Working at Bradbury House
New Street, Braintree, CM7 1ES
Operated by Aria Healthcare Group LTD
21 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
7.3/10
AI analysis of latest data
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 7.3/10
Key Finding
"Motivated staff in a homely culture with strong safety and stable teams, although activities lack specialist programmes."
Safety & Risk
8/10
✓
2021: Assured effective infection prevention, PPE use, testing and outbreak management; Per 2017: Good safeguarding, risks and medicines.
Staff Culture
8/10
✓
Per 2017: Staff motivated and positive about homely culture, spoke of residents as family, worked well together.
Staffing Levels
7/10
✓
Per 2017: Sufficient staff with stable team, absences covered internally, residents report unhurried care and prompt responses.
Training & Dev
7/10
✓
Per 2017: Induction with shadowing and Care Certificate, ongoing specialist training, support for QCF qualifications and supervisions.
Management
7/10
✓
Per 2017 comprehensive inspection: Registered manager visible and accessible, staff motivated with supervisions, appraisals and reward scheme.
Programmes
6/10
✓
Per 2017: Activities coordinator provides trips, animal interactions, pub visits, tea dances and volunteer support.
Points to consider
They have an activities coordinator running trips, animal visits and outings, but no specialist named programmes to make the role more varied and fulfilling.
Per 2017 comprehensive inspection: A new activity coordinator had recently started work... trips out and a letter-writing service... animals were brought out... went to the pub... local tea dance... volunteers.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: November 2017
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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