Working at St Marys

Only basic activities like baking, planting bulbs and pumpkin carving, no specialist programmes or coordinator to add variety to the working day.

There were many appropriate activities on offer based upon what people requested to do such as baking, planting bulbs, growing indoor plants. Whilst on our site visit we saw people carving pumpkins as it was Halloween.

Standard training with induction and some dementia care, but no funded qualifications or career development paths.

Training was ongoing and an induction which incorporated the standards set out in The Care Certificate. In addition to training, which was identified as mandatory, staff received training in people's diverse needs, including dementia, diabetes and mental health.

Enough staff to meet needs with some relaxed time, but ongoing recruitment suggests they're still filling gaps.

Ongoing recruitment meant there were enough staff to ensure people were provided with the care and support required to meet their assessed needs and staff were recruited safely.