My Home Care Ltd

An inspection has been undertaken of a specialist service that is registered for use by autistic people or people with a learning disability. At the time of inspection, the service was not used by anyone with a learning disability or an autistic person. However, we assessed the care provision under Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture, as it is registered as a specialist service for this population group.

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 this inspection we found the service was meeting the underpinning principles of Right support, Right care, Right culture.

The Care Quality Commission regulates the personal care and support that people may receive. At the time of inspection there were 6 people using the service and all of those people were receiving the regulated activity personal care.

A registered manager was in place. The registered manager is registered with the Commission and is legally responsible to ensure that the service is compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.

The service was flexible and adapted to people's changing needs and desires, enabling positive outcomes for people. Staff knew the care and support needs of people they supported. However, improvements were needed to care records to ensure they accurately reflected care and support needs. People’s mental capacity and ability to consent was taken into account. People and their representatives were involved in planning their care and support. There was clear evidence of collaborative working and communication with other professionals to help meet people's needs.

There were enough staff with the necessary skills, qualifications and experience. Staff were safely recruited. People were treated with kindness and compassion. Staff protected their privacy and dignity. Staff received training to maintain high-quality care. Staffing capacity was sufficient and staff deployment was effective to ensure people's needs were met in a safe, timely and consistent way. Systems were in place for people to receive their medicines in a safe way.

People, relatives and staff were confident about approaching the registered managers if they needed to. They recognised that their views and feedback were valued and respected and consistently used to support quality service development.Strong processes were in place to manage and respond to complaints and concerns. Systems were in place to monitor the quality and safety of the service. However, some improvements were identified to record keeping.