We carried out a review of the data available to us about Shared Lives on 6 July 2023. We have not found evidence that we need to carry out an inspection or reassess our rating at this stage.
This could change at any time if we receive new information. We will continue to monitor data about this service.
If you have concerns about Shared Lives, you can give feedback on this service.
Shared Lives is a shared lives scheme which provides people with long-term placements, short breaks and respite care, within shared lives carers (SLC) own homes. The service supported autistic people and people with a learning disability. At the time of our inspection 146 people were using the service.
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.
People’s experience of using this service and what we 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. We considered this guidance as there were people using the service who have a learning disability and or who are autistic.
Right Support: 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 were supported to have fulfilled and meaningful lives and to take part in activities and pursue their interests in their local area.
Right Care: People were supported to make meaningful choices. There was an ethos of person-centred care and people's human rights were supported to be upheld. People were supported to lead inclusive and empowered lives. People had care plans in place which were person-centred. People received kind and compassionate individualised care.
Right Culture: The service was well led. People led inclusive and empowered lives and the ethos, values and approaches of the shared lives staff and carers supported this. There were effective quality assurance systems to assess and monitor the service to ensure it was being managed safely and quality maintained. The provider was passionate about providing person-centred care and supporting people to achieve positive outcomes. They worked in partnership with other professionals to achieve this. Shared lives carers and staff felt supported and listened to.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
This service was registered with us on 18 January 2021 and this is the first inspection.
The last rating for the service at the previous premises was good, published on 5 August 2019.
Why we inspected
This inspection was prompted by a review of the information we held about this service.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.