A supported living service is the first Adult Care service in the borough to be rated overall ‘Outstanding’.

Your Choice Barnet’s Supported Living Service was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in September last year.

The report from the inspection has now been published and the service has been awarded an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - the first service for Adults Social Care in Barnet to achieve this rating.

There are 22,000 Adult Social Care services in England and only 3 per cent get rated as overall ‘Outstanding’, which is about 660.

Julie Riley, Your Choice Barnet’s Director of Care and Support said: “We are the first Adult Care service in Barnet to gain an overall ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC.

“I cannot emphasise enough what an amazing achievement this is.

“We are very proud that our Supported Living Services can offer such a personalised level of care for the people who use it, as well as encouraging them to achieve increased levels of independence.”