Networking Key Services Limited (NKS)
Recorded Key Question grade range: 3 — Adequate View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 19 January 2026, to ensure that children's needs are met effectively and sensitively by the right number of staff, the provider must ensure staffing arrangements are well planned. To do this, the provider must, at a minimum: a) Ensure staffing arrangements are planned based on the needs of the children attending each day, b) develop robust and effective systems for planning, implementing and recording staffing arrangements, c) implement effective quality assurance processes that enable any staffing issues to be identified and effectively managed. This is in order to comply with section 7(1)(a) of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standard (HSCS) which state: 'My needs are met by the right number of people' (3.15).
1. To ensure the overall security of the building, the provider should improve the systems and practices in place for managing exits and entry points. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state: 'My environment is secure and safe' (HSCS, 5.19).
2. To improve the quality of facilities, the provider should ensure the facilities align with good practice guidance. This would include but not be limited to, taking action to address the lack of access to toilets for children on the upper floor; and improving the downstairs nappy changing facilities to reflect current good practice. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state: 'The premises have been adapted, equipped and furnished to meet my needs and wishes' (HSCS 5.18).
This is to ensure facilities are consistent with guidance documents, 'Space to Grow and Thrive', (Care Inspectorate, 2024) and 'Nappy changing fo1. To maintain children's safety and wellbeing, the provider should ensure staff follow safe sleep practices for all children. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice' (4.11).