Archived: Bramble Close Habilitation Unit

Updated 16 September 2016

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.

This inspection was undertaken by one inspector on 31 August 2016.

Before the inspection, we looked at information that we had received about the service. This included information we received from the local authority and any notifications from the provider. Statutory notifications include information about important events which the provider is required to send us by law.

During the inspection process we spoke with two people living in the service, a relative and a healthcare professional. We also spoke with the deputy manager and three staff working in the service.

We looked at two people’s care and medicines records. We looked at records relating to three staff. We also looked at the provider’s arrangements for supporting staff, managing complaints and monitoring and assessing the quality of the services provided at the home.

Updated 16 September 2016

This inspection took place on 31 August 2016.

Bramble Close Habilitation Unit is registered to provide accommodation with personal care for four people. There were two people living at the service on the day of our inspection. The service was offering short term care to people to support their rehabilitation after hospital admissions. It had recently started providing a service after a closure of some months.

A registered manager was in post. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Staff were knowledgeable about identifying abuse and how to report it to safeguard people. Recruitment procedures were thorough. Risk management plans were in place to support people to have as much independence as possible while keeping them safe. There were also processes in place to manage any risks in relation to the running of the service.

Medicines were safely managed in line with current guidance to ensure people received their prescribed medicines to meet their needs. People had support to access healthcare professionals and services. People had choices of food and drinks that supported their nutritional or health care needs and their personal preferences.

People were supported by skilled staff who knew them well and were available in sufficient numbers to meet people's needs effectively. People’s dignity and privacy was respected and staff were friendly and caring.

Staff used their training effectively to support people. The deputy manager and staff understood and complied with the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and the associated Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Staff were aware of their role in relation to MCA and DoLS and how to support people so not to place them at risk of being deprived of their liberty.

People were involved in the planning of their care. Care plans included people’s preferences and individual needs so that staff had clear information on how to give people the support that they needed. People confirmed that they received the care they required.

The service was well led; people knew the registered manager and found them and the deputy manager to be approachable and available in the home. People living and working in the service had the opportunity to say how they felt about the home and the service it provided. The provider and registered manager had systems in place to check on the quality and safety of the service provided.