Camellots Care Home

53 Arundel Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 7BY

01903719017

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

10 February 2023

Provider

Crawfords Homes Limited

Beds

8 beds

Rating history

GoodOct 2015
GoodFeb 2018
Requires ImprovementMar 2023

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2023.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Crawfords Homes Limited, which runs 2 care homes in England: 1 rated Outstanding and 1 Requires Improvement.

How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Camellots Care Home

Camellots Care Home brings a sense of warmth and community to its corner of West Sussex, offering a place where residents can feel genuinely at home. Families searching for the right setting will find a residential environment that aims to be welcoming and personal, rather than clinical or institutional. West Sussex itself is a beautiful county, and having a smaller, more intimate home in the area means residents can feel connected to their surroundings and community.

Camellots Care Home provides residential accommodation and personal care for up to 9 people living with a learning disability and autistic people, with spaces split between a main house and an annexe. At inspection, 7 people were living in the main building and 1 in the annex. The home offers single occupancy rooms across two floors with communal spaces including a sitting room, conservatory and dining room.

Staff generally supported people to make choices and decisions about their lives in the least restrictive way possible, with policies and systems in place to facilitate this. However, inspectors found that not all residents had sufficient opportunities to build skills and participate in individual activities that would help them develop greater independence and control over aspects of their own lives.

Source: CQC inspection report, 9 March 2023

Specialist Care

Learning disabilitiesPhysical disabilities

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 8 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BN17 7BY

Registered care categories

Learning disabilities; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 9 March 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 10 February 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
CaringPublished 3 February 2018: Good
ResponsivePublished 3 February 2018: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Camellots Care Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Camellots Care Home, consider asking...

1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Camellots Care Home, look out for...

1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Camellots Care Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees