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Archived: Craegmoor Supporting You in Luton

296-298 Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8JW

Provided and run by:
Craegmoor Supporting You Limited

All Inspections

9 January 2014

During a routine inspection

When we inspected Craegmoor Supporting You in Luton on 9 January 2014, they supported 16 people in three supported living schemes: Longview Villas; Pastures Way; Someries Hill. We looked at the care records for three people who use the service. We found their care needs were appropriately met. People's consent was sought before they received any care or support. We used different methods, including observation to help us understand the experiences of people who were not able to communicate verbally. One of the three people we spoke with said, "Staff are really friendly and nice."

We found people were supported by staff who were trained and received regular supervision. We observed that the staff were knowledgeable and responsive to people's needs.

The provider had effective systems in place to assess and monitor the quality of the service they provided, and they responded appropriately to any complaints people raised.

In this report, the names of registered managers appear who were not in post and not managing the regulated activities at this location at the time of the inspection. Their names appear because they were still Registered Managers on our register at the time.

29 January 2013

During a routine inspection

When we visited Craegmoor Supporting you in Luton on 29 January 2013 we spoke with nine of the sixteen people who use the service, two relatives and seven members of staff. People told us that they were happy with the care and support they received. They told us they felt safe and the staff were friendly and supportive. One person said, 'The staff are always polite and pleasant to me.'

We observed that people were offered support at a level which encouraged independence and assured their individual needs were met. Staff were friendly and courteous in their approach to people and interacted confidently with them. One person told us 'Staff are understanding of my condition.' Another person said 'I am happy with the service, everything is working well.' One relative told us, 'Communication and involvement is excellent" and another relative said 'I am very happy with the care my relative gets.'

Within the care files we saw that people had been involved with, and agreed with the particular care needs that had been identified and how those needs would be met.

The recruitment process was robust and all files we looked at contained the necessary employment checks.

There were systems in place to assess and monitor the quality of service that people received and to enable people to express their views about the service.