Working at Wisteria Lodge

Activities are basic like outings to the cinema, golf and shopping with limited ones some days, so the role is mostly routine personal care.

On the day of our inspection there were limited activities taking place however the registered manager provided evidence of a range of recent outings that people had taken part in. This included a trip to the golf range, visits to the cinema and regular trips out for lunch and shopping.

Staffing is enough to cover needs but in a small team staff sometimes cover extra or spare shifts.

I think because we are such a small team we are good at communicating with each other and we always help each other out when we need to cover extra or spare shifts.

Only standard training like moving and handling plus some specific modules on behaviour, no funded qualifications or career development.

basic core training such as moving and handling and safeguarding as well as specific training modules such managing behaviour that can challenge