Working at Avalon Clarence Gardens
161 Lawefield Lane, Wakefield, WF2 8SU
Operated by Avalon Group (Social Care)
4 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
5.9/10
AI analysis of latest data
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 9 February 2026
Score: 5.9/10
Key Finding
"Supportive management, high training completion and sufficient staffing, but medicines safety issues and incomplete risk assessments need attention."
Safety & Risk
4/10
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Improvements were needed to ensure medicines were safely managed.
Staff Culture
6/10
✓
Staff felt empowered to carry out their job and knew support from the registered manager was available.
Staffing Levels
6/10
✓
There were sufficient numbers of suitably skilled staff to meet people's needs.
Training & Dev
7/10
✓
Training completion levels were high.
Management
6/10
✓
Staff said the registered manager was supportive and approachable.
Programmes
6/10
✓
The home had an activities room which was also a space used to provide sensory stimulation to people.
Points to consider
Medication safety has issues like one person running out of their medicine and missing details on records.
One person had run out of a specific medicine during their stay.
Risk assessments are incomplete for some common dangers like falls or food restrictions.
A risk assessment was needed for a person who staff were not to give food to and an assessment for falling out of bed was needed for another person.
No mental capacity authorisations in place for anyone using the service.
No one accessing this service at the time of inspection had an authorised DoLS.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: February 2020
Requires improvement
Safe
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Requires improvement
Effective
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Requires improvement
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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