Care Home: Searchlight Workshops - Powell House

Powell House is a home within the Searchlight Workshops organisation that is registered for 16 places for residents aged 18 to 65 years of age. It is registered for physical disability. Residents with a physical disability may also have a mild learning disability. There is no nursing care provided at this home. District nurses will provide nursing input for those residents requiring this. The home is situated on the top of a hill on the outskirts of Newhaven. The home has access to two mini buses. There are local amenities and access to public bus routes at the bottom of the hill. There are Over 65 016 three registered establishments at this one site within the organisation of Searchlight Workshops. There is also a workshop on the site available to residents and others within the community. A social club is run on site and this opens a couple of evenings a week. All bedrooms are for single occupancy and are located over two floors. None of the bedrooms are provided with en-suite facilities. There are suitable communal areas provided at the home. There is a passenger shaft lift available to residents who are unable to move independently between floors. There are five communal toilets for residents to use. There are two assisted bathing facilities and one wheel in shower. Some of the facilities provided require updating and there are plans in place to commence this work. At the time of the inspection weekly fees range between £650.00 and £1,300.00. There are additional fees; hairdressing, chiropody, newspapers/magazines/personal toiletries, social transport and holidays/outings (according to individual needs). A Statement of Purpose and a Service Users Guide is available for new and existing residents to reference.

• Latitude: 50.800998687744
  Longitude: 0.064999997615814
• Manager: Manager post vacant
• Locality: Care Homes in Lewes
• Region: Care Homes in South East Coast
• UK
• Total Capacity: 16
• Type: Care home only
• Provider: Searchlight Workshops
• Ownership: Voluntary
• Care Home ID: 13693

Residents Needs:

Physical disability

Latest Inspection

This is the latest available inspection report for this service, carried out on 30th September 2009. CQC found this care home to be providing an Good service.

The inspector made no statutory requirements on the home as a result of this inspection and there were no outstanding actions from the previous inspection report.

For extracts, read the latest CQC inspection for Searchlight Workshops - Powell House.

Other inspections for this house

Searchlight Workshops - Powell... 30/10/08

Searchlight Workshops - Powell... 01/11/06

Searchlight Workshops - Powell... 22/11/05

Searchlight Workshops - Powell... 09/06/05

Searchlight Workshops - Powell... 07/12/04

Searchlight Workshops - Powell... 11/06/04