Author: Brandon Chestnutt

  • Moving up in Care Bootcamp

    Moving up in Care Bootcamp

    Health and Social Care Skills Bootcamp As skills for care announced in 2022 “With 10,000 registered managers due to retire in the next 15 years, succession planning is key to ensuring that your service continues to provide well led consistent quality care today and, in the future“. This leaves a huge skills and staffing gap […]

  • Working for Carers

    Working for Carers

    Are you an unpaid carer in North Tyneside? Balancing caring for someone with work can often be a real challenge, you may feel overwhelmed trying to juggle your caring role with your job. Or you may be unable to get paid employment, continue your education or training, or volunteer due to your caring responsibilities. The […]

  • Winnovation Training

    Winnovation Training

    Free accredited training on offer Winnovation can support your staff team to become highly skilled with a Level 3 Diploma with NO COST to your organisation. Upcoming Courses: Eligibility required, you must not already hold a level 3 qualification, you must be aged 19 plus and earn less than £25,000 a year, don’t miss out […]

  • Book the Virtual Dementia Tour

    Book the Virtual Dementia Tour

    Join this phenomenal training experience… On the 20th of August 2024 North Tyneside Council will be hosting the Virtual Dementia Tour for agencies across the borough, spaces to take this amazing training experience are very limited. For just £65+VAT, you can get a first-hand experience of what it might be like to have dementia. The […]

  • “You go home and know you’ve helped someone”

    “You go home and know you’ve helped someone”

    Billie’s journey to becoming a Service Manager… Eleven years ago Billie was working in retail in a job she found ‘repetitive’ and now she’s a Service Manager leading the day-to-day running of care provider Be Caring. Her journey in care started when she was inspired by a friend who made the move to work in […]

  • Being able to make people smile and happy for a job is amazing

    Being able to make people smile and happy for a job is amazing

    “It’s the best thing that ever happened to me.” From leaving school and starting a career in a trade to now working every day in a job that has gave him a ‘really fulfilled life’, Liam is breaking down the stigma of working in social care. He works for local charity LD:North East, who support […]