About the service Amazing Grace Personnel Ltd is a domiciliary care agency and is based in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. The service provides personal care to people in their own homes. CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do we also consider any wider social care provided. At the time of our inspection, the service provided personal care to two children in their homes.
People’s experience of using this service
Pre-employment checks were not being completed robustly and in accordance with the providers recruitment policy to ensure staff were suitable to work with vulnerable people. We made a recommendation in this area.
Risks were identified and were assessed to ensure people received safe care. People told us they felt safe when receiving support from staff and staff were aware of how to safeguard people from abuse. There were appropriate numbers of staff to support people when required. Systems were in place to prevent and minimise the spread of infections when supporting people.
Staff had completed essential training to perform their roles effectively and felt supported in their roles. 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 received care from staff who were caring and had a good relationship with them. Staff respected people’s privacy and dignity. People were encouraged to be independent and to carry out tasks without support.
People received person-centred care. Care plans had been reviewed regularly to ensure they were accurate. Systems were in place to manage complaints and people’s communication needs were met.
Quality assurance systems were in place to identify shortfalls to ensure there was a culture of continuous improvement. Feedback was sought from people and staff and this was used to make improvements to the service.
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Rating at last inspection
This service was registered with us on 24 May 2019 and this was the first inspection.
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on when the service registered with us.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.