Residential care home · Kent

Edwin Therapeutic Unit

82 Edwin Street, Gravesend, DA12 1EJ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 15 October 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2021InadequateSECRW
  • April 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • February 2019GoodSECRW
  • January 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2017InadequateSECRW
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  • July 2016GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Kent

Edwin Therapeutic Unit is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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Other homes run by Independence-Development Ltd

2 care homes in total: 2 Requires improvement.

  • Sinon House Therapeutic Unit
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 1XN · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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About Edwin Therapeutic Unit

Run by Independence-Development Ltd, Edwin Therapeutic Unit is a residential care home in Gravesend, Kent with 3 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with an eating disorder and children. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.

90 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Gravesham Place Integrated Care Centre, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Independence-Development Ltd runs 2 care homes, and 0 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.

CQC last rated the home in October 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Good. That is up from Inadequate in December 2021.