Retreat Lodge

Retreat Lodge is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care. The home accommodates up to seven people in one house. At the time of our inspection seven people with learning disabilities were living at the home.

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.

Staff managed people's medicines safely and our checks showed people received their medicines as prescribed. Staff understood the risks in people's care and how to support them safely and the provider had checks in place to manage the premises and equipment safely. The service was clean and staff followed suitable infection control practices. There were enough staff to support people safely and staff were recruited following robust processes.

The provider supported staff with a range of training relating to people's needs, as well as one to one supervision. People received the support they needed to maintain their day to day health and in relation to eating and drinking. 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.