Category: Care staff
THE CARE WORKERS’ CHARITY LAUNCHES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAMME
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has launched a pivotal Mental Health Support Programme in response to the crisis of mental ill-health faced by the UK’s social care workforce. The...
CORNISH DJ SWAPS NIGHT CLUBS FOR NIGHT SHIFTS
A former DJ is now working in a care home after he took a drastic career change during the pandemic. Samuel Barnes, from Camborne, lost his job as a nightclub DJ in 2020 as a result of...
AVAILABILITY OF VACCINATIONS FOR CARE HOME STAFF NEEDS ADDRESSING, SAYS NCF
Most care homes in England have been visited by a vaccination team but the amount of staff being vaccinated is still lacking, research by the National Care Forum (NCF) has determined. ...
CARE PROVIDER SEEKS 500 PEOPLE TO SUPPORT NHS COVID RESPONSE
The NHS has called upon Encore Care Homes to provide urgent specialist care to older people as Dorset’s hospital beds fill with COVID-19 patients. Encore Care Homes, which has four...
NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW APPOINTMENTS AT MARITIME CHARITY
Specialist maritime charity and care home The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society has made major appointments to its senior team following the retirement of two of its longest-standing team...
WARNING ISSUED AS STAFFING PRESSURES MOUNT IN SOCIAL CARE
A key social care organisation has urged the government to act early to ease the mounting pressures on social care providers. The National Care Forum (NCF) –a not-for-profit...
COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO RECOGNISE NATION’S CARE WORKERS
The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) has joined forces with The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC), National Care Forum (NCF) and Thank And Praise (TAP) to promote the vital role of those...
PAIR RETIRE AFTER ALMOST 100 YEARS’ COMBINED SERVICE AT CARE HOME
Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society is bidding farewell to two of its longest-serving staff members who are retiring after collectively serving 95 years supporting residents...
CARE HOME CELEBRATES LIFE OF RESIDENT OF 34 YEARS
Staff at a care home in Kettering have been celebrating the life of the UK’s oldest man with Down’s syndrome, who passed away on 27th September, just weeks before his 79th birthday. ...
WIGSTON CARE HOME COLLEAGUE BRAVES THE SHAVE FOR CHARITY
A brave care home employee has had her hair shaved to raise money for charity, in honour of her late father. Tracy Murray, a member of the housekeeping team at HC One’s Cedar Court...
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