Working at Wanderers House

Only basic activities and community outings mentioned, no coordinator or special programmes to add variety to the workday.

People were offered various choices included what activities they participated in, what they ate and how they spent their days.

Staffing is adequate but nothing special, no info on low agency use or high staff retention.

We saw there were enough staff available to support people in line with their assessed needs and staffing they had been allocated. A relative confirmed when they visited the home there was always plenty of staff present.

Training covers mandatory topics and some specialist areas like epilepsy, but no funded qualifications or career development paths.

This included mandatory training and training that was specific to people’s individual needs, such as epilepsy and dysphasia training. We reviewed the training matrix, and this confirmed staff training was up to date.