DCC Amber Valley Home Care
Parkwood Centre, Alfreton, DE55 7AL · Derbyshire · East Midlands
Community based adult social care services · operated by Derbyshire County Council, part of Derbyshire County Council
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old, and 2 of this operator's 19 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 7 Nov 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 19 of Derbyshire County Council's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Responsive | Good | 7 Nov 2023 |
| Well-led | Good | 7 Nov 2023 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 19 other locations
Other active services registered to Derbyshire County Council. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Ada Belfield Centre | Good6 Jan 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| Bennerley Fields Centre | Good26 Jan 2026 | Derbyshire |
| DCC Bolsover Home Care | Good1 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| DCC Chesterfield Home Care | Good4 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| DCC Countywide Extra Care | Not yet rated | Derbyshire |
| DCC Dales Home Care | Good3 Mar 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| DCC Erewash Home Care | Good15 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| DCC High Peak Home Care | Good24 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| DCC North East Derbyshire Home Care | Good24 Sep 2024 | Derbyshire |
| DCC South Derbyshire Home Care | Good18 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| Disabled Children Service North -The Outback | Good16 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| Florence Shipley Residential and Community Care Centre | Good22 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
…and 7 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 28 Oct 2013
- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-1039149681
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.