Essex Shared Lives
Seax House A1, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX · Essex · East of England
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 2 of this operator's 5 rated services are below Good — this one and 1 other.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement, published 15 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs oldEffectiveRequires improvement, published 15 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs oldResponsiveRequires improvement, published 15 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement, published 15 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 15 Jul 2022, and no newer rating had been published by 1 Sep 2026. A re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- This operator's rated services
- Of Essex County Council's 5 rated services, 2 are below Good — this one and 1 other.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Shared Lives (care in a carer’s own home)
- Registered with CQC
- 20 May 2021
- Run by
- Essex County Council
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Shared Lives (care in a carer’s own home)
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Jul 2022 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Jul 2022 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Jul 2022 |
| Responsive | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Jul 2022 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Jul 2022 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to Essex County Council. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgemarsh Residential Home | Good, published 30 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Longwood Place | Good, published 22 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Magdalen Close Hostel | Requires improvement, published 20 Mar 2026 | Essex |
| Tudor House | Good, published 25 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
More on what actually decides a good home-care agency at choosing home care.
- What to ask a home care agencyContinuity of carer, missed visits, who answers at 8pm — the questions that actually decide it.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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See a sample and order →Similar services nearby
Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other services of the same type within 25 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses — for an agency that is its office, not where the care happens, so ask whether they cover the postcode. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Guardian Homecare (Basildon)about 12.2 miles · BasildonGood, published 15 Aug 2024homecare service
- Shared Livesabout 16.3 miles · Southend on SeaGood, published 7 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Raynet Recruitment Agency Ltdabout 18 miles · RomfordGood, published 9 Dec 2020rating 3+ yrs old
- The Cornhill Group Services Ltdabout 19.8 miles · GraysGood, published 4 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-10807565367
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.