About the service Alchita Care Limited is a domiciliary care agency. It provides personal care to people living in their own homes in the community. It provides a service to adults and older adults. CQC only inspects the service being received by people provided with 'personal care.' At the time of the inspection the service was providing three people with personal care.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
Staff understood how to keep people in their care safe from harm. Where risks to people had been identified measures had been put in place to reduce or eliminate those risks. Safe systems were in place to ensure people got their medicines at the right times. Staff had been recruited safely and there were enough staff to provide people with timely care and support.
Staff received appropriate training and support. Staff provided people with support to meet their nutrition, hydration and health care needs. 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.
People received support from staff who were kind and caring. People were involved in making decisions about their care and were treated with dignity and respect. People were encouraged to be independent and their equality and diversity needs were respected.
People’s care needs were assessed before a service was offered, to make sure staff would be able to meet their needs. Care plans were developed to make sure staff knew what they needed to do to meet those needs. This meant people received person centred care. A complaints procedure was in place and people said they would speak to the registered manager if they had any concerns.
The provider had effective governance and auditing systems in place to ensure people received
safe care and treatment. This meant the provider was identifying and rectifying any short falls in the service. People were positive about the registered manager and the service which was being provided. People told us they would recommend the service to others and as an organisation to work for.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Why we inspected
This service was registered with us on 9 August 2018 and this is the first inspection.
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.