Working at Chypons Residential Home

New staff were allowed to work unsupervised before background checks were finished, putting residents at risk.

Two staff employed since our last inspection had been permitted to work independently in the service before necessary pre-employment Disclosure and Barring Service checks were completed. This had unnecessarily exposed people to risk of harm and was a breach of the regulations.

Mental capacity assessments were not done or sent to the local authority for residents lacking capacity.

The provider had not completed capacity assessments and submitted them to the Local Authority... necessary Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications had not been made to the local authority. This was a repeated breach of the regulations.

Recruitment problems and some vacancies from retirements mean the team isn't fully stable yet.

The registered manager recognised there was a small number of staff vacancies at the service due to recent staff retirements... The service’s recruitment practices remained unsafe.