Happy New Year to you. Thank you for working with us to promote careers in health and care across Devon in 2020.
Proud to Care Devon is working with local providers to organise 4 exciting Proud to Care Health and Care Jobs & Careers Fairs in March 2020. These will be a great opportunity for job seekers and students to meet NHS trusts, social enterprises, care providers, GPs, pharmacists and local education providers in one place. There will be lots of information about jobs, courses and careers in health and care for all ages.
All events will take place from 10 am to 3 pm:
Sat 7 March 2020 – Mercure Exeter, Rougemont Hotel
Sat 14 Mar 2020 – Petroc College, Sticklepath Campus, Barnstaple
Sat 21 Mar 2020 – Crowne Plaza, Plymouth
Sat 28 Mar 2020 – Torquay Town Hall
We hope that Proud to Care Ambassadors will join us in promoting the events on social media and using the attached flyer. Ambassadors are also invited to email proudtocare@devon.gov.uk to get involved in any events below.
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
27 Jan All Saints Academy, Plymouth 2.45 pm - 4.30 pm Employer activity request
3 Feb RD&E 1 pm - 7 pm Apprenticeship event
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
11 Feb Avanti Hall, Exeter To suit you 1 hour talk and activity
14 Feb Bideford College 9 am - 4 pm Careers fair
26 Feb Newton Abbot College 10 am - 4 pm Careers fair
28 Feb North Devon 10 am - 2 pm 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.
- 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
- Plymouth High School for Girls, 4 Dec
- Coombe Dean School, 6 Dec
- Coombeshead Academy, 17 Dec
Thanks to all Ambassadors who attended the public speaking workshops in November. The workshops covered how to deal with nerves, communicating confidently with others, and telling your story to an audience. We’re really pleased that feedback was positive “Really challenging and enjoyable. Feel very proud of myself for pushing boundaries of my comfort zone” and “I already feel much more confident about putting these techniques and strategies into practice”. We hope that following the workshops Ambassadors feel more confident speaking at events and putting their learning into practice.
We have one further public speaking workshop planned for 24th March from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm at Barnstaple Library. If you would like to attend please email proudtocare@devon.gov.uk
Is there anything else that would support you in your role as an Ambassador?
Please let us know at proudtocare@devon.gov.uk
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New Ambassador induction events
25th February 9.30 am - 12 noon, Barnstaple Library
25th February 1 pm - 3.30 pm, Barnstaple Library
16th April 1 pm - 3.30 pm, Larkbeare House, Exeter
Event for existing Ambassadors
7th May 1 pm - 3 pm, venue TBC
To attend any of these events please email proudtocare@devon.gov.uk
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
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
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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