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<p>The information requested is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recommendation
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Timescale</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status
</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All young people’s plans, interventions and risk
assessments require urgent reviewing to ensure that they take full account of the
young people’s offending histories, abuse histories, vulnerabilities, and other key
events in their lives. Risk assessments should be regularly updated to ensure that
they are effective and help to keep all young people and staff safe.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
staff who work with young people should be aware of their risk and behaviour management
plans. These plans should clearly set out what staff should do to maximise the safety
of all young people and staff.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure
that all managers at all levels are sufficiently competent and experienced to execute
their roles effectively.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
staff should be confident and consistent in ensuring expected standards of behaviour
and that rules, incentives, rewards and sanctions are applied fairly.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
allegations of abuse or harm should be responded to in accordance with internal policies,
statutory guidance, and to the satisfaction of external safeguarding partners such
as the local authority and the police service.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure
that all incidents of bullying are responded to swiftly, investigations are thorough
and completed, and subsequent actions are monitored to reduce bullying.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young
people’s psychological needs, including their offending behaviour, must be addressed
swiftly with appropriate interventions and young people should have access to sufficient
psychiatric and psychological services.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
force and restraint should be proportionate and subject to independent oversight.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suicide
and self-harm assessments and plans should be fully recorded and take account of all
available information when being constructed and reviewed.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
single separations should be properly authorised and recorded. There should be a clear
policy on longer term separation that provides for a full daily regime and specifies
the need for concerted efforts to resolve the issues leading to the separation.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure
that all searches are proportionate to risks and are fully recorded.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improve
communication and collaboration between education staff and unit staff to ensure effective
joint working to better support young people’s behaviour and attendance.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
impediments to implementing the new curriculum should be addressed so that it can
be got underway. This includes vetting new staff as swiftly as possible and refurbishing
the teaching areas.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Review
the policy and procedures relating to the use of bedroom shower viewing panels to
better promote young people’s safety, privacy and dignity. The use of these panels
should be appropriately monitored and authorised to reduce the potential for misuse.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure
that all handcuff use is properly authorised and recorded, including any times when
handcuffs are removed.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Managers
should immediately and regularly assess the safety of the environment and remove or
repair all hazards promptly.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure
that substance misuse staff receive formal recorded supervision.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
relevant staff should be competent in assessing risk and understanding the nature
of offending.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improve
and then maintain the condition of the residential units to ensure that they provide
a suitable standard of accommodation to meet young people’s needs.</p></td><td><p>3
months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The use of ICT should be resumed
to improve teaching resources and enable young people to develop these skills and
achieve accreditation.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Good
standards of cleanliness should be maintained throughout the centre, with young people
being encouraged and assisted to take responsibility for their rooms and communal
areas.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extend
CCTV coverage, particularly in those areas that young people repeatedly describe as
unsafe, including the education department and the stairwells.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>In
progress</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase the opportunities for young people to express
their views about the centre and be involved in future developments.</p></td><td><p>6
months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Update the information available
to young people when first admitted to the centre to ensure that it is child-friendly
and provides an accurate description of what they can expect.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>In
progress</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Develop an effective resettlement strategy informed
by a comprehensive needs analysis.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
centre should work with the Youth Custody Service to reduce the number of young people
who are admitted late at night to the centre.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure
that all measures are in place to reduce the potential for any security intelligence
reports to be mislaid.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food
provision and portion sizes should be reviewed to ensure that they are adequate and
appetising.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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