CIW Staffing, Recruitment, Training and Competency Audit - Care Homes
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0 Yes •0 No •0 N/A •27 Unanswered
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Questions
0/27 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current workforce policy and plan that reflects the statement of purpose, the needs of people using the service and applicable regulation and guidance?
Evidence to check
- • Current workforce policy and plan
- • Evidence it reflects the statement of purpose and the service's current needs
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Staffing levels: Does the service use a demonstrable, measurable and systematic method to determine staffing numbers, skill mix and qualifications required on each shift?
Evidence to check
- • Staffing calculation, dependency tool or acuity methodology
- • Rota planning records showing required number and skill mix by shift
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Staffing levels: Does workforce planning take account of assessed needs, dependency, risks, environment, equipment, activities, appointments, personal outcomes and the differing skills required across the home?
Evidence to check
- • Assessments used in workforce planning, including needs, risks, environment and activities
- • Evidence the approach considers skills and qualifications as well as headcount
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Staffing levels: Are staffing levels and skill mix reviewed and adapted promptly when people's needs, occupancy, acuity, incidents or circumstances change?
Evidence to check
- • Recent staffing reviews following changed needs, occupancy, incidents or acuity
- • Revised rota, deployment or skill-mix arrangements
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Nursing: Where people have nursing needs, are sufficient appropriately qualified, experienced and competent registered nurses deployed to supervise and provide the required care?
Evidence to check
- • Nursing-needs assessments and nursing rota
- • Registered-nurse qualifications, competency and deployment evidence
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Nursing: Where people require 24-hour nursing care, are sufficient qualified and competent registered nurses responsible, accessible and present at all times, with evidence of how this has been determined?
Evidence to check
- • Evidence of 24-hour nursing-care assessment where applicable
- • Rota and contingency records demonstrating registered-nurse presence and cover
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Deployment: Do rotas, handovers, breaks, supervision arrangements and day-to-day deployment show that staff can meet people's needs safely, consistently and without avoidable delay?
Evidence to check
- • Sample rotas, handovers, deployment records and break arrangements
- • Feedback or observations showing care is not delayed by staffing deployment
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Contingency: Are there effective arrangements to cover sickness, vacancies, emergencies and other absences without compromising people's care, safety or outcomes?
Evidence to check
- • Absence, vacancy and emergency-cover procedure
- • Examples of cover arrangements maintaining safe care during shortages
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Agency and temporary staff: Are agency, bank and temporary staff suitably checked, inducted, briefed, supervised and deployed only where their competence matches the people and tasks involved?
Evidence to check
- • Agency/bank compliance records, induction and competency evidence
- • Shift briefing, supervision and role-matching records for temporary staff
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Recruitment: Is there a current safer-recruitment policy and process that is applied consistently before a person starts work or undertakes regulated activity?
Evidence to check
- • Safer-recruitment policy and recruitment checklist
- • Sample files showing the required process before start dates
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Recruitment: Do personnel files contain role-relevant application, identity, employment-history, reference, right-to-work and explanation-of-gap information, with discrepancies followed up?
Evidence to check
- • Sample personnel files with application, identity, employment history, references and right-to-work evidence
- • Recorded follow-up of gaps, discrepancies or concerns
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Recruitment: Are DBS and other required suitability checks completed, recorded, risk assessed where necessary and renewed or monitored in line with the service's responsibilities?
Evidence to check
- • DBS and other required suitability-check records
- • Risk assessments, monitoring and renewal arrangements where relevant
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Recruitment: Are pre-employment health, qualification, professional-registration and role-specific checks completed before staff undertake duties requiring them?
Evidence to check
- • Pre-employment health, qualification, registration and role-specific check records
- • Evidence checks were completed before relevant duties commenced
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Recruitment: Do job descriptions, person specifications and interview processes test the values, behaviours, experience and skills needed to provide person-centred care?
Evidence to check
- • Job descriptions, person specifications and interview documentation
- • Evidence values, behaviours and care skills were assessed
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Induction: Does every new worker complete a structured induction that covers the home, people using the service, safeguarding, health and safety, policies, reporting and their role boundaries?
Evidence to check
- • Induction programme and completed induction records
- • Evidence of orientation to people, policies, boundaries and reporting routes
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Training: Does the training programme cover mandatory and role-specific learning, with completion, refreshers and overdue training monitored and acted upon?
Evidence to check
- • Training matrix, completion reports, refresher dates and overdue-training actions
- • Role-specific training plans
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Training: Do staff receive specialist learning needed for the people they support, such as dementia, mental health, communication, autism, learning disability, behaviour support, end-of-life care or clinical needs where relevant?
Evidence to check
- • Specialist training records matched to the needs of people using the service
- • Evidence of relevant external guidance, professional input or planned learning
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Competency: Is training followed by practical observation, assessment or supervision so the service can evidence that staff are competent before undertaking safety-critical or specialist tasks?
Evidence to check
- • Practical competency assessments, observed practice and sign-off records
- • Supervision or refresher arrangements for safety-critical tasks
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Supervision: Do staff receive regular, recorded supervision and appraisal that review practice, competence, wellbeing, learning needs, safeguarding and professional development?
Evidence to check
- • Supervision and appraisal schedule with sample completed records
- • Documented discussion of practice, wellbeing, safeguarding and development needs
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Professional practice: Are registration, revalidation, fitness-to-practise, clinical supervision and continuing-professional-development requirements monitored for registered professionals?
Evidence to check
- • Professional-registration, revalidation and fitness-to-practise tracker
- • Clinical supervision and continuing-professional-development records
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Delegation: Where staff undertake delegated healthcare or clinical activities, are delegation, professional accountability, training, competence, review and escalation arrangements documented and current?
Evidence to check
- • Delegation documentation, professional instructions and accountability arrangements
- • Task-specific training, competency and review records
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Conduct: Are staff supported and expected to follow professional codes, raise concerns, challenge poor practice and use whistleblowing arrangements without fear of detriment?
Evidence to check
- • Professional-code, whistleblowing and speak-up policy information
- • Staff feedback, training or examples of concerns being raised safely
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Performance: Are concerns about conduct, competence, attendance or capability identified early, managed fairly and promptly, and risk controlled while concerns are addressed?
Evidence to check
- • Capability, conduct, attendance or disciplinary records with confidential details redacted
- • Risk controls, support plans and timely review evidence
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Wellbeing and retention: Does the service monitor workload, morale, absence, turnover and staff feedback, with action to reduce risks to workforce wellbeing and continuity of care?
Evidence to check
- • Absence, turnover, vacancy, exit-feedback and staff-survey data
- • Actions to improve workload, wellbeing, retention and continuity
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Records: Are personnel, training, competency, supervision and registration records accurate, secure, complete and readily available for oversight?
Evidence to check
- • Sample secure personnel, training, competency, supervision and registration records
- • Record-quality audit or oversight evidence
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Assurance: Does the service audit staffing levels, recruitment files, training, competency, supervision, agency use and professional registration, with action plans checked for effectiveness?
Evidence to check
- • Recent workforce, recruitment, training, competency or agency-use audits
- • Action plan, completion evidence and effectiveness checks
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Continuous improvement: Do workforce findings, feedback, incidents, complaints and audit results inform the quality of care review, with sustained improvements demonstrated for people using the service?
Evidence to check
- • Quality of care review report and workforce trend analysis
- • Evidence of sustained improvements to continuity, competence and people's outcomes
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