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Archived: Prospect House Community Care Office

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

Prospect House, Gate Helmsley, York, North Yorkshire, YO41 1JS 07538 115313

Provided and run by:
Debra Susan Boughen

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Background to this inspection

Updated 9 May 2019

The inspection:

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection checked 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.

Inspection team:

The inspection was conducted by one inspector.

Service and service type:

Prospect House Community Care Office is a domiciliary care agency. It provides personal care to people living in their own homes in the community. Not everyone who used the service received regulated activity. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) only inspects the service being received by people provided with 'personal care'; help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do we also take into account any wider social care provided.

The service was not required to have a manager registered with CQC, because the service is managed directly by the provider. This means that they are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided.

Notice of inspection:

We gave the service 48 hours' notice of the inspection visit because the manager is sometimes out of the office providing care and supporting staff. We needed to be sure that they would be in.

Inspection site visit activity took place on 4 April 2019 and ended on 9 April 2019. It included home visits to two people who used the service. We visited the office location to see the provider, office staff and care staff, and to review care records, policies and procedures. We made telephone calls to people and additional care staff on 8 April 2019.

What we did:

Before our inspection, we looked at information we held about the service. The provider sent us a Provider Information Return. This is information we require providers to send us to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make. We reviewed the information we held about the service, such as notifications we had received from the provider. A notification is information about important events which the service is required to send us by law. We sought feedback from the local authority contract monitoring team and safeguarding team prior to our visit. We used this information to plan the inspection.

During the inspection, we spoke with six people who used the service and one relative. We spoke with the provider, deputy manager and three care staff. We looked at a range of documents and records related to people's care and the management of the service. We viewed three people's care records in full and elements of other people’s care documentation. We looked at medication records, three staff recruitment, induction and training files and a selection of records used to monitor the quality and safety of the service. We visited two people in their own homes to get feedback on the service, observe the care provided and look at the documentation available to staff in people's homes.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 9 May 2019

About the service: Prospect House Community Care Office is a domiciliary care agency. It was providing personal care to 18 people at the time of our inspection. The agency supports older people and younger adults.

People's experience of using this service: People received a safe service, from staff who were trained and supported in their role. People told us staff arrived on time and provided all the support they required. Staff were aware to report any safeguarding concerns and, where required, staff supported people to receive their medicines in line with their prescription.

People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice. People said staff were caring, promoted their independence and respected their privacy and dignity.

Care plans were in place to give staff the information they needed to support people in line with their preferences. The provider took action during the inspection to address some record keeping issues in relation to people’s health conditions and related support needs.

People had the opportunity to provide feedback on the service they received and the provider conducted regular checks and audits on the quality and safety of the service. The provider was taking action to update policies in line with appropriate guidance and best practice. People and staff told us the management team were very visible and approachable.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection: Good (report published 4 October 2016).

Why we inspected: This was a scheduled inspection based on the service’s previous rating.

Follow up: We will continue to monitor intelligence we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If any concerning information is received, we may inspect sooner.