Home Sweet Well Managed Home: Essentials of Household Management

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And the trust that staff build means that the children “are able to share information about previous experiences…which also informs individual therapeutic work with children.” The home has had considerable staffing pressures in the last two years, due to coronavirus and other ill-health on top of vacancies, and yet it is the quality of its staff that makes the service a success story. Staff help children to keep themselves safe. One child’s social worker informed the inspector that because of the direct work by the home in this area and the consistent care, a child is no We’re responsible for the home, and Helen Bowkett is the home’s Manager. We’re pleased overall with the assessment.

The young people in Atkinson’s care have generally experienced trauma within the home environment and also often within the community. Such experiences mean that they’re at significantly higher risk of school exclusion, exploitation, mental health difficulties and substance misuse. We will be following up with enforcement action shortly which may lead to fines and, under this legislation, could lead to details of breaches being published online on the PRS Exemptions Register.Unfortunately, a proportion of these homes are poorly managed and as a result are in poor condition which, in turn, impacts on the health and well-being of the occupiers. But the coronavirus pandemic, which held up Ofsted’s more recent visits until now, has been a significant challenge for the home and its staff.

There has been a huge increase in the private rented sector in Liverpool over the last 20 years, with nearly a third of all houses here now privately rented – and that brings about challenges. Mnara Health is a Care Quality Commission regulated service that provides person-centred home care services to people in their own homes. We are based in Surrey and are proud to support members of our local community and a wider range across the United Kingdom. They note that children are taught on a one-to-one basis, and as a result they do not have the opportunities to develop their interpersonal skills and the skills they’ll need when they progress to settings in the community or to mainstream education. Lynde House is, without doubt, one of Richmond’s best Care Homes; located by the River Thames with views of The Terrace and surrounding meadows. The Atkinson Secure Children’s home is registered to accommodate up to 12 young people at any one time. It’s one of very few secure children’s homes in the country, and children in the home are placed here by local authorities across England.For example, “children contribute to the development of their menus and there is a good variety (of meals) on offer. Inspectors noted positive relationships between the chefs and the children.”

So far we have have written twice to the owners of over 300 properties about actions that are needed in F and G rated properties – the very worst and non-compliant properties which our analysis shows are in every council ward. Social housing is a sector driven by a social purpose to provide good quality, affordable homes, and it is clear this has not been the experience of every resident. We will be completing our project in March 2022 – but beyond that our key outcome is to embed our learning about energy requirements in the private rented sector across our organisation, our partners and beyond. This group, chaired by Helen Baker, will comprise of people with lived experience and expertise in social housing. It will meet over the summer with residents, community leaders, and other partners, including local authority housing providers, to consider improvement actions that can be taken so that residents always receive the high-quality services they deserve.Under the current regulations, all rental properties should be at a minimum E rating on the energy performance certificate (EPC). The Panel will consider wider factors affecting social housing and consider how these issues may have impacted on quality. It’s so important that residents are both physically and mentally stimulated. Our Activities Coordinator spends time with all our residents on a 1:1 basis, this enables him to plan Activities which appeal to the interests of our individual residents.