Working at Elworth Grange
James Brindley Drive, Sandbach, CW11 3PY
Operated by Ideal Carehomes Limited
66 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
5.2/10
AI analysis of latest data
Our AI workplace review
PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 5.2/10
Key Finding
"Caring staff meet people's preferences and respond promptly, but no registered manager in place yet and recent reliance on agency workers."
Safety & Risk
6/10
✓
While arrangements for ensuring people had deprivation of liberty safeguards in place to protect them; one person's DoLS had expired and had lapsed for a short time.
Staff Culture
6/10
✓
People told us their individual preferences were met by the staff team, who they considered to be 'Caring' and, 'Kind.'
Staffing Levels
5/10
!
Staffing levels met the needs of people with observations made of staff responding to people promptly. The staffing compliment had relied on agency staff, but new staff had been recruited appropriately.
Training & Dev
5/10
!
We also found training in communication with people had only been completed by 78% of the staff team.
Management
4/10
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At the time of our inspection there was not a registered manager in post. A new manager had been in post for 3 months and had applied to register.
Programmes
5/10
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Per 2022 comprehensive inspection: There was a range of activities on offer on a group or individual basis and people's hobbies and interests were supported.
Points to consider
No permanent manager in place yet, as the new one has just applied to register.
At the time of our inspection there was not a registered manager in post. A new manager had been in post for 3 months and had applied to register.
Staffing is adequate but they relied on agency workers recently.
The staffing compliment had relied on agency staff, but new staff had been recruited appropriately.
Only standard training with gaps in communication skills training.
training in communication with people had only been completed by 78% of the staff team.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: September 2023
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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