The Minims (12 & 31)

The home comprises of two separate bungalows within the same street, numbers 12 and 31. Each bungalow can accommodate six people. There were four people living at number 12 and six people living at number 31 at the time of this inspection.

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 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.

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.

Staff were knowledgeable about people's dietary needs and they were supported by health professionals if needed to ensure people ate and drank well.

Staff told us they had training to help them understand their roles. They felt supported by their managers.

People received joint up care from staff working at the home as well as health and social care professionals.

There were regular reviews of people's care to ensure the support they received fully met their needs.

People and relatives told us staff were kind and caring and they trusted staff. Staff involved people as much as possible, relatives where appropriate or independent advocates in people's care to ensure the care people received was in their best interest.

People were supported to attend day centres and plan the activities they liked to do regularly like shopping, going to cinema and gardening. Regular outings were organised so that people could visit places. Complaints were recorded, and actions taken to address all the issues raised by the complainant.

Audits completed by the registered manager and the provider were effective in identifying areas in need of improvement and actions were taken to improve the quality of the service provided