Horizons Residential Care - Braeside House

1. To ensure the home environment reflects a respectful and therapeutic approach to care, the service should carry out a review of the physical home environment, identifying the upgrades and improvements required. Clear timeframes should be set for completing this work. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy, and well maintained premises, furnishings, and equipment' (HSCS 5.2).

2. To ensure a full therapeutic approach to care and support, the service should ensure that care planning consistently reflects the goals of young people, the scaffolding required by the team to achieve these goals, and the achievements of young people. These should reflect a trauma-informed and SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) approach and be easily accessible to young people. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19).