Keyspring Care Ltd

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• Overview
• Kindness, compassion and dignity
• Treating people as individuals
• Independence, choice and control
• Responding to people’s immediate needs
• Workforce wellbeing and enablement

Caring – this means we looked for evidence that the service involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.

This is the first assessment of this service. This key question has been rated good. This meant people were supported and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.

This service scored 65 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

Staff at the service always treated people with kindness, empathy and compassion and respected their privacy and dignity. Staff treated colleagues from other organisations with kindness and respect. A professional commented, “We have built up a good rapport with Keyspring Care.” People and relatives were very positive about the caring nature of the organisation and staff. Their comments included, “The carers are really compassionate and lovely people”, “Staff treat [Name] with respect, they are very kind to them”, “There is constant interaction and jokes with them [staff]” and “The staff are very empathetic people.”

Staff treated people as individuals and made sure people’s care, support and treatment met people’s needs and preferences. They took account of people’s strengths, abilities, aspirations, culture and unique backgrounds and protected characteristics. Staff had received training in equality and diversity to emphasise the importance of treating people as unique individuals with different and diverse needs. People and their relatives told us staff took time to speak with people during care visits and communicated effectively. A relative commented, “Carers listen to me and understand [Name]’s needs and if not, they ask until they do understand.”

Staff promoted people’s independence, so people knew their rights and had choice and control over their own care, treatment and well-being. Staff supported people to remain as independent as possible. Staff knew people well. People’s care plans provided some guidance. However, further information was needed in care plans to detail the support staff needed to provide and what the person could do themselves to help complete the task and maintain their independence. The provider told us this would be addressed.

Staff listened to and understood people’s needs, views and wishes. Staff responded to people’s needs in the moment and acted to minimise any discomfort, concern or distress. People were supported by staff who were familiar to them. This enabled staff to anticipate and meet people’s needs quickly and in ways that reduced and mitigated people’s discomfort and distress. A relative commented, “Staff do not rush [Name]. When [Name] is having a bad day, the carer understands that they need to slow down” and “Carers do not rush. They are always very careful, and check [Name] is stable before encouraging them to move.”

The provider cared about and promoted the well-being of their staff and supported and enabled staff to always deliver person-centred care. However, we received mixed feedback from staff about the approachability of the registered manager. Some fed back they were not supported if they requested any changes to their roster due to personal commitments.