Happy 70th Birthday
to the NHS and to social care!
Proud to Care Devon met
representatives from the Ministry of Justice yesterday to share our learning on
Proud to Care, along with our Proud to Care SW partners and 2 Devon
providers. The representatives from the Ministry of Justice are
developing a national social care recruitment campaign, on behalf of the
Department of Health and Social Care. Caroline
Dinenage, Minister of State for Care has announced that the new campaign
will be launched in the autumn to raise the image and the profile of the
sector. This national campaign aims to show the rich variety of careers
of adult social care and to attract the right people with right values.
It’s been an exciting month
with the well-attended, high profile launch of Proud to Care in Plymouth.
Sally-Ann Turner, Proud to Care Devon
 A massive well done to everyone in Plymouth at the launch on 26 June including Livewell Southwest, Plymouth City Council, University Hospitals Plymouth and Scott College and many social care providers.
Over 70 people attended on the day and over 40 of those have already signed up as Proud to Care Ambassadors,
including care workers, nurses,
registered managers and trainee nursing associates!
Ambassadors, Judi Armstrong (Occupational Therapist),
Francesa Fletcher (Care home manager), Jack Whitfield (Autism Assemble) and
Karen Grimshaw (Nurse Consultant for older people) spoke passionately about
their career stories and why they are proud to care.
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31 July County Hall, Exeter 10 am - 3 pm CSW Work Preparation Day
18 Sept Corn Exchange, Exeter TBC Large scale careers fair
3 Oct Plymouth University 11 am - 3 pm Part-time Jobs Fair
5 Oct Torbay & S Devon Jobs Fair TBC Jobs Fair
8 Oct Petroc Tiverton Campus 5 pm - 8 pm Careers fair
10 Oct Petroc North Devon Campus 5 pm - 8 pm Careers Fair
15 Oct Teign School 6 pm - 8 pm Education SW Careers Fair
For more information or to volunteer please email Tracy at tracy.grant@devon.gov.uk
Don't forget that we have a FREE jobs board for all your health and care vacancies.
The site is user friendly and time effective and results are good to date.
If you need any support uploading your adverts please get in touch tracy.grant@devon.gov.uk or 01392 380499 and I will happily assist
Proud to Care Devon has been
successful in a funding bid to develop Proud to Care Ambassador’s involvement
in offering workplace career activities, including guided visits, shadowing and
work placements. We are planning to trial this initially with a small
number of Proud to Care Ambassadors in private and voluntary care
organisations, NHS Trusts, and primary care.
 We are keen to raise the profile of Proud to Care whenever possible and our followers on social media have been steadily increasing. Please could I encourage all Ambassadors to consider promoting events they are attending.
Social media links are at the bottom of this newsletter, good luck!
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As always, your feedback is important to us. Please follow the relevant links to a short two minute survey if you attended any of these events:
Ambassador resources are available from:
- Your local Proud to Care Champion. Find your local Champion here.
- Health Education England have 16 A4 books covering individual health career areas and an A5 overview booklet. Order on 0345 6060 655 or advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk Allow two weeks for delivery.
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Skills for Care have a range of care careers and apprenticeship information and booklets. Contact your local Champion.
  
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