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Ombudsman finds evidence company failed to provide adequately trained carers

An Ombudsman investigation has found evidence a company failed to provide adequately trained live-in carers.

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Chief Nurse Team Award for Suffolk Care Home

Stowlangtoft Hall Nursing Home in Bury St Edmunds received a Chief Nurse Award in recognition ...

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Skills for Care publishes guidance on social care nurse placements

Skills for Care has published guidance to support the development of social care nursing placement ...

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Student paramedics gain care home work experience

Student paramedics have been gaining experience of working in care homes as part of an ...

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Home care provider invests more than £5m in career pathway programme

Home care provider Cera is investing more than £5 million in the launch of its ...

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Aria Care Group launches innovative leadership programme

Aria Care Group has launched an innovative initiative to help its colleagues develop exceptional leadership ...

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Skills for Care champions registered managers

Skills for Care is championing registered managers with its latest campaign this month.

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Vida Healthcare marks recruitment and training milestone

Vida Healthcare has recruited and trained over 250 care workers during the past year as ...

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Skills for Care celebrates LGBT History Month

Skills for Care is celebrating LGBT History Month throughout February by reflecting on how its ...

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HC-One plans to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

HC-One plans to share soundbites from rising stars who have successfully completed their apprenticeships as ...

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HC-One and The Open University team-up on nursing degree

HC-One has partnered with The Open University to offer colleagues in Scotland and Wales the ...

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Hospice nurse receives Health Hero Award for LGBTQIA+ work

A palliative nurse at a Bedfordshire hospice has been recognised for his work in improving ...

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Salutem Care and Education launches management graduate scheme

Salutem Care and Education has become one of the first social care operators to launch ...

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Council launches drive to get young people into care

A Cornwall Council initiative has been launched to get young people to pursue a career ...

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Council to discuss plans to make care homes more LGBTQ+ inclusive

Measures to promote LGBTQ+ inclusivity in care homes are to be discussed by Brighton & ...

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Oakland Care teams take part in luxury hospitality training

Team members from across Oakland Care experienced luxury hospitality training in partnership with the five-star ...

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Vida Healthcare celebrates medical student placement scheme milestone

Vida Healthcare is celebrating taking on almost 100 nursing and paramedic placements students as part ...

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Skills for Care supports care workers to #KeepLearning

Care workers can start the new year on the right foot through a new learning ...

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Leadership programme launched for learning disability and autism sector

ARC England and My Home Life England (part of City University of London) have launched ...

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Home care provider gains Princess Royal Training Award

Home care provider Right at Home UK has been presented with the Princess Royal Training ...

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Partnership places service user voice at the heart of complex care education

A partnership between Exemplar Health Care and Sheffield Hallam University places the voice of service ...

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NHS Education for Scotland partners with The Open University to deliver training resources

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is working with The Open University in Scotland (OUiS) to ...

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AI tool to teach and assess moving and handling skills

Ed tech startup FuturU has developed an AI motion capture tool that teaches and assesses ...

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Pioneering dementia expert to deliver Montessori training

Australian care expert Anne Kelly, pioneer of the Montessori approach to dementia, disability and aging, ...

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Vida Healthcare opens bespoke training academy

Specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare has opened a 2,500 sq ft training centre to ...

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Care home chefs take part in culinary masterclass

Chefs from Runwood Homes and Sanders Senior Living took part in a fish-themed masterclass at ...

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Right at Home UK receives prestigious Princess Royal Training Award

Right at Home UK’s Train the Trainer programme has been honoured with a prestigious Princess ...

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HICA Group appoints regional trainer

Care homes and care services provider HICA Group has appointed Carl Taylor as regional trainer.

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People moves

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Workforce Development Fund open for 2023-24

The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2023-24 is now open to adult social care employers in ...

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CareTech Foundation and The Open University to fully fund undergraduate unpaid carers

CareTech Foundation has extended its partnership with The Open University to fully fund undergraduate unpaid ...

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Free courses launched to improve care for older people with learning disabilities

Two free courses to improve the care of older people with learning disabilities have been ...

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HC-One named Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer for second consecutive year

HC-One has been named among the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for the second consecutive year.

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Greater Manchester health and social care services receive training boost

Health and social care settings in Greater Manchester are set to benefit from a new ...

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Care provider launches training academy to support career progression

Encore Care Homes has launched its own healthcare training academy to tackle the challenge of ...

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CareTech recognised as Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer

CareTech has been recognised as one of the Top 100 Apprenticeships Employers in the UK.

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Nurses graduate from care home programme

The Berkley Nurse Leadership programme saw its first cohort of nurses graduate at an awarding ...

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Government publishes draft standards for learning disability and autism training

A consultation has been launched by the government on draft standards on legal requirements for ...

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HC-One’s first batch of trainee chefs graduates with flying colours

HC-One has celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of group development chefs.

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Paragon Skills trains over 7,000 apprentices in past 12 months

Apprenticeship and training provider Paragon Skills has trained over 7,000 apprentices during the past 12 ...

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Workforce Development Fund opens for grant applications

Skills for Care’s Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is now open for grant applications for 2023-24.

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CareTech Foundation funds young carer leadership programme

The CareTech Foundation and Youth Leads UK have partnered to support 72 care-experienced young people ...

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Adopt a Grandparent partners with Barclays to offer digital training

Charity Adopt a Grandparent is engaging care home staff and residents in digital training through ...

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Skills for Care endorses learning platform Florence Academy

Workforce body Skills for Care has endorsed learning platform Florence Academy with a quality mark ...

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Orchard Care Homes provides training to support dementia support worker careers

Orchard Care Homes is introducing a new programme to allow existing staff and new recruits ...

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First students complete new intergenerational practice award

Intergenerational practice at Nightingale House care home A cohort of 11 students is set to ...

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Care homes receive gold award for sensory loss accessibility

The team at Plessington Court show off their training certificates Two care homes run by a ...

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Paragon Skills celebrates Training Provider of the Year award

Paragon Skills has been named Training Provider of the Year at the AAC Apprenticeship Awards.

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First cohort of qualified carers graduates from training hub

Alex O’Neill, operations director, Fairway Homecare The first group of 18 qualified carers has graduated ...

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Care home residents miss out on dental care

Care homes have made improvements in oral health but residents continue to miss out on ...

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Reports

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New book supports education and training in dementia care

Professor Claire Surr, director, Centre for Dementia Research Researchers from Hallmark Care Homes, Leeds Beckett ...

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New guidance published on later life care for LGBTQ+ people

New guidance has been published to support social care workers providing care to older lesbian, ...

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New framework to help build-up skills in AI and digital healthcare tech

A new framework document has been published by Health Education England to help develop health ...

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Care home culture vital to boosting physical activity finds research

Residents at Richmond House care home in Crieff, Perth & Kinross, which took part in ...

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Hill Care Group cohort completes care home assistant practitioner course

Over 30 senior care assistants from Liverpool to Newcastle-upon-Tyne have completed a 10-week care home ...

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HC-One launches apprenticeship prospectus

Niall Hutton, nursing assistant, Capwell Grange Care Home HC-One is launching a new apprenticeship prospectus ...

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Coverage Care Services celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

Mischa Marshall, deputy manager and former apprentice, Coverage Care Services Shropshire care company Coverage Care ...

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Charity launches sleep training programme for staff working adults with additional needs

Sleep Scotland has launched a training course for health and social care professionals, including social ...

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Skills for Care campaign promotes training benefits

Skills for Care aims to encourage social care managers and their teams to engage with ...

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North Shields care home wins research funding award

Clare Leonard, manager at Larchwood Care’s Appleby Care Home A North Shields care home has ...

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Agincare training company celebrates Good Ofsted rating

An Agincare training company specialising in social care, education and business apprenticeships has been rated ...

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Mandatory training on learning disability and autism launched

An innovative programme to assist health and care staff caring and supporting people with a ...

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Health minister congratulates leadership support programme for care home managers in NI

Health minister Robin Swann has congratulated 132 care home managers from across Northern Ireland who ...

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Higher Technical Qualifications for care services open from May 2023

To coincide with GCSE results day, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Qualification (IfATE) has ...

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Anchor announces Apprenticeship Awards winners

Anchor has announced the two winners of the 2022 Anchor Apprenticeship Awards. Lucie

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Training programme recognised by The Princess Royal’s awards

City & Guilds has announced that the training programme offered by a franchise-led domiciliary care ...

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Jewish Care launches Housekeeping and Chef Academy

Jewish Care has launched its Housekeeping Academy and Chef Academy to train staff to provide ...

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Government guidance on supporting vulnerable people in a heatwave

The Department for Health and Social Care has issued detailed guidance aimed at all care ...

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Diabetes training and guidance launched in care homes

Hallmark Care Homes has introduced a set of guidelines which aim to improve care for ...

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Caring Homes receives Princess Royal Training Award

Residential, nursing and dementia care provider Caring Homes has received the Princess Royal Training Award ...

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Career path for care staff

Residential and dementia care home provider, Ideal Carehomes, is offering in-house training to care staff ...

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Bluebird Care St Helens & Warrington wins business award

Bluebird Care St Helens & Warrington won the award for ‘Best employer commitment to training ...

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Operators are concerned about the time it takes to train new and existing team members despite benefits to staff retention

A new study by Connect2Care has shown that care managers are finding it harder to ...

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Social Care Leaders publish business case for disruptive new Teach First style scheme

Leaders from across the social care sector and graduate recruitment have published their business case ...

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Leeds care home offers diplomas to boost nursing careers

Orchard Care Homes’ Middleton Park Lodge Nursing Home in Leeds is offering all new member ...

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Training could reduce health inequalities among wheelchair users

A new training scheme aims to reduce health inequalities for wheelchair users and equip them ...

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Skills for Care joins forces with DBS to support safer recruitment

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Skills for Care are working together to provide free, specialised ...

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Care tech recruitment solution shortlisted for a national award

Care UK will go head-to-head with household names like Adobe and Coca-Cola in May, in ...

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Applications open for Care Innovation Challenge 2022

The Care Innovation Challenge, a hackathon-style creative weekend of idea generation and prototype trialling, will ...

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College launches initiative to get more men in caring roles

Fife College has started a scheme to encourage more men to take up roles within ...

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Apetito launch series of nutrition podcasts

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Continuous Professional Development: a digital revolution

CPD: a digital revolution

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Integrated online training hub for South West care providers

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QCS launches care toolkit for abroad

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Associations

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Cygnet launches Nursing Associate apprenticeship scheme

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Business

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Peer support, expert help and social interaction

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