Working at Stubble Bank

Staffing is adequate to meet needs but nothing more, with bank staff used for gaps instead of a fully stable team.

There were enough staff employed to meet people's assessed needs. Per 2021: The home had good staffing levels and a stable staff team. The service had access to trained bank staff but did not use agency staff

No activities coordinator or specialist creative programmes, so the role sticks to basic trips, college support and pets.

Per 2021 comprehensive inspection: The service supported young people to take part in activities that mattered to them. For example, two young people had enrolled on courses at a local college... community access... allowed young people to keep pets

Some problems with medicine storage and handover processes that risked safety and needed fixing.

The handover process for staff access to some medicines did not always mitigate the risk of potential abuse by staff. Storage room temperatures were not always recorded correctly due to faulty equipment