Our inspection took place on 24 June 2016 and was unannounced. We last inspected the service on 16 December 2013 when we found the provider was meeting regulations.

Pine Court is an extra care housing service that provides personal care to people who are tenants. At the time we inspected Pine Court was providing personal care to 35 people who lived at the scheme. The service caters for older people.

The registered manager was not in post at the time of our inspection but had not at the time of the inspection requested to be removed from our register which meant their details were still present on the provider's registration at this time. 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 felt safe living at Pine Court. People said there was enough staff to ensure they received care and support when needed. We found systems were in place to identify risks to people and staff knew about these and how to minimise risks to people. People were supported by staff who were employed after appropriate checks were carried out. People were satisfied with how they received their medicines.

People had confidence that staff had the right skills and knowledge to care for them. Staff were knowledgeable about people’s individual needs and how to meet them. People’s rights were promoted because staff were aware of the need to gain people’s consent before providing care. People were supported with food and drink in a way that addressed their needs, and met their preferences. People were supported to access healthcare professionals when needed.

People said staff were caring, kind and respectful. People thought staff respected their dignity and privacy and they were able to make choices about how their care was delivered. People’s independence was promoted.

People were involved in planning their care. Changes to people’s needs and preferences were responded to by the provider. Staff understood what people needed and knew their preferences. People knew who to complain to and were confident the provider would try and resolve these.

People felt the service was well led, with systems in place to ensure changes in management did not impact on the service. There were systems to capture people’s views and monitor the quality of the service. Staff were well supported by the provider and happy working at Pine Court.

We carried out this inspection to check on the care and welfare of people. There were 35 people living at the scheme on the day of the inspection. We spoke with four people, four care workers and the registered manager.

Records showed that people's consent was recorded on their care records. People told us that care workers never supported them without asking for their verbal consent.

People told us the care and support they received was timely and caring. One person said, "The staff are great". We found that people all had care records which showed the support needs of people and any identified risks.

The provider had a system in place to support people with their medicines. People told us that their medicines were administered on time as they would expect.

We found that the provider had a process in place to recruit care workers and carry out the appropriate checks to ensure they were suitable to work with vulnerable people. One person said, "The staff are caring and support me when I need it".

The provider had a system in place to ensure the quality of the service provided to people was monitored.

We carried out this inspection to check on the care and welfare of people. There were 25 people living there on the day of the inspection. We spoke with two people, two members of staff, and a manager from another scheme who was covering for the registered manager.

People told us that staff respected their privacy, dignity and supported their independence.

Records we saw showed that care was delivered in a person centred way. One person said, "Staff care for me how i want and in a timely manner".

People told us they felt safe. Records we saw showed procedures were in place to keep people safe from harm and staff knew how to report any abuse.

Staff told us they were being supported to do their jobs and received regular supervision, training and attended staff meetings.

We found that systems were in place to monitor the quality of service delivery. One person said, "I do get questionnaires to complete about the service".

People who use this service referred to themselves as customers. We have therefore called them customers throughout this report.

The customers are the people that live at the service and receive support and care from the staff who are employed to work there.

We observed relaxed and friendly interactions with lots of laughing and joking between staff and customers throughout the visit.

Customers told us that staff supported them to be independent and protected their privacy and dignity. We were given examples about how the support had helped people's health improve.

The way information is recorded has changed, and there are some gaps in information. However we were assured from talking with customers and staff, that their needs were being met.

Staff knew how to safeguarding people from abuse and customers told us that they felt safe living at the service.

Customers are involved in how the organisation runs and we saw evidence of involvement through meetings, tenant's meetings, questionnaires and reviews.

Important information about how the organisation monitors the quality of the service could not always be found. However the manager has assured us that action will be taken to keep this information together which would help her to monitor any oustanding actions as a result of visits.

Staff told us that they very much enjoyed working at the service, and they got a lot of satisfaction from supporting customers to improve and maintain their independence.