Chance Drive
- Care home
- 8 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2019
- Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands
Requires improvement
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
3 ratings
First rated Good in 2019, most recently Requires improvement in December 2021.
5 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
21 of 79
rated care homes in Sandwell are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
Chance Drive: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in December 2021.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Karam Court Care Home (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Forster House (Good, 0.3 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Karam Court Care Home Good, 0.2 miles away
- G Forster House Good, 0.3 miles away
- RI CareTech Community Services Limited - 68 West Park Road Requires improvement, 0.5 miles away
- G Birmingham Road Good, 0.7 miles away
- G SENSE - 20-32 Horton Street Good, 0.7 miles away
About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 17 December 2021. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Chance Drive is a residential care home providing care and support to younger adults, people with a diagnosis of learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder and people with a mental health diagnosis. At the time of the inspection seven people were receiving support. The service can support up to eight people.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Chance Drive accommodates people across two independent flats and a communal home with six bedrooms, each of which has adapted facilities.
What inspectors found
People told us they felt safe and were now involved in their care. Improvement had been made to assess or mitigate ongoing risks to people. Staff practices had improved to be more person centred. Record keeping around management of incidents had improved though required further improvement. Care plan and risk assessments were updated though the new digital system which was still being developed.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Medicine open dates were not consistently recorded however medicines were administered safely. Infection control practices in relation to COVID-19 were in line with current government guidance.
New systems and processes had been introduced and continued to be developed. Communication with relatives had improved and staff received better support in their roles.
We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. Right support, right care, right culture is the statutory guidance which supports CQC to make assessments and judgements about services providing support to people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.
This service was not always able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of right support, right care, right culture however care was more person centred to promote dignity and human rights. The behaviours of leaders and care staff ensured people using services lead more confident, inclusive and empowered lives than we found during out last inspection.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Requires improvement on 17 December 2021. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 17 December 2021. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- The last rating is 5 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
Registration details
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)3 inspection reports, latest 17 December 2021. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Dignus Healthcare Limited
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 05940625 (opens Companies House)
Dignus Healthcare Limited runs 15 services in England, 12 of them in the West Midlands. 10 are rated Good or Outstanding, 2 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 3 have no rating yet.
Other services run by Dignus Healthcare Limited
- G 39 School Lane Good. Care home, Warwickshire
- G Arden Croft Good. Care home, Coventry
- G Brookfield Good. Care home, Coventry
- G Byron Court Good. Care home, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Getting help from Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0121 569 7474 (option 4), Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.30pm, Friday 9am to 5pm
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Chance Drive provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Chance Drive as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Chance Drive have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 8 beds at Chance Drive.
- When was Chance Drive last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Chance Drive was published on 17 December 2021.
- Who runs Chance Drive?
- Chance Drive is run by Dignus Healthcare Limited. It runs 15 services in England, 12 of them in the West Midlands.
- What is Chance Drive's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 17 December 2021.
Contact
- Phone
- 0121 565 2920
- Address
- 1 Chance Drive, Smethwick, B66 1TT Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Karam Court Care Home (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Forster House (Good, 0.3 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Karam Court Care Home Good, 0.2 miles away
- G Forster House Good, 0.3 miles away
- RI CareTech Community Services Limited - 68 West Park Road Requires improvement, 0.5 miles away
- G Birmingham Road Good, 0.7 miles away
- G SENSE - 20-32 Horton Street Good, 0.7 miles away