Happy Christmas to all our Proud to Care Ambassadors. Thank you for all your hard work in 2019, promoting careers in the health and social care sector.
We have just heard that the Devon STP joint health and social care recruitment group have secured funding from Health Education England (HEE). This funding will be allocated to local shared recruitment events in February-March 2020 (dates to be confirmed very soon) for the Trusts, social care, primary care and Further Education colleges/universities to promote health and social care careers, education and jobs throughout Devon. We look forward to involving some of our Ambassadors at these events. In addition, the HEE funding will go to a Proud to Care Devon campaign in Spring 2020, which will focus on promoting clinical/professional/registered careers in the health and social care sector.
Enjoy the festivities!
Sally-Ann Turner
Proud to Care Devon
16 Jan St Peters School 2.30 pm - 6 pm Careers fair
16 Jan Spires College 6 pm - 8 pm Post 18 pathways evening
20 Jan Magdalen Court School 9 am - 9.30 am KS4/5 Careers talk
21 Jan King Edward VI, Totnes 5 pm - 6 pm Careers fair
22 Jan South Devon High School 9 am - 3.30 pm Yr 10 mock interviews
24 Jan Plymouth School Creative Arts Morning Careers fair
4 Feb Cranbrook Education Campus 8.45 am - 11 am Yr 10/11 careers talks
6 Feb St James School 3.30 pm - 6.30 pm Yr 8 options evening
6 Feb Exeter College 1 pm - 6 pm Apprenticeship expo
28 Feb North Devon 10 am - 2 pm TBC Jobs fair
For more information or to volunteer please email Tracy at tracy.grant@devon.gov.uk
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.
- Casuals & Interns Fair, 1 Oct
- Cullompton Community College, 10 Oct
- Coombeshead Academy, 14 Oct
- Tavistock College, 30 Oct
- Chulmleigh Community College, 13 Nov
- Torquay Girls Grammar School, 14 Nov
- Exeter School, 14 Nov
- Horizon Centre, 18 Nov
- Dartmouth Academy, 19 Nov
- Plymstock School, 21 Nov
- Great Torrington School, 21 Nov
- Ivybridge Community College, 27 Nov
- All Saints Academy, 28 Nov
The NHS Oral Health Improvement Team are offering a fully funded training opportunity for care providers in Devon. For more information email Alexandra.Hatton@devon.gov.uk
Managers who have attended the FUNDED Leadership Development workshops commissioned by Devon County Council, have stated how they have helped them to further develop their setting’s procedures and practices. The workshops are being delivered in: Okehampton, Bideford, Newton Abbot and Honiton until March 2020. Times, venues, booking details and eligibility criteria can be found on COSMIC website: https://www.cosmic.org.uk/careworkshops
My name is Alex Hatton and I am a Graduate Trainee in the Proud to Care team. I was new to the health and social care sector when I started and I have really enjoyed learning about all the important and varied roles within the sector.
I have attended two events as a Proud to Care Ambassador so far at the University of Exeter and Exeter School. I really enjoyed talking to students at these events and helping guide their enthusiasm in the subject to a career that would suite them. As a recent graduate I remember how important it was to hear from people doing the job roles you dreamed of doing tell you how it can become a reality. Both the students and parents were surprised and happy to hear about the range of roles and students who didn’t think a career in health and social care was for them were intrigued by roles they’d never heard of before.
Attending these events has really helped to build my confidence and have been useful for networking. It has been good to feel like I am helping these students navigate their way through the complex world of careers. At these events I’ve spoken to students who have then gone on to apply for work experience and job roles with local providers here in Devon.
For anyone wondering whether to sign up to attend an event or not, I’d say do it! It’s not as scary as it seems and you’ll have a great time talking to someone just as interested in the sector as you are!
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As a Proud to Care Ambassador you are able to claim expenses for travel and parking costs when attending events at schools, colleges, universities, job centres and recruitment events. You can claim either bus or rail fares or mileage when travelling to events and any parking charges during your time at an event. Please keep all receipts for travel and parking and submit copies with our expenses form to proudtocare@devon.gov.uk
Please see this link for more information regarding funded programmes, updates on current projects, and funding support for qualifications. For more details contact terrie.chaplin@devon.gov.uk
Seasonal flu vaccination will help protect vulnerable clients and staff with underlying health conditions (who are normally offered the vaccination through their own GP). In addition, vaccination may reduce sickness absence over the winter period.
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Have you accessed funding through the Workforce Development Fund yet?
The CAHSC Learning Partnership are co-ordinating this funding worth a total of £220K for all adult social care providers to support staff learning and development. All you need to do is become a partner member with CAHSC Learning Partnership and be registered and compliant on ASC-WDS. You can then claim for any certificates dated between 1st January 2019 – 31st March 2020 for a range of qualifications and learning programmes.
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.
Do you or your company have anything you would like to be included in future newsletters?
If so, please send it to tracy.grant@devon.gov.uk by the second week of the month and I will do my best to include it in the next newsletter!
     
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