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Care Ambassador Apprenticeship Innovation DVD
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:31
Produced by the Dorset Care Ambassador team with the support of Skills for Care, this DVD showcases adult social care as a valuable career choice. It considers the rewards and challenges of working in different settings, including care for older people and supported living. Apprentices past and present share their experiences and the career progression opportunities an apprenticeship has given them.
Innovations in Care Conference 2011
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:18
14th July, Poole Lighthouse
Peter White the BBC Disability Affairs Correspondent, well known by many as a regular presenter of Radio 4 You and Yours, is speaking at the Innovations in Care conference in Poole on Thursday 14th July. Partners in Care will be host to 130 staff attending from organisations across Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole who provide care for the elderly and adults with learning disabilities. Other speakers at the Lighthouse event include the South West Director of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Ian Biggs.
Conference workshops will look at a variety of innovative areas in care provision, including nutrition and activities for adults who use care services. Throughout the day, delegates will have the opportunity to visit trade stands of companies from across the UK promoting new technologies, products, techniques and training available for to support care services.
Partners in Care is a multi-stakeholder partnership working to raise the standard and quality of adult social care across Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole. Partners in Care offers advice and guidance around workforce planning and development.
For further details about the conference, contact Katie Bennett at
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or on 01202 862441.
South West Recruitment & Retention Newsletter - February 2011 (1st edition)
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:39
Recruitment and retention of staff continues to be an issue for the social care sector, despite the fact that the sector is one of the few sectors with a growth in the number of social care jobs. Attracting and retaining the right staff leads to better outcomes for the people who use your service, which leads in turn to a better reputation for high quality service.
Care AmbassadorCase Study...
Dale attended a Care Ambassador Jobsfair & Information Day in Dorchester in July 2010 and within an hour was having an interview in the offices of Essential Nursing & Care Services. A week later she was on the company training course and within days of completing this started working for them.
A real success story, 20 year old Dale had completed one year of a university nursing degree and decided to take a year out to gain more first hand experience of nursing and social care. The Jobsfair, where Dale was introduced to Essential Nursing & Care, is one of many organised by Partners in Care, promoting care as a valuable and rewarding career option. Each Jobsfair is supported by social care employers from across Bournemouth Dorset & Poole with numerous vacancies.
Dale has now been working with Essential Nursing for six months, supporting older people in residential homes and in their own homes. “I’m really enjoying working for Essential. The variety and flexibility are great.”
Care Ambassadors use their own experiences and knowledge together with a number of different resources to engage with groups in the community. They are involved in programmes of working with schools, colleges and Apprenticeship partnerships, and a wide range of community groups and organisations such as Jobcentre Plus and the Prince’s Trust.
For more information about careers in social care or to find out more about the Care Ambassador Scheme in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole, please call Katie on 01202 862441.
