Select Support Partnerships Ltd (Oldham) was rated Good across all five key questions at its August 2023 inspection, demonstrating safe staffing, person-centred care, and effective governance for autistic people and those with a learning disability in supported living. Minor gaps were identified around restraint documentation, covert medicine administration checks, incident form timeliness, and dating of hospital passports, all of which the registered manager committed to addressing.
Concerns (4)
moderateCare planning: “the agreed restraint holds for 1 individual were not clearly specified in their support plan. The registered manager said these details would be added.”
minorMedication management: “a formal check that the food being used to administer the medicines did not affect their efficacy had not been made.”
minorIncident learning: “Two incident forms had not been returned to the registered manager in a timely way.”
minorRecord keeping: “a 'hospital traffic light document' was used to provide a brief overview of people's support needs...these were not always dated to show they were current.”
Strengths
· Detailed risk assessments and guidance for staff were in place and regularly reviewed.
· People received their medicines as prescribed and MARs were fully completed.
· Staff were safely recruited with all pre-employment checks completed before starting.
· Sufficient staffing levels maintained, reducing reliance on agency staff through overseas recruitment.
· Structured transition process for new people, including pre-move visits and professional reviews.