Working at Jamesons RCH Wormingford Road
Wormingford Road, Colchester, CO6 3NS
Operated by Jameson's Residential Home Limited
16 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
7.1/10
AI analysis of latest data
Our AI workplace review
PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 7.1/10
Key Finding
"Strong hands-on management, positive culture and robust safety, but reliance on agency staff and basic activities without a coordinator."
Safety & Risk
8/10
✓
Staff had received safeguarding training with good understanding; robust medicines systems with audits; risk assessments and incident reviews in place.
Staff Culture
8/10
✓
Senior staff: 'We have excellent support from senior management... We are developing a great staff team who have understanding and compassion...' Staff told us they loved their job and were extremely excited.
Staffing Levels
6/10
✓
Staff member: 'We have enough staff with agency and the agency staff are fantastic. We have regular staff from the agency and they are all appropriately skilled and trained.'
Training & Dev
7/10
✓
Per 2017 comprehensive inspection: 'staff received additional specialist training relating to the needs of the people currently using the service' and 'formal supervision at regular intervals.'
Management
8/10
✓
Healthcare professional: '[The registered manager] and the management team to be visible, positive role models and actually providing hands-on care and support delivery.'
Programmes
5/10
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Per 2017 comprehensive inspection: 'weekly activity sheet detailing activities... arts and crafts, use of gym equipment and film events... local swimming... personal shopping.'
Points to consider
Enough staff to get by but they rely on some regular agency workers and are still recruiting.
Staff member: 'We have enough staff with agency... We are recruiting but carefully selecting our staff team.'
Regular activities like arts, crafts, gym, films and outings but no dedicated coordinator or specialist programmes.
Per 2017: weekly activity sheet with arts and crafts, gym, films, swimming, shopping.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: December 2020
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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