Portland Street Care Home Service

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1 Portland Street Care Home Service 41 Portland Street Edinburgh EH6 4BB Inspected by: (Care Commission Officer) Type of inspection: Janet Wilson Unannounced Inspection completed on: 5 March /7

2 Service Number Service name CS Portland Street Service address 41 Portland Street Edinburgh EH6 4BB Provider Number Provider Name SP Dean & Cauvin Trust Inspected By Inspection Type Janet Wilson Care Commission Officer Unannounced Inspection Completed Period since last inspection 5 March 2008 Local Office Address Stuart House Station Road Eskmills EH21 7PB /7

3 Introduction Portland Street is a registered care home providing a service to 5 young people. It is one of two residential resources for young people managed by The Dean and Cauvin Trust. The Home is located in a residential area and is in close proximity to local amenities and public transport. The service was registered with the Care Commission in April The Trust have clear aims, objectives and functions which are as follows: To enable young people to the age of 21 to prepare for living independently; to provide accommodation and professionally qualified staff and funding to achieve this, and to assist mainly young people who are or who have been looked after. Basis of Report The report was written following an unannounced inspection of the service on 5 March The service had submitted a completed Annual Return as requested by the Care Commission. During the inspection evidence was gathered from a senior staff member, policies and procedures of the service. This information was taken into account during the inspection process and was reported on in relation to the following Inspection Focus Area s (IFA s) Protecting People And the associated National Care Standards for Care Homes for Children and Young People for 2007/2008 as follows: Standard 6: Feeling Safe & Secure Standard 7: Management & Staffing The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and associated Regulations were also taken into account. Regulation Support Assessment This service was inspected after a Regulation Support Assessment (RSA) was carried out to determine the intensity of inspection necessary. The RSA is an assessment undertaken by the Care Commission Officer (CCO) which considers: complaints activity, changes in the provision of the service, nature of notifications made to the Care Commission by the service (such as absence of a manager) and action taken upon requirements. The CCO will also have considered how the service responded to situations and issues as part of the RSA. This assessment resulted in this service receiving a low RSA score and so a low intensity inspection was required as a result. The inspection was then based upon the relevant inspection focus area(s) and follow up on any recommendations and requirements from previous inspections, complaints or other regulatory activity. Fire Safety Issues The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 introduced new regulatory arrangements in respect of fire safety, on 1 October In terms of those arrangements, responsibility for enforcing the statutory provisions in relation to fire safety now lies with the Fire and Rescue service for the area in which a care service is located. Accordingly, the Care Commission will no longer report on matters of fire safety as part of its regulatory function, but, where significant fire safety issues become apparent, will alert the relevant Fire and Rescue service to their existence in order that it may act as it considers appropriate. Further advice on your 3/7

4 responsibilities is available at Action taken on requirements in last Inspection Report No requirements were made at the last inspection. Comments on Self-Evaluation A completed self-evaluation document was submitted by the service. This was completed to a satisfactory standard and reflected what the service provided and identified strengths. Areas for future development were identified. View of Service Users No service user views were sought for the inspection. View of Carers No carer s views were sought for the inspection. 4/7

5 Regulations / Principles National Care Standards National Care Standard Number 6: Care Homes for Children and Young People - Feeling Safe and Secure Strengths This report was confined to inspecting against the elements of the Standards which were relevant to the Inspection Focus Areas. The services training records evidenced that all staff had received one day breakaway and de-escalation training. Half a day s refresher training also took place on an annual basis. All new staff members were scheduled to undertake the training soon after they started with the service The officer was informed that the Dean and Cauvin Trust had an Area Child Protection worker who covered all of the projects. The staff member spoken to informed the officer of the procedure the service would follow if any concerns regarding Child Protection arose. The service had a Child Protection policy which was update in October 2007, staff informed the officer that this had been discussed as a team, all staff members were aware of its contents and related legislation. The services Child Protection procedure contained information on how to record information, who to contact within the service and support arrangements for young people. Young people were made aware for the Child Protection policy by notices on their notice board, information passed on during their keywork sessions and through the Children s Rights Officer. They were also made aware of who to contact if they had any concerns. The officer was informed the young people were aware of the services complaints procedure and how to contact the Care Commission. Areas for Development The staff member spoken to could not confirm that the service had had contact with the Protection of Vulnerable Adults team as requested in the last inspection report, nor was the staff member familiar with the legislation in the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act Progress in these areas will be reviewed at the next inspection. National Care Standard Number 7: Care Homes for Children and Young People - Management and Staffing Strengths This report was confined to inspecting against the elements of the Standards which were relevant to the Inspection Focus Areas. The officer was informed that each staff member had an individual learning plan. This recorded all training completed, the course title and date. Training needs were identified during annual appraisals and supervision sessions. An annual training schedule was 5/7

6 displayed for all staff to access. The service had a Learning and Development policy, reviewed in October Some sections covered the induction programme which lasted between 6 9 months. After staff had attended a training course there was an expectation information was brought back to the whole team to discuss. Each service had a yearly training plan. The team had 2 days per annum for development work which incorporated training plans. All training was in line with the Scottish Social Service Council s (SSSC) recommendations. Areas for Development The staff member informed the officer that the manager had a team schedule which covered all training undertaken, dates and when refresher courses were due. This could not be evidenced at the time of the inspection. 6/7

7 Enforcement There has been no enforcement action against this service since the last inspection. Other Information None Requirements There were no requirements made at this inspection. Recommendations There were no recommendations made at this inspection. Janet Wilson Care Commission Officer 7/7