21st

Nov

Harmony House awarded GOOD on its 1st Ofsted Inspection

Posted by Mark Raw in Harmony Childrens Services

Harmony’s 1st Ofsted InspectionGOOD in all areas.

 On the 16th and 17th November we had the pleasure of our first unannounced Ofsted inspection at Harmony House.

I am very proud and pleased to feed back to all that our inspector has awarded Harmony House an overall rating of GOOD and a consistent GOOD in all areas.

This is a very proud moment for myself and the staff who have all helped to enable Harmony to achieve the good standard of practice I have learnt over the many years and it is now evident that this has paid off in our grades.

During the new inspection regime the inspector now makes contact with all the professionals involved with the residents.  I am pleased to say that all the professionals he contacted all spoke very highly of the service, commenting on how much progress we have made with the young person, by keeping them safe and giving them stability in their lives.  This was also reiterated by the young people themselves when the inspector spoke them.  The inspector highlighted the ethos, in terms of the caring and honest approach of the Harmony care team, and the commitment to the children and young people in our care as they are always our priority.

 I won’t go into too much detail at this point, as the report has to be finalised by the Ofsted inspection team.  When it has been completed, a link will be made available to all.  This can be accessed from the Ofsted logo on the site, directly to our space on the Ofsted web site.

As a result of the inspection our certificate is now in the process of being changed to remove the 9 -17 years age clause.  This will be reflected in the newly updated Statement of Purpose that can be made available to those who wish to have a copy in order to update their records.

This now means that Harmony house will be able to offer its services to a much wider age range of children and intends to do so with immediate affect.

So where to go from here?  Our aim is to keep building on our success with the service, residents and staff and we very much hope that our next inspection will be either a full outstanding grade or at the very least a good with elements of outstanding.

Once again a big thank you to the residents, staff and the many professionals we work alongside.

That’s all for now; more to come later as the report is released,

 With thanks and my best wishes,

 

Mark

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