Working at Weavers Lodge
Florida Street, Castle Cary, BA7 7AE
Operated by Autonomy Life Ltd
8 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
3.9/10
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 3.9/10
Key Finding
"Enough staff with consistent agency cover and committed team, but poor oversight and safety risks from unmanaged extreme behaviours hold it back."
Safety & Risk
2/10
✕
We found people were not fully protected from poor care and abuse. Staff did not always support people with their medicines in a safe and effective way.
Staff Culture
5/10
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Staff were fully committed to the service and clearly trying their best to provide good quality, safe care to people.
Staffing Levels
5/10
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There were enough staff to support people. When agency staff were needed to provide staff cover, the same agency staff were used whenever possible to ensure consistency in staffing.
Training & Dev
3/10
✕
Staff were generally happy with the training they received, but felt they needed more training in supporting people with complex behaviours.
Management
3/10
✕
Neither the provider nor the registered manager had fully effective oversight of the quality of care or people’s safety.
Programmes
/10
✕
Not covered in this targeted responsive assessment.
Points to consider
Staff and residents are at serious risk from one person's extreme behaviours that the team cannot manage or keep safe during.
One staff member told us, “Weavers Lodge is not very safe for residents and staff and needs to be improved due to safeguarding [incidents].”
Managers do not have good enough oversight so safety risks and care problems are not spotted in time.
Neither the provider nor the registered manager had fully effective oversight of the quality of care or people’s safety.
Staff training is basic online courses rushed through in one day and does not cover skills needed for complex behaviours.
We noted 1 staff member had completed all 50 courses in the same day. Other staff had completed 19 and 22 courses respectively in 1 day.
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