Care Home for Special Needs

22 Hallewell Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 0LR

01214558269

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

20 November 2024

Provider

Mrs Marcella Marie Higgins

Beds

4 beds

About Care Home for Special Needs

Care Home for Special Needs is a small residential care home in Birmingham, providing accommodation and personal care for people with special needs. Further details from the CQC's most recent assessment are set out below.

Care Home for Special Needs provides accommodation and personal care for up to four people with special needs, with two people living there at the time of assessment. The CQC found the home requires improvement overall, remaining in breach of regulations on good governance despite some progress since the last inspection. Concerns included oversight of care records, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards paperwork, staff recruitment checks and management of environmental risks.

People living at the home and their relatives spoke positively about the care provided, describing staff who knew them well and treated them as individuals. People said they felt safe, involved in decisions about their care, and confident that complaints would be listened to and acted upon. Inspectors found staff respected people's privacy, dignity and choices.

Source: CQC assessment, 17 June 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesOlder people

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: 4 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · B16 0LR

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning 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.

Assessment published 17 June 2025. Assessment date recorded: 20 November 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 17 June 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment : 13 January 2025 to 24 February 2025.
Care Home for Special Needs is a 'care home'. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. Care Home for Special Needs is registered to provide care for up to 4 people. At the time of our assessment there were 2 people living in the home. During the assessment we spoke with people who lived at the service, their relatives, staff, the registered manager and representatives from other partner organisations.
The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation 17 in relation to good governance. Although some improvement had been made, not enough improvement was found at this assessment, and the provider remained in breach of this regulation.
We found 1 breach related to good governance. We found concerns regarding oversight and monitoring of people’s care records including daily notes and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLs), staff recruitment records and the oversight and management of environmental risks.
In instances where CQC have decided to take civil or criminal enforcement action against a provider, we will publish this information on our website after any representations and/ or appeals have been concluded.

Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
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 Care Home for Special Needs'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 Care Home for Special Needs, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Care Home for Special Needs, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Care Home for Special Needs'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