We are delighted to announce that Banya Family Placement Agency has confirmed its position as one of the UKs most trusted and dedicated fostering agencies after attaining an OUTSTANDING inspection result, across all areas in our most recent OFSTED inspection, carried out in March 2022.
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. Their goal is to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people.
Ofsted conducts regular inspections of independent foster agencies looking at 3 key areas: ‘overall experiences and progress of children and young people’; ‘how well children and young people are helped and protected’; and ‘the effectiveness of leaders and managers’.
Our new inspection report highlights that Banya excels in all categories, providing outstanding foster care to all children and young people, the best support to all our foster carers and demonstrating aspirational leadership with clear vision.
The report commented, “Children experience a sense of belonging. Foster carers are well trained and supported to understand how to meet children’s different and complex needs. This includes those arising from their medical conditions, culture and identity.”
Our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of children in our care is in no doubt; “Senior leaders and managers have created a culture at the agency that focuses on safeguarding children. Every process, system, case record, meeting and discussion takes children’s safety into account. This includes a thorough and safe approach to staff recruitment, the assessment of foster carers, specialist training for agency staff and foster carers and detailed written records about children.”
With regards to the carers themselves the report was equally praising; “Leaders and managers have created a culture where foster carers are supported to learn and develop. This includes arranging regular support and mentoring groups, as well as offering a comprehensive training programme. During the inspection, 5 carers spoke positively about these opportunities and said they had contributed to their decision to continue fostering, as well as helping to prevent placements ending.”
Chido Poe, our Managing Director wanted to add a few words. “This is a fantastic achievement. Thank you to all our awe-inspiring staff, carers and social workers, the amazing children and the kind words of support and appreciation that many of you shared with the inspector. We are extremely proud of this achievement and look forward to our journey of excellence continuing long into the future.”
We are very pleased to be able to share a copy of the Ofsted report with you which can be downloaded here.
