2.75

For someone that lives at Thornton Avenue the in my opinion the support service is very bad, to the point of put clients at severe risk. 5 member of staff “working“ during the Night Shift have been caught asleep, and although able to gain evidence, recordings of them“, Thornton manager and area manager, ignored the issue. This issue alone put myself, and five other clients at risk of that if they had a seizure during the night, they could go into status epilepticus and die. As well, there’s the fact that on the tenants agreement form, there is very little detailed as to what money will going to, so they are able use money that is refered to on the tenants agreement, around £17.00, as well as ask for money for “cleaning materials“ although living here you can see that the money provides much more than just cleaning materials. This therefore come under financial abuse. When you speak up to a member of staff, and try and speak your views, they act really rudely to you. However it is always blamed to be that you’re in the wrong concerning every subject. Staff alway ignore your e-Mails incase of risk of creating a bad paper trail, that could be seen as evidence for bad claims. The clients only got keys to the front this year, after a situation where, a client, myself, got locked out of the building at around 2:30 at night.

The overnight staff do not adhere to instructions and also sleep on duty although they are supposed to provide waking night support. The manager does not appear to have any control over them. They put the adults with uncontrolled epilepsy at risk. When I send emails asking questions regarding support and safety the management do not answer them. It's deeply disturbing and worrying.

We are unable to have direct contact with our son but one of our other sons has enabled us to leave feedback