4 February 2019
During a routine inspection
• This service is a domiciliary care agency.
• It provides personal care and nursing care to a range of adults living in their own homes with a broad range of physical, mental health and learning disability needs.
People’s experience of using this service:
• People and their relatives were happy with the care provided, and they felt safe.
• Staff were skilled in their caring role; provided an effective service and were kind and caring. People and their relatives had confidence in the registered manager and told us they would recommend the service to other people.
• Staff told us they felt supported in their role and we saw training took place, although they received limited supervision.
• People and their relatives told us they provided feedback on the service.
• The registered manager did not keep evidence of quality checks or reviews of care although people and their relatives told us they visited on a regular basis to check care and the service met their needs.
• The service met the characteristics for a rating of "Good" in four out of five key questions we inspected. Therefore, our overall rating for the service after this inspection was "Good".
More information is in our full report.
Rating at last inspection: At our last inspection, the service was rated "Good". Our last report was published on 6 August 2016.
Why we inspected: This inspection was part of our scheduled plan of visiting services to check the safety and quality of care people received.
We have made a recommendation to the service to evidence reviews of care packages are taking place regularly.
Follow up: We will continue to monitor the service to ensure that people receive safe, compassionate, high quality care. Further inspections will be planned for future dates.