Oval Residential Home

164 Oval Road is a residential care home providing personal care to up to 3 people. The service provides support to adults living with mild to moderate learning disability needs. At the time of our inspection there was 1 person using the service.

We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. 'Right support, right care, right culture' is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.

Right support The service applied the principles and values of Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance. These ensure 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 the people using the service reflected the principles and values of Registering the Right Support by promoting choice and control, independence and inclusion. The support focused on people having as many opportunities as possible to gain new skills and become more independent.

People were kept safe. Staff knew how to raise safeguarding concerns and how to report them appropriately. Risks to people were identified as part of the assessment and care planning process. Risk management strategies were in place to assist staff to manage risks and identify things that may cause people to display distressed behaviour.