Working at The Lawns Residential Home

High use of agency staff means you might work with temps more than a fixed team, even with recruitment starting.

Whilst the service was using a high number of agency staff they were all suitably trained and experienced enough to meet people's care and support needs. The provider had a recruitment drive underway to reduce the requirement for the deployment of regular agency staff.

Staff morale took a hit from recent manager changes, though they say it should get better soon.

Staff felt the management changes had affected morale, however, were confident morale would improve once the current management structure had settled in.

Activities are basic with a coordinator, but no special programmes to make the job more varied.

We also spoke with the activities coordinator... The service had communal areas where activities took place or quieter areas where people could watch TV, read or spend time together socially.