Mak Connect Ltd

Updated 6 July 2023

The inspection

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. We checked whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act. We looked at the overall quality of the service and provided a rating for the service under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

Inspection team

The inspection was carried out by 1 inspector.

Service and service type

This service is a domiciliary care agency. It provides personal care to people living in their own houses and flats.

This service is required to have a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. This means that they and the provider are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided. At the time of our inspection there was a registered manager in post.

Notice of inspection

We gave the service 48 hours' notice of the inspection. This was because it is a small service and we needed to be sure that the provider or registered manager would be in the office to support the inspection.

Inspection activity started on 21 June 2023 and ended on 28 June 2023. We visited the office location on 21 June 2023.

What we did before the inspection

We sought feedback from the local authority and professionals who work with the service. We used the information the provider sent us in the provider information return. This is information providers are required to send us with key information about their service, what they do well, and improvements they plan to make. This information helps support our inspections. We used all of this information to plan our inspection.

During the inspection

We spoke with 1 person and 2 relatives of people who used the service. We spoke or obtained feedback from 5 staff including the registered manager and 4 care workers.

We reviewed 2 people’s care plans and 1 person’s medicines records. We looked at multiple other records including feedback gathered by the provider, audits, policies, training records and 3 staff recruitment files.

Updated 6 July 2023

At the time of the inspection, the location did not care or support 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.

About the service

Mak Connect is a domiciliary care agency providing personal care to 3 people at the time of the inspection. 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

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. Visits were organised, monitored, and delivered safely through effective use of an electronic call monitoring system. People's medicines were managed safely. People and their relatives were involved in assessments, care planning and managing risks.

Right Care:

Staff were described as kind and caring. Staff protected and respected people's privacy and dignity. Staff had received training on how to recognise abuse and they knew how to apply it. Staff varied their approach to working with people and demonstrated an understanding of how to support people in line with their preferences.

Right Culture:

The service had a positive culture that was person centred. Staff told us they enjoyed their job and making a positive difference to someone's life. The registered manager displayed good leadership skills and staff and representatives spoke positively about their support. The provider had clear and effective governance systems in place that identified and managed risks through audits.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection:

We registered this service on 24 January 2022 and this was the first inspection.

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.