Children's Home run by Time-Out Children’s Homes Limited in Rochdale

Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 1 SC065072 Registered provider: Time-Out Childrens Homes Limited

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for up to 2 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in October 2021.

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Information about this children’s home

One child was living at the home at the time of this 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

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: 30 September 2025

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

30/09/2025 Full Good 03/07/2024 Full Good 31/10/2023 Full Good 08/08/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 3

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Summary of findings

One child moved out to live in semi-independent accommodation, and one child has moved in and out of the home within this inspection period. While the transitions for children have been well planned, the changes have led to 2 children becoming unsettled. This includes the child currently living at the home. The manager has a strong oversight of the quality of care provided and staff development. Overall, staff are well supported. Shortfalls found have mainly been in respect of physical interventions used not always having the oversight of the manager or someone independent.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The day-to-day experiences for individual children have been mixed. This is because of the changes that happened when children moved in and out of the home, and the unexpected responses from the children involved. The manager makes child-centred decisions about children’s transitions, and she ensures that they are well planned.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff provide children with a good standard of nurturing care, and they provide them with structure, positive routines and boundaries. Staff understand children’s individual needs and vulnerabilities, and they understand the impact that the children’s past experiences have on their lives.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff place an importance on building open and trusting relationships with children. The child living at the home said that they are happy and that they like the staff who care for them. Staff talk positively about children. They have a child-centred approach, and they genuinely want the best for children.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s progress in education is mixed. The child who lives at the home likes going to school. They have good attendance and they are making progress. One child’s attendance in post-16 education declined at the time they moved out of the home, and one child declined to go to school during the time that they lived at the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff promote healthy lifestyles. The child living at the home is in good health and they enjoy physical activities and exercise. Staff understand children’s emotional and mental health needs. They work in partnership with mental health professionals to ensure that children receive the relevant assessments and therapy.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are consulted with about their care and decisions made about the home. Records capture children’s wishes and feelings and they show how staff respond to the children. Children’s experiences living at the home are captured in lovely photos and memory books. Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 4

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

Risk assessments identify the known risks for children. They are detailed and provide clear steps for staff to follow. The manager keeps these plans up to date by regularly reviewing them. Furthermore, children’s individual missing-from-home plans are detailed, and they provide staff with clear guidance. Staff are clear about their responsibility to children who go missing from the home, including searching for them to try to locate them quickly.

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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. There is good multi-agency planning and decision-making about allegation management protocols for individual children.

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

A strength of the home is that staff talk to the child about how they are feeling and try to understand the cause of the child’s behaviour. There are lots of examples of good- quality discussions and work completed with the child. These educate the child about risks and help the child to develop a better understanding of any difficult emotions they may be feeling. There is strong clinical oversight of planned direct work, and staff are innovative in their approach to engage the child in this work.

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

The risks for children and incidents have increased because changes for individual children led to them becoming unsettled. One child’s risks in the community increased as they prepared to transition to adulthood. Another child struggled to become settled as the home was a distance away from their hometown. The child that has been living in the home for almost 2 years was particularly affected when the peer dynamics changed as children moved in and out of the home.

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

Despite periods where children have been unsettled, staff are committed to helping the children to feel safe and secure. Risks for children have been well managed and staff’s response to the children and incidents has been consistently good.

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

Due to the child living in the home becoming unsettled, incidents where the child has been held have increased. Records show that the use of physical restraint is needed to keep the child and others safe. However, staff and the child are not always provided with the opportunity to talk about the incident with an independent person.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is experienced and suitably qualified. She is a positive role model for staff and she provides the team with effective leadership. Her approach is child focused. She is aspirational for children, and this is the goal of the whole team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager also manages one of the provider’s other homes. However, she has good oversight of this home. The systems in place to monitor and review the quality of care and staff development are effective. This means that shortfalls are identified and addressed in a timely way. Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 5 There is a stable core staff team that is skilled and experienced. This means that children are provided with stability and continuity of care. Staff are provided with a good range of core training. The manager ensures that staff have access to additional child- specific training to help them to meet the needs of the individual children who have lived at the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff like working at the home and they said that they feel supported. Staff receive a high standard of reflective supervision. Team meetings happen regularly. They are well attended and the meetings are used to provide staff with the opportunity to discuss the child’s plan and to refresh safeguarding knowledge.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has built positive relationships with other professionals involved with the child. She is a strong advocate for the child and she works in partnership with other agencies to ensure that the child receives the right support.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Complaints are mostly well managed. They are taken seriously, investigated and responded to in a timely way. However, one complaint made by a child has not been investigated by an independent person. The child was provided with a response to their complaint, but the child has not been spoken with to determine if they are happy with the outcome. Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 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

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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Requirement Due date

has spoken to the user about the measure;

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Requirement Due date

has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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Requirement Due date

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)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 6 December 2026

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Requirement Due date

Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must establish a procedure for considering complaints made by or on behalf of children.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the procedure must provide that no person who is the subject of a complaint takes any part in its consideration or investigation, except at the informal resolution stage if the registered person considers it appropriate. (Regulation 39 (1)(2)) 6 December 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: SC065072 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Time-Out Childrens Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Ripponden Mill, Mill Fold, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 4DH

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Inspector

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC065072 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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Inspector

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