Ruskin Mill College
- Care home
- 45 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2020
- Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, South West
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
3 ratings
Its last inspection moved it down from Outstanding to Good.
5 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
147 of 184
rated care homes in Gloucestershire are rated Good, like this one.
Ruskin Mill College: inspection record
Rated Good in October 2021, down from Outstanding.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 23 October 2021. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Ruskin Mill College is a specialist residential college and a shared lives service for young people with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health needs. The shared lives scheme provides people with long-term placements, short breaks and respite care, within shared lives providers (SLP) own homes. The service can support up to 45 people. 23 people were receiving personal care at the time of the 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.
What inspectors found
The service was outstandingly responsive to people's individual belief's, preferences and needs. Therapeutic care was delivered in line with their Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) method, and we found that staff worked creatively to incorporate people's individual needs with their therapeutic programme. This supported people to achieve support in a way that met their individual needs and promoted their equality.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Staff understood the needs of people and treated them with dignity and kindness to ensure their individual preferences were met. Staff were aware of what actions they would need to take if they had any concerns about peoples' safety.
People's individual needs were assessed, and comprehensive care plans and risk assessments were in place to help staff support people in accordance with their preferences.
We were told that the registered manager was very approachable, and staff told us they were supported well and encouraged to share ideas to achieve the best outcomes for the people they supported.
Positive risk taking was encouraged to provide people with as rewarding life as possible. Staff demonstrated a high level of understanding of the people they supported.
The registered manager was keen to continually improve and develop the service and ensured this through an extensive series of audits and regular monitoring of the quality of support delivered. A positive culture was promoted within the service whereby staff felt empowered to speak up and contribute to peoples' plans of care.
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.
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.
The service was able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of Right support, right care, right culture. We saw that the care people received helped them to thrive in a learning environment among their peers, to reach their full potential, and to have maximum choice and control over their lives
Questions to ask when you visit
- The last rating is 5 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
- 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
- Mark Thompson
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing, Shared Lives, Specialist college service
- Who it supports
- Children 0-18 years, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)2 inspection reports, latest 23 October 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
- Ruskin Mill Trust Limited
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 07252866 (opens Companies House)
- Charity number
- 1137167
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited runs 3 services in England, 1 of them in the South West. 3 are rated Good or Outstanding.
Other services run by Ruskin Mill Trust Limited
- G Freeman College Good. Care home, Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
- G Glasshouse College Good. Care home, Dudley, West Midlands
Getting help from Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01452 426 868, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Gloucestershire County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Ruskin Mill College provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Ruskin Mill College as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Ruskin Mill College have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 45 beds at Ruskin Mill College.
- When was Ruskin Mill College last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Ruskin Mill College was published on 23 October 2021.
- Who runs Ruskin Mill College?
- Ruskin Mill College is run by Ruskin Mill Trust Limited. It runs 3 services in England, 1 of them in the South West.
- What is Ruskin Mill College's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 23 October 2021.
Contact
- Phone
- 01453 837500
- Address
- The Fisheries, Horsley, Stroud, GL6 0PL Map (opens Google Maps)
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- G Wortley Villa Good, 0.6 miles away
- G Churchill Road Good, 0.7 miles away
- G Winslow House Good, 0.8 miles away