Children's Home run by NET PEX LTD in Redbridge

Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 1 Registered provider: NET PEX 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 privately owned home provides care for up to 4 children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of the inspection, 2 children were living in the home.

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Information about this children's home

The home and the manager registered with Ofsted in November 2022.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account outstanding

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Overall experiences and progress of

How well children and young people are helped and protected outstanding

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Overall experiences and progress of

The effectiveness of leaders and managers outstanding

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Overall experiences and progress of

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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Overall experiences and progress of

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

05/08/2025 Full Good 07/05/2024 Full Good 30/05/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 3

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Summary of findings

Children have made exceptional progress from their individual starting points since living in this home. The overall quality of care, care planning and children's experiences are excellent. Children benefit from warm, nurturing and fun interactions with the adults who are caring for them. Children spoken to during the inspection said that their care is 'outstanding'.

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Summary of findings

Leaders and managers have been highly effective in providing excellent-quality care and support to children living in the home. Professional practice consistently exceeds the standard of good and results in demonstrable, sustained improvement to the lives of children.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children benefit from being supported by reliable, thoughtful and sensitive staff who place the wellbeing of children at the centre of their work. Research-informed practice ensures that the adults caring for children understand how trauma can impact children's experiences. This is supporting children to develop and sustain trusting and positive relationships and helping them to share their concerns and worries. Staff respond positively to children's wishes and feelings.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children are supported to develop their independence and have made exceptional progress in skills such cooking, household tasks, budgeting and accessing community activities independently. Children benefit from comprehensive, thoughtfully written transition plans when they are moving to semi-independent living. Children's endings are sensitively considered and their journey to independence celebrated. When children move onto their new home, managers and staff stay in touch to ensure that the transition is successful.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children have comprehensive, individualised care plans that are aligned to the local authority plan to ensure that their needs are met and they can thrive and meet their potential. Staff ensure that relevant professionals are engaged in progressing the child's plan. Staff strongly advocate for children to receive the right services at the right time to ensure that their needs are met.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children benefit from a good range of leisure activities and are supported to develop new interests, such as swimming and roller skating. Children are supported to practice their faith and attend church. Overall, this helps children to develop their social skills and actively engage in their community.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children are supported by staff to maintain relationships with their family and other people who are important to them, such as their previous foster carers. Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 4

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

Children benefit from highly skilled adults caring for them who are alert to risk and are sensitive to children's vulnerabilities due to their life experiences. Staff fully understand the risks to children who are new to the home. High-quality safeguarding practice is helping to significantly reduce risk. Risk assessments record actual and potential risks and are amended to reflect changes in children's circumstances.

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

Children benefit from purposeful and meaningful conversations to help them understand safe and acceptable behaviour to reduce the risk of harm to themselves and others. As a result, risks associated with criminality, substance misuse and going missing have ceased or significantly reduced.

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

Leaders advocate for specialist support to ensure that children receive the right help to reduce risk associated with sexual exploitation and substance misuse. This is significantly reducing risks to children.

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

Children's weekly meetings provide opportunities for children to influence their plans and discuss any worries. Staff also help children to think about vulnerabilities associated smoking, safety outside the home and cyber bullying.

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

Children are actively encouraged to access independent advocacy services.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Leaders have high expectations and aspirations for children. The registered manager has a relentless focus on achieving good outcomes for children and is a strong advocate for them. The registered manager is persistent in escalating concerns when decisions are made that are not in the best interests of children. Leaders and managers collaborate with the child's professional network to seek resolution to issues that impact planning for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The highly responsive, skilled and effective registered manager supports a suitably qualified, experienced and highly competent and stable staff team. This means that children are able to have enduring, positive relationships with trusted adults who they know well. Leaders and managers understand the children's needs, their individual plans and the progress that they are making to achieve their potential. Managers have created a positive, nurturing, calm and homely environment, so children feel cared for and safe and staff can develop their skills.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The registered manager has developed and sustained effective relationships with agencies and professionals to ensure that children's care plans are progressed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff receive a comprehensive induction and development programme to ensure that they meet the needs of children living in the home. A recently commissioned clinical psychologist is supporting the registered manager and staff to develop therapeutic Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 5 responses to children. Specific training to meet children's needs, such as child sexual exploitation and substance misuse, is available to staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Managers provide staff with regular supervision and monthly clinical supervision, which provide opportunities for staff to reflect on their work with children. This helps staff to continually focus on the needs of children. Staff can further develop their skills by becoming champions for specific areas of practice within the service.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff describe the registered manager as visible, encouraging, helpful, approachable and always available to provide support. Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 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: 2672490 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: Offices Rear Of 93c, Upper Clapton Road, London E5 9BU

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Inspector

Nicki Shaw, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2672490 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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