CYP Now - ‘More effort’ needed to bring down high levels of violence at STC

High levels of violence at a secure training centre (STC) are leaving many young people feeling unsafe in their accommodation, inspectors have said.

More needs to be done to improve levels of violence at Rainsbrook, inspectors said.

In a joint report from the Care Quality Commission, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and Ofsted, inspectors said “more effort” was required by leaders and staff at Rainsbrook STC to reduce levels of violence further throughout the centre.

They handed the Warwickshire-based facility an overall rating of "requires improvement to be good", a judgment that took into account how well children and young are helped and protected.

It marks the fourth inspection in four years that Rainsbrook has been rated as requires improvement overall.

Following an inspection visit carried out from 17 to 21 February, inspectors said that progress since the previous inspection in 2018 had been “piecemeal”, with too many young people reporting they felt unsafe in their living units and in the education block.

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