Rated Care Homes

SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living

G

Good

Rated on

Rating from the Care Quality Commission.

At a glance

  • 3 ratings

    Rated Good at every inspection since 2015.

  • 3 years

    since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.

  • 16 of 18

    rated home care services in Darlington are rated Good, like this one.

SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living: inspection record

Home care, Darlington

Rated Good in August 2023.

SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living: inspection record: inspection ratings by year, 2015 to 2026
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Overall
Safe
Effective
Caring
Responsive
Well-led

Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.

About the service

From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 4 August 2023. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.

St John of God Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living provides personal care to people. At the time of the inspection the service was supporting 19 people with personal care. People lived in a variety of houses and bungalows across the north east area in partnership with a housing provider.

Read the rest of CQC's summary

Not everyone who used the service received personal care. CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do we also consider any wider social care provided.

What inspectors found

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.

Read the rest of CQC's summary

Right Support: People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff assisted them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice. People were supported safely with medicines. Staff followed Infection prevention and control good practice guidance.

Right Care: Staff understood how to protect people from poor care and abuse. The service had enough appropriately skilled and trained staff to meet people's needs and keep them safe. Where people had support, this was flexible, available when they needed it and to the level they needed. Care and support was provided in a person-centred way. People said staff treated them with care and kindness and supported them to take part in their individually preferred activities and to follow their own lifestyles. Staff understood people's individual communication needs.

Right Culture: Staff placed people's wishes, needs and rights at the heart of everything they did. They sought advice and feedback from everyone involved in people's care. The service was open to new ways of working and ongoing developments were introduced to promote independence and continuous improvement. Staff told us they were supported by a strong management team who supported them personally and professionally.

Questions to ask the service

  1. The last rating is 3 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
  2. Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the service did about any points in it.
  3. Ask how visit times are agreed and who covers when your usual carer is away.

Registration details

Registered manager
Emmalyne Ridley
Registered with the CQC since
What it provides
Domiciliary care service, Supported living service
Who it supports
Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder

Inspection report

Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)

5 inspection reports, latest 4 August 2023. 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
Saint John of God Hospitaller ServicesBrand: St John of God Hospitaller Services
Ownership type
Organisation
Companies House number
05324279 (opens Companies House)
Charity number
1108428

Saint John of God Hospitaller Services runs 13 services in England, 7 of them in the North East. 11 are rated Good or Outstanding and 2 have no rating yet.

Other services run by Saint John of God Hospitaller Services

  1. G
    21 North View Good. Care home, South Tyneside
  2. G
    Balmaclellan Good. Care home, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
  3. G
    Elmthorpe Convent Domiciliary Care Good. Home care, Oxfordshire, South East
  4. G
    Saint John of God Hospitaller Services - 1 Bedes Close Good. Care home, Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber

See all 13 services run by Saint John of God Hospitaller Services

Getting help from Darlington Borough Council

The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.

Checked on the council's website, November 2026.

Common questions

Does SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living provide nursing care?
The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living.
When was SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living last inspected?
The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living was published on 4 August 2023.
Who runs SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living?
SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living is run by Saint John of God Hospitaller Services. It runs 13 services in England, 7 of them in the North East.
What is SJOG Hospitaller Services Northern Supported Living's CQC rating?
Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 4 August 2023.