The Grove

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.

What life is like for people using this service:

The service applied the principles and values of Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance. These ensure that people who use the service can live as full a life as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes that include control, choice and independence.

The outcomes for people using the service reflected the principles and values of Registering the Right Support by promoting choice and control, independence and inclusion. People's support focused on them having as many opportunities as possible for them to gain new skills and become more independent.

People who live at The Grove have their needs met by sufficient numbers of suitably trained staff. People's told us staff were kind, supportive and enabled them to live as independently as possible.

Medicines were managed and administered safely. Shortfalls and errors were identified and acted upon.

Care records were very individualised and accurately reflected people's needs in sufficient detail, including the specific routines staff needed to follow. Risks to people were identified, monitored and managed.

People were supported to live full and active lives, taking part in clubs and meaningful activities aligned with their specific interests.

People were offered a choice of meals which met their nutritional requirements. The risk of people becoming malnourished or overweight was identified, monitored and managed. People received appropriate support from staff to eat, drink and make healthy choices.

The quality assurance system in place to monitor the service provided to people was robust and capable of identifying areas for improvement. Positive comments about the management team were made by relatives

and staff.

The service worked well with other organisations to ensure people had joined up care. People were supported to have input from external healthcare professionals in a timely way.

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