Last updated: 10 February 2026
"Staff enjoy a positive teamwork culture with approachable leaders and stable staffing, but outdated training, supervision gaps, and inadequate risk details in care plans hold it back."
Provider did not always adequately assess and mitigate risks with inadequate detail in care plans and risk assessments, breach of safe care regulation.
Staff positive about teamwork culture, said leaders approachable, felt safe, supported, enjoyed working there and could raise concerns.
Provider ensured sufficient staff to cover each shift, mostly permanent employees with agency used only occasionally, though relatives unsure if always enough and recent activities vacancy.
Leaders lacked oversight of staff learning via external workbook system staff called 'outdated' with insufficient learning, supervisions sporadic with gaps over 6 months.
Staff reported leaders approachable but leaders did not always have sufficient oversight over training and supervision, lacked clinical experience across team, and experienced leaders not always onsite outside office hours.
Relatives raised concern about lack of activities staff with vacancy filled recently, care staff took on activities in interim period.
Risks like behaviours or social worker alerts aren't detailed enough in care plans with clear instructions for staff on how to manage them.
provider’s risk assessment and care plan did not contain adequate detail about the risk and did not give sufficient instruction to staff about how to manage this risk, placing the person and others at risk of potential harm
Training relies on old workbooks staff call outdated that don't teach enough, and supervisions are rare with months-long gaps.
Some of the staff who we spoke with advised this system was, “Outdated” and that it did not provide sufficient learning... supervisions had been completed sporadically with large gaps of more than 6 months between supervisions
No dedicated activities staff recently so less variety in your day with care staff covering basic activities instead.
Some relatives raised concern about the lack of activities staff. Leaders advised us that new activities staff had been recruited following a staff vacancy and that care staff had taken on activities in the interim period
AI Generated
Last inspected: December 2024
Management Quality
Well-led: Inadequate
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