By Paul Behan

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A care home for children with learning or physical disabilities has been given a clean bill of health on its service provision. Action for Children – Lisalanna Care Home Service, based in Cumnock, was graded ‘good’ by the Care Inspectorate. It follows an unannounced inspection at the service in September with the results now published. Among the key messages the Care Inspectorate said young people were supported with their health and education needs, including accessing specialist health and education services. And staff were described as “warm and respectful” and were “prioritising young people’s dignity and care.” In addition, the staff and management team had “developed their understanding” of child protection, adult protection and whistleblowing procedures. And the leadership team had “prioritised” staff training, ensuring “suitable staffing arrangements,” and implemented quality assurance processes. Lisalanna is a registered care home service provided by Action for Children. The service provides care to a maximum of five young people with learning disabilities, some of whom may also have a physical disability. The service offers long-term residential placements, as well as short breaks. An extract from the Care Inspectorate report said: “This inspection considered our Key Question (7): ‘How well do we support children and young people’s rights and wellbeing?’ This key question has two quality indicators associated with it. “We evaluated this key question as good, where there are a number of important strengths which, taken together, clearly outweighed areas for improvement.” The report continues: “Observations of young people, and feedback from stakeholders, indicated that young people using the service felt safe. “Staff had an understanding of child protection, adult protection and whistleblowing procedures. We made a requirement in our report dated 28 January, 2025 in relation to staff protection training. This requirement has now been met.” The report also noted that the service had “improved its response” to identifying indicators of concern and notifying the Care Inspectorate. The report states: “We made a requirement in our report dated 28 January, 2025 in relation to submitting notifications to the Care Inspectorate. This requirement has now been met.” In terms of medication procedures there were notable improvements too. The report adds: “Young people needed support with their medication. It was pleasing that the service had continued to improve medication procedures, quality assurance processes and provided ongoing staff training and development.”