Archived: Care in Mind

Updated 29 June 2016

Care in Mind, established in 2011 and has been registered with CQC since 2012. The service provides community based care and treatment for young people aged 16 to 25 with complex mental health needs. The service is multidisciplinary and includes; a psychiatrist, five psychologists, four nurse consultants, a family therapist and art therapist.

Care in Mind assists young people in their discharge from hospital and other secure settings. The provision of treatment and care provided to young people includes those living with family or within other services. The majority of the young people supported by Care in Mind live within their residential homes. Young people primarily have their appointments with Care in Mind therapists and nurses at their head office in Stockport.

Support offered by the team includes, monitoring of mental state, therapeutic risk management, contributing to the care planning and review, advice, training and support to the residential staff who support the young people within their homes.

There was a registered manager in post.

Care in Mind is registered to provide the following regulated activities:

• Diagnostic and screening procedures
• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Care in Mind’s last inspection was on 21 January 2014. At the inspection, the service met all the standards inspected.

Updated 29 June 2016

We rated Care in Mind as good because:

• Therapies offered were in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines
• Intensive support was provided to the young people from the clinical team with weekly sessions with both their nurse and psychologist
• Policies and plans in place reflected least restrictive practice and clear processes were in place for staff to follow if there was incident
• Young people were actively involved in their care, documentation was appropriate and accessible to young people
• Feedback from young people and their parents was positive about the support and care provided by the clinical team
• There was excellent multidisciplinary working and information sharing for the benefit of young people
• Specific qualifications in child and adolescent mental health practice was available for staff to access
• The service operated a duty and on call nurse system with a clinical nurse specialist available at all times to offer advice and guidance to staff and to respond to incidents
• Records were current, detailed and regularly reviewed
• Regular supervision and meetings took place, staff felt very well supported and welcomed the development opportunities.

Updated 29 June 2016