Caretips supports you to achieve or maintain CQC compliance. This will involve carrying out a mock inspection against the CQC fundamental standards using a compliance checklist. The mock inspection will identify areas you are doing well, opportunities and those that will require improvement. The audit will also test your readiness for your formal CQC audit visit by analysing your systems, services and testing them against the KLOE rating assessment criteria. We also ensure you have an effective quality assurance system which is able to identify issues and put you in a position to address them effectively as soon as possible. You should not wait for the CQC to identify problems as this will have a big impact on your safe and well-led rating. Our aim is to ensure you are truly ready and prepared for any situation. We want you to look forward to your inspection rather than fear it.

The aim of this CQC mock inspection is to test all parts of your service to assess if they meet needs and reflect expectations. Your activities, polices and procedures should put the needs of people who use your service at the heart of the service. For example, care workers should fully understand the significance of supervision and their continuous professional development. This should not just be a tick box exercise but an opportunity for learning to actually take place. Other benefits include promoting the growth of your organisation, good practice and also to make links with regulatory requirements.

We will provide a report on our findings, identifying areas best practice and of concerns. Our compliance consultants will provide advice and guidance regarding how to maximise your potential or address any areas of shortcomings. Interviews will also be carried out with all staff as we encourage you to build a culture based on involving and valuing everyone, personalisation, quality assurance and providing the best care possible.

Caretips will assist you to enable everybody involved with your services to fully understand the structure of your organisation, significance of their role and others, responsibilities, key policies and procedures. Communication is indeed an art which will make the difference in forging relationships and enabling everyone to understand your activities, roles and responsibilities as the new CQC inspection framework used by regulators involves everybody from people using the services, families, care workers and all professionals.

Please feel free to visit our fit interview web page for information regarding preparing for a CQC Inspection. We have also provided a guide with some registered manager interview questions and answers.

Caretips will support you to meet CQC and local authority regulatory requirements by being proactive and ensuring there are systems that can clearly enable you to operate safely and showcase your practice and care activities. CQC Inspections are now heavily reliant on evidence-base. If you are caring, effective, safe, responsive and lead your service well, you have to prove it. Your efforts of carrying our supervisions, involving people and interacting with other professionals will not count towards your rating if there is no evidence.