The Barn
- Care home
- 10 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2010
- Ashby de la Launde, Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
3 ratings
Rated Good at every inspection since 2015.
2 years
since the latest rating was published.
177 of 254
rated care homes in Lincolnshire are rated Good, like this one.
The Barn: inspection record
Rated Good in June 2024.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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- G The Paddocks Good, less than 0.1 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 5 June 2024 (assessment visit 23 April 2024). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
The Barn is a care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 10 people with learning disabilities. At the time of our assessment there were 10 people 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. At our assessment we found The Barn were meeting the principles of right support, right care, right culture.
- Safe Good
- Well-led No rating
Read the rest of CQC's summary
We visited the service on the 13 February 2024 where we spoke with 4 people and 4 members of staff. We contacted 2 relatives and 1 external professional remotely about their experiences of the service following our site visit.
At our previous inspection we identified that quality checks had not consistently identified issues and action plans did not give completion dates to ensure actions were taken. During our assessment we found improvements in this area. We assessed 3 quality statements in Safe and 2 quality statements in Well-led and rated these Good. The overall rating for the service remains Good.
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Safe
Good
Safeguarding systems and processes were in place to protect people from the risk of abuse and neglect. Staff were aware of their responsibility to safeguard people and how to raise concerns. People lived safely and free from unnecessary restrictions. The service assessed, monitored and managed risk well.
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Well-led
No rating
The service was led by a strong and committed management team where governance was well-embedded into the running of the service. The registered manager and the management team shared an ethos and set of values that was embedded in the culture of the service and promoted by staff.
We assessed 2 quality statements in the well-led key question and found areas of good practice. The scores for these areas have been combined with scores based on the rating from the last inspection, which was requires improvement. Though the assessment of these areas indicated areas of good practice since the last inspection, our rating for the key question remains requires improvement.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 5 June 2024. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the home did about any points in it.
- Visit at different times of day, including a mealtime.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Christine Ingrey
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)6 inspection reports, latest 25 July 2018. Latest assessment published 5 June 2024; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Autism Care (UK) LimitedBrand: Lifeways Community Care
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 03997337 (opens Companies House)
Autism Care (UK) Limited runs 7 services in England, 6 of them in the East Midlands. 7 are rated Good or Outstanding.
Other services run by Autism Care (UK) Limited
- G Autism Care Community Services (Milton Keynes) Good. Home care, Milton Keynes, South East
- G The Cottage Good. Care home, Lincolnshire
- G The Croft Good. Care home, Lincolnshire
- G The Farmhouse Good. Care home, Lincolnshire
Getting help from Lincolnshire County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Lincolnshire County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01522 782155
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Lincolnshire County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does The Barn provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists The Barn as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does The Barn have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 10 beds at The Barn.
- When was The Barn last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for The Barn was published on 5 June 2024.
- Who runs The Barn?
- The Barn is run by Autism Care (UK) Limited. It runs 7 services in England, 6 of them in the East Midlands.
- What is The Barn's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 5 June 2024.
Contact
- Phone
- 01526 322444
- Address
- Heath Farm, Heath Road, Ashby De La Launde, Lincoln, LN4 3JD Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- G The Cottage Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G The Croft Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G The Farmhouse Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G The Holt Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G The Paddocks Good, less than 0.1 miles away