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Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives), Sleaford Business Park,East Road, Sleaford.

Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives) in Sleaford Business Park,East Road, Sleaford is a Shared live specialising in the provision of services relating to caring for adults over 65 yrs, caring for adults under 65 yrs, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, personal care, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The last inspection date here was 30th November 2015

Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives) is managed by Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives).

Contact Details:

    Address:
      Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives)
      Railton House
      Sleaford Business Park,East Road
      Sleaford
      NG34 7EQ
      United Kingdom
    Telephone:
      01529416270
    Website:

Ratings:

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Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-Led: Good
Overall: Good

Further Details:

Important Dates:

    Last Inspection 2015-11-30
    Last Published 2015-11-30

Local Authority:

    Lincolnshire

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Inspection Reports:

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22nd October 2015 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

This was an announced inspection carried out on 22 October 2015.

Adults Supporting Adults provides a shared lives service in Lincolnshire for people who need support and who wish to live in the community as part of host families. The service provides support both for people who wish to live with host families on an extended stay basis and also for people who only need to stay for shorter periods of time. At the time of our inspection 50 people were receiving support on an extended stay basis and 20 people received support for shorter periods. The host families provide people with a wide range of support which is similar to that provided in ordinary family settings. Most of the people who use the service are younger adults who have a learning disability. However, the service can also provide support for older people and for people who live with mental health problems, dementia, physical disabilities and who have special sensory needs. The service employs area managers and area supervisors. They identify, train and support the host families so that people who use the service can receive the support they need. We refer to the area managers and area supervisors as being ‘staff’.

There was 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. At the time of our inspection the registered manager was not at work. Her role had been filled by another senior member of staff who had agreed to manage the service until the registered manager returned to work. We refer to this person as being the ‘service manager’.

Staff and the host families knew how to respond to any concerns that might arise so that people who used the service were kept safe from harm. People were helped to promote their wellbeing and practical steps had been taken to help prevent accidents from happening. Host families reliably supported people to use medicines in the way intended by their doctors. People who wanted to use the service on both an extended and short term basis, were only offered a place when a host family was available that matched their needs and expectations. Background checks had been completed before new staff were appointed and host families were approved to join the service.

Staff and host families had received training and guidance. Host families knew how to support people in the right way including how to respond to people who had special communication needs. People had received all of the healthcare assistance they needed. Staff and host families had ensured that people’s rights were respected by helping them to make decisions for themselves.

People were treated with kindness, compassion and respect. Staff and host families recognised people’s right to privacy, respected confidential information and promoted people’s dignity.

People had received all of the support they needed including people who could become distressed. People had been consulted about the support they wanted to receive and they were assisted to express their individuality. Staff and host families had supported people to pursue their interests and hobbies and there was a system for resolving complaints.

Regular quality checks had been completed and people had been consulted about the development of the service. The service was run in an open and inclusive way and people had benefited from staff and host families receiving good practice guidance.

28th November 2013 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

Prior to our visit we reviewed all the information we had received from the provider.

As part of the inspection we visited the offices of Adults Supporting Adults (ASA), spoke with the registered manager, the Chief Executive, the operations manager and fourteen members of staff. We also looked at records, including the care files of people who used the service.

We spoke to people who used the service and to members of their host families that they lived with.

We saw that the service was well led and managed by a senior management team who displayed values and behaviours that put people at the heart of what they did. These values and behaviours were reflected by the members of the staff team we spoke with.

Records we reviewed showed people who used the service had their needs assessed and their care planned with involvement and input from themselves.

The provider had clear processes to ensure people who used the service were protected from any abuse and staff were clear in their responsibilities in reporting any concerns. One person who used the service told us, “Yes, I think so. I’ve been with (carer) and (carer) for 12 years. I don’t have any worries”.

Records we saw showed that staff had only been recruited once suitable checks and enquiries had been completed to help ensure their suitability to work with vulnerable people.

The provider had in place an effective means of assessing and improving the quality of the service provision.

31st October 2012 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

Prior to our visit we reviewed all the information we had received from the provider.

As part of the inspection we visited the offices of Adults Supporting Adults (ASA), spoke with the registered manager, the operations manager and two members of staff. We also looked at records, including the care files of people using the service.

We visited and spoke with two of the people who had received the extended stay provision. This type of service provided people with an opportunity to live with a supportive family and learn skills in order to be able to live independently if they so wished. One person told us, "I have been living with this family for a few years. They are like my family now but I still go and see my real family regularly."

We also spoke to the family the two people were living with. One family member said, "Adults Supporting Adults are first class. I get plenty of support. I only have to ask." They told us that people's privacy and dignity was respected and people were encouraged to be independent as possible.

16th November 2011 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

We spoke with some of the clients who had received the extended stay provision. This type of service provided people with an opportunity to live with a supportive family and learn skills in order to be able to live independently.

One person told us, “I have been living with this family for a few years now but I’m getting ready to move on and live in my own flat. I get lots of support.”

Another person told us, “I’m happy with everything. I go out to college and have a job looking after horses. I have a nice bedroom and my family are really nice.”

The providers are the people who look after the clients. We spoke with a provider who said, “Adults Supporting Adults are a forward thinking agency, they listen and are very open. I get lots of support from them and lots of training which keeps me up to date on how to look after people.”

A member of staff told us, “What has stood out more than anything to me is how involved people are. The providers always make sure that people get lots of social opportunities. We are very proud of the work we do.”

 

 

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