If you specialise in Training & Innovation for Care Homes we want to hear from you!
Each month on Care Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the care sector – and in April we’ll be focusing on Training & Innovation. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help care industry professionals find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a supplier of Training […]
Vida launches Aspiring Leaders Programme
Visa Healthcare says it is is combating the retention and recruitment crisis in the social care sector with the launch of its Aspiring Leaders Programme (ALP). This follows the news that the company recently attracted over 120 new staff members, including care assistants, registered nurses and wellbeing roles, thanks to the range of initiatives in […]
Scotland’s colleges offer funded learning spaces to address social care crisis
Scotland’s colleges have responded to the recruitment crisis facing social care by launching Introduction to a Career in Social Care – an online course designed to bring more trained candidates into this area of work at a time when the country faces a social care crisis caused by the skills gap and worsened by the […]
The future of social care: Training the next generation
The social care workforce is absolutely vital. Without the work carried out by the incredibly skilled and talented people both in residential care settings and for vulnerable people living at home, the sector would simply not be able to successfully meet the needs of service users. Care home operators and other care providers have a […]
Social Care training programme being rolled out across Wales
A new online training programme for anyone interested in a career in social care is being rolled out by Social Care Wales following the success of a pilot programme, which was trialled in four Welsh counties last year. The three-day “Introduction to Social Care” programme will give anyone in Wales, who’s interested in working in […]
Vida Healthcare partners University of Bradford to train social care talent
First coordinated in November 2020 following outreach from the University, the initiative sees Vida Healthcare provide Mental Health Nursing and Adult Nursing students with real world experience, opportunities to transfer classroom knowledge into clinical skills, and the chance to build confidence and competence working with Vida’s specialist nursing and care staff. Since its foundation, Vida […]
NMC seeks to modernise community and public health nursing standards
The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a consultation on new draft education standards that build on ambitions for community and public health nursing in the UK. The standards, for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) and specialist practice qualifications (SPQs), will equip the next generation of community and public health nurses working in […]
Care home staff upskill during pandemic with ‘online pivot’ to nursing associates qualification
One of the UK’s largest independent care home providers has paid tribute to Teesside University for the ‘online pivot’ that enabled it to fulfil its commitment to professional development during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Since 2019 the University’s School of Health and Life Sciences has trained Maria Mallaband Care Group’s care staff to become nursing […]
Improve your knowledge with our curated online courses for care workers
Lockdown is presenting us with a great opportunity to learn new skills and improve existing ones, so why not try out our newly available and unlimited annual courses! These are specially-curated online courses designed to help you and your team improve expertise and learn new things. The Healthcare online learning bundle provides you with over […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Vegetarian for Life training & nutrition
Can your business cater well and ethically for older vegans and vegetarians? Fully-funded training is now available. The number of vegan residents in UK care homes has TREBLED in the last 5 years. Are you equipped to cater for the rising number of vegans and vegetarians? Or do they pass your business by and take […]