Working at Orchard End
Church Lane, Gloucester, GL2 8JJ
Operated by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
12 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
7.4/10
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 7.4/10
Key Finding
"Supportive management and strong training make staff feel valued and professionally developed, but adequate staffing relies on cover from other homes and activities lack specialist programmes."
Safety & Risk
8/10
✓
Robust medicines systems, personalised risk assessments, strong safeguarding knowledge; lessons learnt from incidents.
Staff Culture
8/10
✓
All social care workers felt the registered manager focused on their personal development; staff: 'I love it. I get supported with everything'.
Staffing Levels
6/10
✓
There were enough social care workers deployed... staff comments: 'Yes, definitely have enough staff' and 'right amount of staff'; internal cover for sickness.
Training & Dev
8/10
✓
Social care workers supported professionally through dedicated programmes like 'The Choice Care Group Academy'; staff: 'We get a lot of training... supported to develop'.
Management
8/10
✓
Staff felt supported and spoke confidently: '(Registered manager) is an amazing manager... makes me feel valued'; strong leadership presence with provider support.
Programmes
6/10
✓
Dedicated activity coordinator with daily community outings, college activities, village hall events; activity audits ensure regular access.
Points to consider
Staffing is adequate to meet needs but nothing more, with cover from other homes during sickness.
When necessary, such as when dealing with staff sickness the service sought additional staff from other homes operated by the provider.
Activities offer variety like outings and local events but lack specialist programmes or innovative methods.
The activity co-ordinator told us, 'We had a valentine's meal at the village hall... We're looking at arranging an Easter event. We audit people's activities...'
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: May 2018
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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