16 January 2024
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Housing 21- Charles Court is an extra care support scheme which provides personal care for up to 40 people who live on the premises in their own flats. The service has communal areas which include a fitness suite, restaurant, lounge and hair salon. At the time of our inspection there were 27 people receiving personal care.
Not everyone who used the service received personal care. CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do we also consider any wider social care provided.
People’s experience of the service and what we found:
At the time of the inspection, the location did not care or support for anyone with a learning disability or an autistic person. However, we assessed the care provision under Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture, as it is registered as a specialist service for this population group.
Right Support:
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice. People were made to feel safe by a staff team who were trained to recognise and respond to concerns of abuse and manage people's risks in a safe way. Medicines were managed safely. People received consistent support from a staff team who were punctual and who knew people's needs well. Care plans were detailed and gave staff the information they needed to be able to care and support people in the most effective way.
Right Care:
There were enough staff available to meet people's needs. Staff worked well with other agencies to ensure people received consistent and timely support.
Right Culture:
There were systems in place to identify when things went wrong and learning was adopted to prevent future occurrences. The registered manager promoted an open culture where staff felt valued and proud. The provider and registered manager worked well with other agencies and organisations to improve the quality of care people received.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection The last rating for this service was Good (published 24 Jan 2018)
Why we inspected
We undertook this focused inspection as part of a random selection of services rated Good and Outstanding. For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating. The overall rating for the service has remained Good based on the findings of this inspection.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘All inspection reports and timeline’ link for Housing 21-Charles Court on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Follow Up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.
This was an ‘inspection using remote technology’. This means we did not visit the office location and instead used technology such as electronic file sharing to gather information, and video and phone calls to engage with people using the service as part of this performance review and assessment.