Include 'In' Autism

Sunderland, SR1 · Established 18/0 · Operated by Include 'In' Autism community interest company

A CQC-regulated home-care provider serving Sunderland, registered since 18/0. Rated Good at its most recent CQC inspection (26/01/2026).

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What the CQC found

The five questions inspectors ask, and how Include scored.

Safe

Good

People are protected from abuse and avoidable harm.

Effective

Good

Care achieves good outcomes and quality of life.

Caring

Good

Staff treat people with compassion, dignity, respect.

Responsive

Good

Services are tailored to people's needs.

Well-led

Good

Leadership and culture support quality care.

In their own words: what inspectors said

“The provider conducted regular competency spot checks, ensuring staff remained at the required standard.”
CQC inspection report, Dec 2022

“The service embraced the Accessible Information Standard with a range of formats available to support people to share their views.”
CQC inspection report, Dec 2022

“The registered manager was passionate about supporting children with Autism and had won two national awards for work within the autistic and learning disability community.”
CQC inspection report, Dec 2022

Inspection history

The trajectory matters as much as the latest rating.

Jan 2026
Not rated
The service is a care at home service registered to provide support to children and younger adults, including people who may have mental health, sensory impairment, eating disorder, physical disability or learning disability needs or autism spectrum. An inspec…
Dec 2022
Requires improvement
Include 'In' Autism, a small domiciliary care agency supporting autistic people, received an overall rating of Requires Improvement following a focused inspection of safe and well-led domains, maintaining the same rating as its previous inspection in December…
Mar 2022
Inadequate
This targeted inspection of Include 'In' Autism checked compliance with warning notices issued for breaches of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (good governance), finding some improvements but noting requirements only partially met in…
Mar 2022
Requires improvement
Include 'In' Autism, a small domiciliary care agency for autistic people in Sunderland, improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement overall, exiting Special Measures, with key failures remaining around COVID-19 testing compliance and governance systems fa…
Oct 2021
Inadequate
Include 'In' Autism was rated Inadequate overall following inspections in December 2020 and January 2021, with warning notices issued for breaches of Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (good governance), and additional breaches found in…

Source: CQC inspection reports under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Services offered

What Include does

✓Homecare agencies
✓Supported living

Services as registered with the CQC. Specifics vary; ask the agency directly.

Areas served

Where they cover

Registered at SR1 2BP in Sunderland. Service area not formally published; we recommend asking the agency directly when requesting a quote.

SR1

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