Working at HF Trust Gaston House

No dedicated activities coordinator or structured programme, so the role is mostly routine personal care with some ad-hoc outings and life skills support.

At our last assessment we found activities were completed on an ad-hoc basis rather than being planned as a regular part of people's lives. At this assessment we found action had been taken to identify what was important to people and offer them opportunities for meaningful engagement both inside and outside the home.

Staffing is adequate matching commissioned hours with one-to-one as needed, but recent staff changes show some turnover.

The process to review support plans had failed to identify some changes in need were not reflected throughout the plan... This was not yet embedded throughout the home due to recent changes within the staff team.

Only standard training like person-centred care and safeguarding with some specialist like positive behaviour support, no funded qualifications or career development.

All staff received training in person-centred care (PCAS)... Staff had received training in safeguarding and told us they would report any concerns... The registered manager reviewed people’s needs to ensure staff had the training they needed... further training was arranged, such as in dementia and end of life care.