Updated 12 February 2019
We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection checked whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.
The inspection site visit started on 7 January 2019 and ended on 9 January 2019. We gave the service two working days’ notice of the inspection because we wanted to provide an opportunity for people using the service and their representatives to share their views.
The inspection site visit was carried out by one inspector and an expert by experience. An Expert by Experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service.
We looked at the providers Statement of Purpose. This is a document providing information as to the aims and objectives of the service, the support and services it provides and to who.
We looked at the information held about the provider and the service including statutory notifications and enquiries relating to the service. Statutory notifications include information about important events which the provider is required to send us. We also contacted the Local Authority for any information they held on the service. We used this information to help us plan this inspection.
We used information the provider sent us in the Provider Information Return. This is information we require providers to send us at least once annually to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.
We spoke with the registered manager, training manager, operations manager and a care co-ordinator when we visited the office on 7 and 8 January 2019.
We spoke with six people who used the service by telephone on 8 and 9 January 2019.
We spoke with four members of staff by telephone on 9 January 2019.
We looked at the care plans and records of four people. We looked at four staff records, which included their recruitment, induction, on-going monitoring and training. We looked at the minutes of staff meetings and records related to the quality monitoring of the service.