Leighside

Leighside is a residential care home providing personal care to up to 5 people with a learning disability and/or autistic people. At the time of inspection, all 5 available places were occupied. Care plans contained sufficient detail for staff to support people to lead the lives they wanted, with people involved in managing risks and making decisions about their safety.

Staff supported people with maximum choice and control, using the least restrictive approaches in their best interests.

Care was mostly person-centred and promoted people's dignity, privacy and human rights. Support plans were being reviewed to ensure they remained consistent with people's needs. The manager explained improvements being made to the service, including reviewing the medicine recording system and updating decision documentation for those needing support with day-to-day decisions.

However, while systems were in place to monitor and improve quality and safety, these had not always been effective and some actions remained incomplete.