Working at Oakdale Care Limited

Staff get standard induction and training to do the job, but no specialist courses or funded qualifications for career growth.

The provider ensured staff received the induction and training necessary to ensure they had the skills and experience to effectively meet people's needs.

There is an activities coordinator running regular events like arts, crafts, baking and a therapy dog, but no specialist or innovative programmes to make the role more varied.

The service had an activities co-ordinator who consulted with people... movie nights, dancing, baking, arts and crafts, entertainment and massages. The service also arranged for a therapy dog to attend weekly.

Staffing levels meet needs with enough people on shift, but no details on low staff turnover or avoiding agency workers.

There were enough experienced and qualified staff deployed to safely meet people's needs. We saw rotas which showed there were enough staff on shift to meet the service's dependency tool requirements.