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News
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December
11 2006
Claire Waddon’s
‘passion’ to work in partnership with Somerset’s
social care sector to retain, attract and develop the best people
Claire Waddon has started
her new role as Business Development Manager for Care Focus
Somerset, the Taunton-based partnership which supports recruitment,
training and development in social care sector in the County.
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November
30 2006
New Awards highlight
outstanding work for people in care
Outstanding work for people
in care is to be recognised by a new awards scheme launched
today by Care Focus Somerset. (Supported by The Royal Bank of
Scotland).
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April
4 2006
Farewell Claire –
see you again soon!
Perhaps the biggest round
of applause at the annual conference was reserved for a farewell
to Project Development Officer Claire Marchant who has decided
to step down from her post with Care Focus Somerset.
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April
3 2006
Somerset care providers
told: Shifting care away from hospitals will have important
implications for you all
Delegates at the annual conference
of Care Focus Somerset were told that the increasing need to
manage more complex health issues outside hospitals will have
important implications for the services they provide.
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March
30 2006
ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOCUSES
ON WORKFORCE ISSUES
See our round-up and pictures
Care Focus Somerset’s Annual Conference at Dillington House
was most successful, bringing together 135 delegates and focusing
throughout on workforce issues. A passionate keynote address
by Nadra Ahmed on how the care sector is portrayed is reported
separately, and you can now click through to a roundup of the
day including pictures.
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March
29 2006
SOMERSET EMPLOYERS ANGRY
AT PUBLIC
PORTRAYAL OF CARE SECTOR
Conference told: ‘Impact on recruitment is devastating’
Employers representing 17,000
care workers in Somerset are angry at the way their work with
vulnerable people is portrayed to the public, and claim that
unwarranted criticism is undermining their ability to recruit
staff.
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March
22 2006
Interest grows in ‘caring’
jobs – but one in five
of Somerset’s care vacancies remains unfilled
Interest
in ‘caring careers’ is growing according to new data
released by the Department of Health (DH) and Care Focus Somerset,
which represents care employers throughout the county.
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March
7 2006
Somerset Care Ambassadors
spearhead drive
for a new generation of care professionals
Ten outstanding care workers
in Somerset are spearheading a two-year drive to recruit a new
generation of care professionals across the county.
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March
6 2006
New Care Focus website
aims to promote care to
wider audiences and to attract new people
Care Focus has launched a
new website, promoting care as a career to a wider audience
and attracting new people into the care sector.
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March
6 2006
Major developments put
care on the map in Somerset
Five major developments
have put Care Focus and the Somerset care sector firmly on the
map.
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December
9 2005
Launch of Care Focus
signals growing
role for Industry Group for Care
The Industry Group for Care,
which has supported care services in Somerset for 12 years,
is being relaunched as Care Focus.
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February
1 2005
SOMERSET’S NEW CARE
AMBASSADORS WILL
LEAD RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN SCHOOLS
Young care workers in Somerset
have responded to the county’s urgent recruitment need
by pledging time in schools with students who are considering
a career in care.
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January
18 2005
SOMERSET’S CARE
EMPLOYERS UNITE
IN DRIVE TO RECRUIT FROM 16 TO 60 PLUS
The demographic shift which
is putting increased pressure on the UK to support an ageing
population has united the care industry in Somerset behind a
concerted drive to attract ambitious people from 16 to 60 plus.
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