6 August 2019
During a routine inspection
Brett Vale is a residential care home providing personal care to 10 adults who have a learning disability and or autism.
The accommodation was in a rural setting with extensive grounds. Each person had their own room with en-suite and they shared large communal facilities if they chose to.
The service has been developed and designed in line with the principles and values that underpin Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance. This ensures that people who use the service can live as full a life as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes. The principles reflect the need for people with learning disabilities and/or autism to live meaningful lives that include control, choice, and independence. People using the service receive planned and co-ordinated person-centred support that is appropriate and inclusive for them.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People lived in well maintained and appropriate accommodation that enabled them to live a lifestyle of their choosing. People had a choice about how they lived their life. There were facilities such as a hot tub and plenty of activities to be involved with and extensive grounds and local countryside to explore with staff support. Some people attended local day services.
There were appropriate staff numbers to enable people to maximise their potential. Staff were well trained and supported. There were good communication systems in place that enabled them to know how people needed to be supported on that day. Staff knew how to support people with distressed behaviour and were given suitable training. Staff knew people well and had developed positive relationships and people told us they were happy to live at Brett Vale.
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's support focused on them having as many opportunities as possible for them to gain new skills and become more independent.
There were good quality monitoring processes in place. The owner of the service had good oversight.
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 on 28 February 2017).
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Brett Vale on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.