Safe, well-led care services for children and adults.
We help providers open new children's homes, turn round services that are struggling and keep every home safe and inspection-ready, with hands-on consultancy, Responsible Individual work, social care training and AI built for social care.
Consultancy
New homes, Ofsted turnaround, interview preparation and quality assurance.
Find out more →Responsible Individual
Strong, honest oversight and support for your Registered Manager.
Find out more →Training
Accredited social care training through the London Safeguarding Network.
Find out more →AI for social care
AI tools we build with you, around how your service really works.
Find out more →From a new home to an outstanding one
Our approach is forensic and practical. We work alongside you and your staff team at every step, so improvements are understood, owned and sustained long after we leave.
Opening a new children's home
Premises, Statement of Purpose, policies and procedures, recruitment and staffing, through to Ofsted registration and your first children moving in.
Ofsted turnaround
A poor judgement often points to wider problems with culture and leadership. We find the real causes, build a realistic action plan and work with your team so the same breaches are not repeated.
Ofsted interview preparation
Preparing Registered Managers and Responsible Individuals for their Ofsted fit person interview, with practice interviews and honest feedback.
Quality assurance and general consultancy
Audits, safeguarding support, workforce development planning and cost analysis that improve how your service runs day to day.
Strong governance that keeps children safe
The Responsible Individual is accountable for how well a home is managed and how safe children are. We take on that role, or strengthen it, with experience of running homes and improving the quality of care from the inside.
Acting as your Responsible Individual
Regular visits, honest oversight of practice, records and staffing, and clear reports to the provider on what is working and what must change.
Full service reviews
A detailed review of each home against the Children's Homes Regulations and the Quality Standards, then a plan to make every home safe and operational.
Supporting your Registered Manager
Supervision, coaching and practical support so your manager can lead with confidence, especially after a difficult inspection.
Quality of care reviews
Support with the registered person's review of the quality of care, and with responding to Regulation 44 independent person reports.
Training that changes practice on shift
Our training is delivered through the London Safeguarding Network, our safeguarding, trauma-informed and therapeutic training provider. It is written by people who have worked in children's homes, for staff who work in them.
Level 3 Practitioner Physical Intervention
Fully accredited by Advantage Accreditation: prevention, proactive care and de-escalation, then the legal framework, safe practice and accountability.
Level 3 courses in complex needs
In-depth online courses for staff supporting children with learning disabilities, autism, trauma and attachment needs, profound and multiple learning disabilities, mental health needs and complex health needs.
Safeguarding and practice training
Training for whole staff teams and managers, built around real situations on shift, the child's care plan and the home's own procedures.
We work with you to build AI for your service
Not off-the-shelf software. We sit down with your team, learn how your service really works and build AI tools around it, so the right information reaches the right person at the right time.
Oversight you can trust
A clear, live picture of each home: incidents, staffing, compliance and actions, so you know where to look before a problem grows.
Apps that save hours
Monitoring, recording and reporting tools that cut paperwork and make it easier to show the impact of your care.
Support on every shift
Practical guidance and learning that helps staff understand each person's needs and follow the home's procedures with confidence.
Two watchmakers built equally fine watches. One built them in small, stable sections, so an interruption cost him minutes. The other built each watch in one go, so every interruption cost him the lot.Adapted from Herbert Simon's parable of the two watchmakers
Care services are full of interruptions. We build improvements the same way: in steady, secure steps your team can hold on to, even on the busiest shift.
Understand
We listen to the provider, the manager, the staff team and, above all, to what the experiences of the people you support tell us.
Find the real cause
We look past the symptoms to the culture, leadership and systems behind them.
Build in secure steps
A realistic plan, worked through with your team one stage at a time, so progress is not lost.
Make it last
Training, oversight and tools that keep standards high long after our work is done.
Led by Des Webb
Webb Care Consultancy was founded by Des Webb, who has spent his career in social care: running services, opening new children's homes and rescuing homes that were failing.
- Former CQC Registered Manager
- Ofsted turnaround consultant and Responsible Individual
- Opens new children's homes through to Ofsted registration
- Certified trainer and founder of the London Safeguarding Network
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership in Health and Social Care, studying at Level 7
Value for money, measurable results
Clear goals, measurable results and a creative approach to solving problems.
Safety, best practice and compliance
We help providers reach the highest level of safety, best practice and compliance, and stay there.
Ahead of a changing sector
We embrace technology, digital recruitment and AI so our clients stay ahead in a fast-changing social care landscape.
Let's talk about your service
Whether you are opening a new home, preparing for inspection or need support after a difficult judgement, call or email and we will arrange a confidential conversation.