Updated 27 August 2015
We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check 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 took place on the 17 July 2015 and was announced. The provider was given 24 hours’ notice because the location was a small care home for younger adults who are often out during the day; we needed to be sure that someone would be in.
The inspection was conducted by one inspector. Prior to the inspection we looked any information we held about the service including any statutory notifications. These are notifications that the provider makes to the Care Quality Commission when they need to report specific events. We spoke with the local commissioners and they told us they had no current concerns about this service. We also looked at the quality audit they had carried out in June 2014 which identified no issues.
We requested and received a Provider Information return (PIR) for the service. This is a form that asks the provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.
During the inspection we looked at one persons care and support plan and their medicine administration record. We also looked at employment and training files for four staff and other records relating to the running of the service including policies and procedures and service records. We interviewed one person who used the service and the manager who was the only member of staff on duty on the day of our visit.