Archived: Brooklands Care Limited

Updated 14 May 2019

The inspection:

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider was 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 team was made up of two inspectors.

Service and service type:

Brooklands is a care home for people with learning disabilities or autistic disorder.

The service had a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. This means that they and the provider 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 it is small, and we needed to be sure that they would be in. The inspection took place on 15th April 2019.

What we did:

• Before the inspection we reviewed the 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 took this into account when we inspected the service and made the judgements in this report.

• We reviewed information that we held on the service such as notifications, these are events that happen in the service that the registered provider is required to tell us about.

• We considered the last inspection report and information that had been sent to us by other agencies, this included commissioners who had a contract in place with the registered provider.

• During our inspection we undertook a tour of the premises along with the registered manager.

• We looked at three care plans of people living in the service and three staff recruitment records.

• Records in relation to the management of the home were looked at these included, quality assurance audits, staff training, safeguarding, complaints, accidents and incident information as well as maintenance and safety checks.

• During the inspection we spoke to three people, three staff members and the registered manager.

• After the inspection we spoke with three relatives.

• We asked the registered manager to forward some policy documents and the staff training matrix. This information was provided the day after the inspection.

Updated 14 May 2019

About the service:

• Brooklands is a care home, people in care homes receive accommodation and personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates both the premises and the care provided. Both were looked at during this inspection.

• The service provides accommodation and care for up to five adults with learning disabilities. At the time of inspection there were five people living at the service.

People’s experience of using this service:

• People received safe and effective care from staff who understood how to recognise and report issues of concern and potential abuse.

• The provider had effective systems in place to maintain staff’s skills and knowledge through training and development.

• Systems were in place to monitor the quality of the service provision and to make any necessary improvements when shortfalls were identified.

• People’s care plans were detailed and contained good information for staff to help them meet people’s needs.

• The service applied the principles and values that underpin Registering the Right support and other best practice guidance. This ensures that people could 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 meaning full lives that include control over their own lives, choice and independence.

• Peoples independence was promoted. Each person was respected as an individual and their aspirations and wishes followed. Staff helped people to gain independence at the pace that suited them, and consistently looked for opportunities for people to take in the activities they wanted to.

Rating at last inspection:

• At our last inspection we rated the service good (report published 13th September 2016).

• At this inspection we found the evidence continued to support the rating of good and there was no evidence or information from the inspection and ongoing monitoring that demonstrated serious risks or concerns.

Why we inspected

• This was a planned inspection based on the rating at the last inspection.

• The service remained good in all five domains.

Follow up:

• We will continue to monitor intelligence we receive about the service until we return to inspect as per our re-inspection programme.

• If any concerning information is received, we may inspect sooner.