About the serviceCherish Home Care - Sandwell is a care agency providing personal care and support to people living in their own homes. At the time of the inspection the service was providing personal care to 103 people.
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
People's experience of using this service and what we found
Systems were in place to protect people from the risk of abuse and harm.
People's support needs were risk assessed and care plans provided staff with the information they needed to manage the identified risk.
The provider carried out recruitment checks to ensure staff were suitable for the role.
Staff had the necessary skills to carry out their role. Staff had regular training opportunities and training
specific to people's individual needs was provided.
Some medication administration records (MARS) had missing signatures and no entries for staff to record people’s allergies or if someone was away due to a hospital admission. Where people required as and when medicines (PRN) staff knew when to administer them and how to record them. Staff had received medication training and checks of their competency to administer medicines safely had been completed.
Infection control policies and procedures were in place to keep people safe.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the
least restrictive way and in their best interests: the policies and systems in the service supported this
practice.
People's individual communication needs were considered to support them to be involved in their care.
The management and care team ensured they supported people in a person-centred way to reflect people's
equality and diverse needs.
The quality of care provided was continually assessed, reviewed and improved. People using the service,
relatives and staff were given the opportunity to provide feedback. Audits took place to ensure the quality of
the service was maintained.
The service worked well with health and other professionals to ensure people's needs were met.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
At the last inspection visit the registered provider was rated good. The report was published 28 March 2019.
Why we inspected
We received concerns relating to the administration of medicines. A decision was made to inspect the service to look at these concerns.
For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating.
We found no evidence during this inspection that people were at risk of harm from this concern.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our
reinspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.