Adult Services Charity Appoints Apprenticeship Provider
A nationwide charity that helps people rebuild their lives has appointed leading training provider Realise to develop new team leaders through apprenticeships. Change Grow Live,…
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Ann Serridge with her colleagues
Care Sector “Inspiration” Ann Retires After 45 Years Training Thousands and Earning Palace Honour
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to a care sector “inspiration” who trained thousands of people before retiring after four decades. Ann Serridge, 66, from…
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Universities Fear Government Reforms Will Stifle Demand For Higher And Degree Apprenticeships Within Nursing
The government’s forthcoming apprenticeship reforms will deter many nursing employers from upskilling their workforce via higher and degree apprenticeships, according to 69% of the nation’s…
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New Qualification To Boost Care Sector
A new accredited qualification for care workers will help to improve perceptions of the sector and will boost retention. That’s the opinion of a Lesley…
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First Free E-Learning Resource on Data Security and Protection for Care Staff Launched
Care providers can now improve and assess their staff’s knowledge of data security and protection using a new elearning resource, specifically designed for the care…
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New Home Opened for Vida Healthcare’s Bespoke Training
Specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare, has opened a new 2,500 sq ft training centre to support the career progression of people working in social…
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Suffolk Care Centre Celebrates ‘My World’ Accreditation and Opening of Newly Refurbed Dementia Suite
A Woodbridge care centre has been awarded the ‘Michelin star’ of dementia training during an event which also celebrated the opening of its newly refurbished…
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More than £1 Million for Workforce Training
Seventy-five voluntary organisations across Scotland are benefitting from grants totalling more than £1 million to help social care workers gain qualifications, the Scottish Social Services…
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Councils Warn Care & Nursing Vacancies Unfilled if Community Courses Are Cut
Future carers and nurses could be held back from realising their potential and risk stifling economic growth if proposed cuts to community learning courses goes…
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Caring Homes Group Celebrate Princess Royal Training Award with HRH Princess Anne
Caring Homes, an independent national network of residential, nursing and dementia care homes, celebrates receiving Princess Royal Training Award (PRTA) by Her Royal Highness The…
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Staff-Short Care Firms Have No Time For Training
Connect2Care’s latest research shows how misconceptions around apprenticeships could be impacting their potential to fix industry-wide staff retention problems. Following the ‘Great Resignation’ of 2021…
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OU Carers Scholarship Open for Applications Until End of Month
The Open University’s (OU) Carers Scholarships Fund is open for applications until the 24 June 2022. Established to help carers overcome the many hurdles that…
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Bournemouth Care Home Chef Manager Trains with Marcus Wareing
Stowell Barry, Chef Manager at RMBI Care Co. Home Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, was recently selected to take part in a cutting-edge culinary training programme…
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Gloucester Based Chef and Coach Celebrates 15 Years with Care Home
A chef coach based at a Gloucester care home has recently been awarded a long service award and says he has received “full support” in…
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Visa Scheme Expansion “Better Late Than Never says NCF
NCF responds to the government announcement that it has agreed with the recommendation of the Migration Advisory Committee that front line care workers should be…
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