- Care home
The Barn
Report from 23 April 2024 assessment
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
The Barn is a care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 10 people with learning disabilities. At the time of our assessment there were 10 people using the service. We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it. At our assessment we found The Barn were meeting the principles of right support, right care, right culture. We visited the service on the 13 February 2024 where we spoke with 4 people and 4 members of staff. We contacted 2 relatives and 1 external professional remotely about their experiences of the service following our site visit. At our previous inspection we identified that quality checks had not consistently identified issues and action plans did not give completion dates to ensure actions were taken. During our assessment we found improvements in this area. We assessed 3 quality statements in Safe and 2 quality statements in Well-led and rated these Good. The overall rating for the service remains Good.
People's experience of this service
Right support: Risks to people and staff had been assessed to ensure people were enabled to make their own decisions and take risks. Systems were in place to protect people from the risk of abuse and staff told us they knew how to raise concerns. People told us they felt safe. 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. Right Care: Care plans provided information about people's choices and preferences. We found detailed information to guide staff on how to support people alongside information on what people could do independently. Staff received specific training to meet people's individual needs. People were supported to access healthcare. A person told us staff supported them to understand what was being discussed during appointments so they could be included in decisions. Right Culture: We observed respectful and inclusive interactions between people and staff. People led inclusive and empowered lives because of the ethos, values, attitudes and behaviours of management and staff.