We carried out a review of the data available to us about Harino Care Limited Head Office 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.
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Harino Care Limited is a domiciliary care agency. It provides personal care to people living in their own homes. The service supported older people, people living with dementia and people with a physical disability. At the time of the inspection it was providing care to 135 people.
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
People were protected from avoidable harm by staff who had received appropriate training and knew how to recognise and report abuse.
Staff understood and provided the support people required to keep them safe and protect them from identified risks, such as malnutrition, falling, choking, developing pressure sores and infections.
There were enough suitable staff to meet people's needs and provide safe care. The registered manager and care coordinator had improved the coordination of visits to meet people’s preferred times to receive their care.
People received their prescribed medicines safely from staff who had completed the required training and been assessed to be competent. Staff had the necessary skills to meet people's needs and were well supported by the registered manager to develop their knowledge in line with good practice.
People had the necessary support to eat and drink to maintain a healthy balanced diet, in line with their needs and preferences.
Staff worked well with people, families and health and social care agencies to support people's wellbeing. People's health was effectively monitored by staff to ensure people received the right support from the wider health and social care network.
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.
Staff treated people with kindness and respect. People were supported to express their views about their care and their wishes were respected. People's privacy and dignity were respected and promoted during the delivery of their care.
People received personalised care that was responsive to their individual needs and preferences. Staff enabled people to raise concerns and complaints, which were responded to effectively to improve people's experience of the care provided. The service was not supporting anyone with end of life care. However, the registered manager had provided people with the opportunity to discuss their wishes and preferences in this regard, which were subject to regular review.
There was an open and positive culture within the service, which enabled and encouraged good communication with people, their families and other stakeholders. The registered manager effectively engaged with people, staff and professionals to seek their views, which were used to drive service improvements. Quality assurance processes were in place to ensure the provider had oversight of the service performance. The registered manager and staff co-operated well with key organisations to ensure the safe and effective delivery of people’s care.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
The last rating for this service was good (report published 18 February 2017).
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our reinspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.
Harino Care Ltd is a domiciliary care agency. Care and support is provided to people in their own home to promote their independence and well-being. At the time of the inspection the agency was providing a range of care packages to 88 people.
The service had a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated regulations about how the service is run.
People told us that they felt safe with staff and would be confident to raise any concerns they had. The provider’s recruitment procedures were mostly thorough and medicines were managed safely. There were sufficient staff to provide safe, effective care at the times agreed by the people who were using the service.
There were procedures in place to manage risks to people and staff. Staff were aware of how to deal with emergency situations and knew how to keep people safe by reporting concerns promptly through processes that they understood well.
Staff received an induction and spent time working with experienced members of staff before working alone with people. The induction process corresponded with the 15 standards that health and social care workers need to complete during their induction period. Staff were supported to receive the training and development they needed to care for and support people’s individual needs.
People and their families were mostly very complimentary of the services provided. The comments we received demonstrated that people felt valued and listened to. People were treated with kindness and respect whilst their independence was promoted within their homes and the community. People received care and support from familiar and regular staff and would recommend the service to other people.
People’s needs were reviewed regularly and their care and support plans promoted person-centred care. Up to date information was communicated to staff to ensure they could provide the appropriate care and support for each individual. Staff knew how to contact healthcare professionals in a timely manner if there were concerns about a person’s wellbeing.
The provider had a system to regularly assess and monitor the quality of service that people received and identified areas for improvement.