Working at A S Care

No activities coordinator hired yet, so the job is mostly routine personal care like washing and feeding with little variety.

one person said... lack of activities provided. The registered manager told us the post of activity organiser was currently being advertised.

Hiding meds in food or drink without proper mental capacity checks or best interest meetings, which breaks safeguarding rules.

Mental capacity assessments... had not been undertaken. The best interest process had not been followed... continued breach of Regulation 13.

Care staff have to do laundry, cleaning and catering when those part-time support workers are off, stretching workloads.

staff in supportive roles, including housekeeping, laundry and catering were part time. In the absence of supportive staff, their work was undertaken by care staff.