Working at Orchard View
1, Parsonage Lane, Rochester, ME2 4HP
Operated by Achieve Together Limited
9 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
6.9/10
AI analysis of latest data
Our AI workplace review
PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 9 February 2026
Score: 6.9/10
Key Finding
"Staff feel happy, valued and well supported with useful training and an open-door policy from managers, but staffing lacks strong retention and activities have no dedicated programmes."
Safety & Risk
7/10
✓
People continued to be supported to remain safe. Risk to health and safety were well managed... Medicines were managed safely... Incidents... used as learning opportunities.
Staff Culture
8/10
✓
Staff told us they were happy in their role and felt listened to and supported. ... 'We are lucky, it's lovely here. I am really well supported and it's a nice place to work.'
Staffing Levels
6/10
✓
There continued to be enough staff to support people safely and provide people with support to go out into the community.
Training & Dev
7/10
✓
Training was face to face and included a wide range of topics enabling staff to support people well. Staff said, 'The training is useful. We did training on sexuality recently...'
Management
7/10
✓
A registered manager was in post and people knew them and the deputy manager well. Staff comments included, 'I think [the managers] are supportive. There is an open-door policy...'
Programmes
6/10
✓
People told us that they led active lives and accessed a wide range of activities of their choice in the community. This included... swimming... cinema and have dinner with their friend... day centres.
Points to consider
Staffing is enough for safe care and community outings, but nothing said about low staff turnover or no agency workers.
There continued to be enough staff to support people safely and provide people with support to go out into the community.
Activities include community trips like swimming and cinema plus home crafts and cooking, but no activities coordinator or special programmes.
People told us that they led active lives and accessed a wide range of activities of their choice in the community. This included social and physical activities... swimming... cinema... Some people went to day centres.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: March 2020
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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