Frome Nursing Home Visits Local College

Frome Nursing Home Manager Sherin Anup visited Frome Community College recently alongside Care Practitioner Kat Wilcox, to open up a conversation to the young audience about a career in care, a path that isn’t always the first one people think of when leaving school.

They talked through fair pay across all ages, explaining that rates are the same whether someone is 16 or 21 and above.

The conversation also covered the different roles within the home, not just care, but activities, domestic, administration, maintenance and catering roles, giving a clearer picture of how many different paths there are in care.

Kat shared during the presentation, “There is a role for everyone, many people think that working in a care home is just one role, but there are so many different career pathways at Frome Nursing Home.”

At the end of the 2 hour talk, students were given pens with the home’s name on, and one teacher shared that a former student had volunteered in a care home and came away feeling appreciated for simply being himself. He is since considering a career in care!

This visit to the local community college was a way of showing that these kinds of roles exist locally, and that a career in care is something they can explore within their own community.