24th
May
Scandal hit Rochdale Childrens Home. Fundamental failings obvious
Posted by Mark Raw in Childcare Industry Harmony Childrens Services
I have a great news app that seeks out all news articles related to Childrens homes on the net every day for me to help me keep upto date with happenings in our industry
Today it flagged this article up:- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-venture-capitalists-and-the-scandalhit-childrens-homes-7782676.html
It is about the privately owned Rochdale Childrens home, central to the first Rochdale CSE case. However it is believed this is not connected in anyway to the second recent arrests and subsequent investigations going on regards another group of men, again from the same ethic heritage inRochdale.
I find it hard to believe that such a large organisation, which provided 2:1 care, at a very expensive weekly fee , even for a 2:1 child had to have Ofsted tell them the fundamentals to our industry in a public report that they needed to have some CSE training.
You have to wonder what the placing authority had to say to this when they forwarded on the report to the commissioners.
They have coincidently sold up to another large faceless venture capitalist company days before the obvious guilty verdict was made.
Something you’ll never get from Harmony. Where here for the long term, I have no interest in selling out and compromising our high level of care or ethics for a quick buck. You will always receive a personal and honest service from those running Harmony or those within the homes it operates.
At Harmony we always do things in a professional matter. If possible prior to any new admission or if not, very quickly after placement we, my self included, as a whole staff team undertake extensive training or refresher training on any significant issues or behaviours linked to the individual resident that will benefit their quality and level of care, ensure and support greater safety for them.
These have included CSE training, attachment disorder, substance and alcohol misuse, neglect, self harm and a 2 day behvaiour management course. We will invite relevent professionals and social workers to staff meetings to aid Harmony staff in their information gathering, placement plan writting and allow Harmony to work in a more productive manner with the new resident, and existing residnets.
Staff are encouraged to bring forward any training needs they feel they have in the scheduled 3 weekly supervision meetings they attend and these are discussed and acted upon in a planned and timely manner.
Our registered training provider Orchard Rock http://www.orchardrocktraining.com consistently provides ourselves a very professional and prompt service. We use them as they specialises in health and social care training, have friendly and caring trainers and can tailor the sessions to the individual needs of the residents and staff and not just a one session fits all approach.
If you need to find a placement, or wish for Harmony to look over a referral for a young person between 9-17 who can benefit from our professional approach to residential child care services please do not hesitate to contact myself on 07702 050 890 or at mark.raw@harmonycs.co.uk or alternatively you can contact the home manager Julie Cuttell directly on julie.cuttell@harmonycs.co.uk . If you wish to have a brief look around Harmony you can see the high quality home and facilities offered at our web site www.harmonycs.co.uk and find out more about our services.
Myself and Julie will be attending the forthcoming NCTCC event at Swanick on the 9th and 10th or July. If you wish to meet with ourselves for a coffee and chat about the value for money service Harmony can offer for you as commissioners or social workers for your young people please contact us and we will be happy to meet up at the event.
Mark Raw
Managing Director