Community Short Breaks
- Home care
- Registered since 2020
- Acomb, York, Yorkshire and the Humber
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
1 rating
Only one rating on record, so there is no trend to show yet.
4 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
27 of 30
rated home care services in York are rated Good, like this one.
Community Short Breaks: inspection record
Rated Good in September 2022.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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- G Wetherby Home Care Limited Good, 0.6 miles away
- – Acomb Carers Not yet rated, 0.8 miles away
About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 17 September 2022. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Community Short Breaks is a domiciliary care service providing care and support to children and young people with a physical disability, sensory impairment, learning disability or autistic spectrum disorder.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
The service specialises in providing 'short breaks'. This includes looking after children and young people within their own home or taking them out into the community to provide a break for their families or carers from their caring responsibilities.
Not everyone who used the service received personal care. The Care Quality Commission (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. At the time of our inspection, there were 10 children and young people receiving support with personal care.
What inspectors found
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. We considered this guidance as there were people using the service who have a learning disability and/or who are autistic.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Right Support: People received individualised support from care workers who understood their needs and were committed to promoting choice and independence. 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.
People's needs were assessed and regularly reviewed. Detailed care plans and risk assessments provided guidance for care workers on how to safely and effectively meet people's needs.
Right Care: People received person-centred care, which promoted their wellbeing and maintained their dignity. Care workers were kind and caring and had developed important and meaningful relationships with the people they supported.
Right Culture: The service was well-led. There was a person-centred culture and systems and processes were in place to help make sure people received safe and effective care. For example, staff were safely recruited and received appropriate training and support to help make sure they could meet people's needs. Staff worked closely with people's families and healthcare professionals to meet people's health needs.
Audits and checks were used to monitor the service and identify where improvements could be made.
Management were responsive to feedback about ways they could continue to develop and improve the service. For example, we recommended the provider develop contingencies should people's named care worker(s) be unavailable.
Questions to ask the service
- The last rating is 4 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the service did about any points in it.
- Ask how visit times are agreed and who covers when your usual carer is away.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Stacey Pears
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service
- Who it supports
- Children 0-18 years, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)1 inspection report, latest 17 September 2022. 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
- City of York Council
- Ownership type
- Organisation
City of York Council runs 3 services, all in Yorkshire and the Humber. 3 are rated Good or Outstanding.
Other services run by City of York Council
- G Flaxman Avenue Good. Care home, York
- G Personal Support Service Good. Home care, York
Getting help from City of York Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at City of York Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01904 555111, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm (not bank holidays)
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Care home fee rates published by the council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Community Short Breaks provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for Community Short Breaks.
- When was Community Short Breaks last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Community Short Breaks was published on 17 September 2022.
- Who runs Community Short Breaks?
- Community Short Breaks is run by City of York Council. It runs 3 services, all in Yorkshire and the Humber.
- What is Community Short Breaks's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 17 September 2022.
Contact
- Phone
- 01904 552099
- Address
- 22 Ascot Way, York, YO24 4QZ Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- G The Wilf Ward Family Trust Supported Living West Good, 0.3 miles away
- G The Wilf Ward Family Trust Transitions Good, 0.3 miles away
- G Helping Hands York Good, 0.5 miles away
- G Wetherby Home Care Limited Good, 0.6 miles away
- – Acomb Carers Not yet rated, 0.8 miles away