Working at Blackwood Residential Care Home
Roskear, Camborne, TR14 8BA
Operated by Sanctuary Care Limited
47 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
3.4/10
AI analysis of latest data
Our AI workplace review
PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 9 February 2026
Score: 3.4/10
Key Finding
"Engaging activities and generally happy staff, but no permanent manager and training gaps undermine the team."
Safety & Risk
3/10
✕
errors were continuing to occur... Where people required medicines 'when required' [PRN], some records had not recorded the reasons why the medicines had been administered... monitoring of temperatures... were not consistently completed.
Staff Culture
4/10
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Staff told us they were generally happy working at the service, but that morale was at times affected by fluctuating staffing levels.
Staffing Levels
4/10
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staff told us despite improving overall, that staffing levels still fluctuated. Some people told us they still had to wait some time before call bells were answered.
Training & Dev
2/10
✕
found there were gaps in training and supervision. This was having a negative impact on the staff team. A plan was in place to deliver this, but it had not been implemented at the time of the inspection.
Management
2/10
✕
At the time of our inspection there was no registered manager in post. There was an interim manager and the post had been advertised.
Programmes
6/10
✓
The service had an activity coordinator who had information to support individual interests... arranged individual and group activities for people.
Points to consider
No permanent manager in place, just an interim one so leadership feels unstable.
At the time of our inspection there was no registered manager in post. There was an interim manager
Gaps in staff training and supervision, hurting how the team works day to day.
found there were gaps in training and supervision. This was having a negative impact on the staff team. A plan was in place to deliver this, but it had not been implemented
Medication errors still happening and storage checks not consistent, risking safety.
errors were continuing to occur... monitoring of temperatures of the clinical room and medicines fridge... were not consistently completed
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: November 2022
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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