Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly Limited
Lodge Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0HF
Requires improvementSafe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?34%Inadequate
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?43%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly Limited is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 4 other homes in Solihull.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
About Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly Limited
An independent residential care home in Solihull, Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly Limited is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 35 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. 80% of homes in Solihull also score 5. 4 other homes in Solihull share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Sunny Mount (Knowle) Limited - 127 Longdon Road, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in June 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Inadequate. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in May 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Solihull is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 21 fell below good. The lowest was “monitoring and improving outcomes” (significant shortfalls).
