Positive changes have recently been made since the registered manager has returned to her post. However, she plans to take on the role of responsible individual, and the proposed registered manager is still to make an application to Ofsted for her suitability to be tested.

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improvement to be good

Staff have begun to improve the way that routines, structure and boundaries are implemented in the home. The child has gained a sense of belonging and stability, which has helped them to become more settled. The child said that they like living at the home and that they feel safe and cared for by staff. Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 4 OFSTED USE ONLY

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improvement to be good

The child’s day-to-day experiences are positive. They enjoy trusting relationships with staff, who provide them with a good standard of nurturing and consistent care. Staff talk to the child about how they are feeling. Staff support the child to find different strategies to cope with any difficult feelings that they may be experiencing. The language used in some records does not always reflect a child-centred response to the child. However, this shortfall has now been addressed and records have been improved.

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improvement to be good

The child is now making progress in their education. Attendance at school has improved, exclusions from school have reduced and the child is showing better engagement in learning. Education professionals said that recent changes in the leadership and management at the home have led to improved communication and working partnerships, and this has had a positive impact on the child in school. Staff understand the barriers to the child’s education, and they advocate for the child to ensure that the child is receiving the right support in school.

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improvement to be good

The child’s health has improved. They now enjoy a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise, and they are accessing health appointments. Staff understand the child’s emotional and mental health needs, and they understand how children’s past experiences have an impact on their lives.

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improvement to be good

The child is supported to see the people who are important in their life. One family member said that staff support the child and the extended family to ensure that the time the child spends with their family is a positive experience for the child.

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improvement to be good

The child is provided with a range of activities in line with their hobbies and interests. Staff celebrate special occasions in the child’s life and the child’s achievements. The child’s experiences are captured in photos and saved in memory books. Records show that the child is consulted with regularly and their wishes and feelings are captured. The child said that they feel listened to.

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improvement to be good

The home is warm, welcoming and well decorated, and the child’s personality is reflected throughout the home. The child has been involved in choosing the decoration in their bedroom, and they have developed an area in the garden to grow plants and vegetables.

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

Risk assessments identify all known risks to the child, and they are kept under review by the manager. Online risks are well managed. There are safeguards in place to reduce the risks to the child, and there is a proactive approach to educating the child about the risks.

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

Since moving into the home, the risk of the child going missing from home has been reduced. Staff understand their responsibilities to children who go missing, and they are clear about the child’s individual plan and the steps to follow. When the child does go missing, staff search for the child and report them to the police to ensure a prompt return home. Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 5 OFSTED USE ONLY

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

Records show that the approach to behaviour management has sometimes been punitive and has not always been child focused. This shortfall has now been addressed by the new manager and practice has improved. There has been one incident that led to the child being physically restrained. The record of this incident is poor; there is a lack of management oversight, and the steps taken were not in line with regulations.

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

Allegations are taken seriously. They are investigated and information is shared with safeguarding professionals.

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

Staff talk to the child about risks. They are proactive and innovative in their approach to educating the child about risks. Staff use a variety of methods to make the learning fun and engaging for the child.

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

The information in different records is sometimes inconsistent. This relates specifically to the child’s plan for spending unsupervised time in the community and the child’s individual missing-from-home protocol.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Changes to the leadership and management of the home and to staffing arrangements have led to a significant period of instability. Senior leaders failed to ensure that a manager has applied to be registered during the absence of the registered manager. Furthermore, there has been no responsible individual having oversight of the home since December 2025. Leaders failed to notify Ofsted of changes to the responsible individual for the home in a timely way. This has prevented the regulator from having full oversight of the management arrangements at this home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There is a newly appointed manager in post who has day-to-day oversight of the home. They have not yet submitted their application to register with Ofsted.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The registered manager has now returned to work, and she has identified concerns regarding the standard of management oversight and regulatory compliance within the home during her absence. There is a plan for the manager to transition to the responsible individual role. The current management team has started to make changes to address the shortfalls of the former management team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Management oversight at this home has been poor and the systems in place to review the quality of care have been ineffective. Improvements have been made, but these need to be embedded. The six-monthly review of the quality of care at the home does not meet regulation, is not evaluative and the views of children are not captured.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There have been changes to the staff team that have, at times, impacted on the continuity of care provided to children. Staff have not always received regular supervision. Staff said that recent changes to the leadership and management of the home have led to them feeling better supported in their roles. Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 6 OFSTED USE ONLY

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There are systems in place to ensure that staff are recruited safely. However, the recruitment of a new independent visitor does not meet regulation in that a potential conflict with the home has not been considered and it has therefore not been addressed. The leaders have also not completed stringent safer recruitment checks for the proposed registered manager.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There has been a complaint made about senior leaders. This complaint is currently under investigation. However, the person investigating the complaint is not independent or suitably skilled to complete this task. An external and independent investigation has now been requested.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There has been one complaint received about the care provided to a child who has since moved out of the home. It is unclear what action was taken because there is no written record of the complaint and the leaders and managers responsible for managing this complaint are no longer employed at the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

It is unclear which staff have worked on shift at the home because the rotas are inaccurate. Individuals who have left employment remain on the rota, and one returning staff member is recorded as absent. The home’s statement of purpose is not up to date in terms of which staff are working at the home, and an updated document has not been submitted to Ofsted.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Leaders and managers have not always notified Ofsted about serious incidents that meet regulatory requirements for reporting. This prevents the regulator from having full oversight of risk and safeguarding procedures in place at the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Staff are provided with a range of core training to equip them to meet the needs of the child living at the home. Staff meetings take place regularly and are used to provide staff with additional learning and to refresh safeguarding knowledge. Staff said that morale in the team has improved.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Professionals involved with the child report that relationships with the manager and staff have improved under the new management arrangements. One professional said, ‘The child is more settled in school because of the proactive and child-focused response from the new manager and staff. This has really helped the child in school; they are now making progress.’ Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 7 OFSTED USE ONLY

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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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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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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

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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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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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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and

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use monitoring systems and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(e)(f)(g)(ii)(h)) 10 August 2026

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The registered person must— 10 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 8 OFSTED USE ONLY

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

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notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (3)(a)(b))

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(b)) 10 August 2026

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time and location of the use of the measure;

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure;

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the name of the person who used the measure (“the user”), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure;

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within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (“the authorised person”)—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and 10 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 9 OFSTED USE ONLY

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c))

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The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(e)) 10 August 2026

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The registered provider must appoint, at the registered provider’s expense, a person (“the independent person”) to visit and report on the children’s home carried on by the registered provider.

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Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the registered provider may not appoint the following as an independent person—

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a person who has, or has had, a connection with—

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which the registered provider considers to give rise to doubts about that person’s impartiality (for the purposes of producing the independent person’s report – see regulation 44).

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If the registered provider becomes aware of a potential conflict of interest in relation to the independent person before or during the independent person visiting the home (see regulation 44), the registered provider must—

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appoint a different independent person to visit the home. (Regulation 43 (1) (3)(g)(i)(ii)(iii) (7)(b)) 10 August 2026

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The registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children (“a quality of care review”) at least once every 6 months. 10 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 10 OFSTED USE ONLY

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In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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the quality of care provided for children; and

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the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it. (Regulation 45 (1) (2)(a)(b))

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If the person who is in day-to-day charge of the children’s home proposes to be absent from the home for a continuous period of 28 days or more, the registered person must give notice in writing to HMCI of the proposed absence.

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Except in the case of an emergency or unforeseen absence, a notice under paragraph (1) must—

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be given no later than one month before the proposed absence commences, or within such shorter period as may be agreed with HMCI; and

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specify with respect to the proposed absence—

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the arrangements which have been made for running the home during the absence;

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the address, name and qualifications of the person who will be responsible for the home during the absence;

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in the case of the absence of the registered manager, the arrangements that have been, or are proposed to be, made for appointing another person to manage the home during the absence, including the proposed date by which the appointment is to be made.

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If the notice required under paragraph (2) or (3) has not been given as required, it must be given without delay.

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The registered person must notify HMCI of the return to duty of the person in day-to-day charge of the home not later than 7 days after the date of that person’s return. 10 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 11 OFSTED USE ONLY

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(Regulation 48 (1) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v) (4) (5))

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The registered person must give notice in writing to HMCI, 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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If the registered person is an organisation—

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any change in the identity of the responsible individual. (Regulation 49 (1)(e)(iii)) 10 August 2026

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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: SC386057 12 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Green View Young People Limited

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Inspector

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC386057 13 OFSTED USE ONLY

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