About the service County Care Independent Living Ltd (Lincolnshire Office) is a domiciliary care service providing personal care to children and adults who have a learning disability or mental health condition. The service provides care to people living around Skegness, Boston, Spalding and Holbeach.
Not everyone who used the service received personal care. CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do we also consider any wider social care provided. The service was providing personal care to four people at the time of the inspection.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
The service applied the principles and values of Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance. These ensure that people who use the service can live as full a life as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes that include control, choice and independence.
The outcomes for people using the service reflected the principles and values of Registering the Right Support by promoting choice and control, independence and inclusion. People's support focused on them having as many opportunities as possible for them to gain new skills and become more independent.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
There were enough staff to meet people’s needs and calls were completed on time. Staff were kind and caring and put people’s needs at the centre of the service. The care provided ensured people’s emotional needs were supported as well as their physical needs. Staff supported people’s privacy and dignity and helped people to become independent in caring for themselves.
Staff received the training and support needed to ensure the care they provided was safe and effective. This included training on how to support people with their medicines and how to keep people safe from the risk of infection. Staff understood the different type of abuse and were confident to raise concerns.
Care plans contained all the information staff needed to provide safe care. Risks were assessed using good practice guidance and where needed equipment was available to keep people safe. Care plans contained detailed information about people’s likes and dislikes and this enabled staff to provide care which supported people’s individual needs. Care plans noted when people needed help and support to communicate.
There were systems in place to monitor the quality of care people received and these had been effective in ensuring people received good quality care. People were offered opportunities to feedback their views on the care they received, and the registered manager took account of these views when reviewing how care was provided. No complaints had been received since our last inspection.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
The last rating for this service was Good (published 24 October 2018).
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.