Working at Drakes Place

Staff numbers are enough for safe care, but no details on staff sticking around long term or barely using agency workers.

There were enough qualified, skilled and experienced staff. Staff told us, “We are good for staffing.”

Training includes basics and some specialist stuff like autism support, but nothing about paid qualifications or ways to move up in your career.

Staff had received training in areas such as, first aid awareness, medicines management, infection prevention and control, fire awareness, training on people with a learning disability and autism, dysphagia and safeguarding.

Varied activities like hydro pool, sailing, crafts and community trips, but no named specialist programmes or coordinator to add extra variety to shifts.

accessing their on-site hydrotherapy pool, arts and craft sessions, sailing, theatre trips, discos, local groups and visiting local towns.