How is your Health & Social Care knowledge? Do you know how many young carers there are in the UK? or what the early symptoms of dementia are? Take our fun and informative quiz below to test your know-how: 1 How many life stages are there? 4 5 6 7 2 Which country spends less on health care as a percentage of GDP than the UK? Italy Slovenia Japan France 3 Over the past 26…
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International Happiness Day – a blog by Kirsty Knowles
Happiness is unique to every person, your values, your hobbies, your family and your interests. There so many different definitions. I decided that I would focus on what makes me happy at work. It was and wasn’t easy to come up with things, I obviously love my job, team and company however some days it can be very tough, spending your day with the phone glued to your ear and problem solving. I work in…
#PressforProgress – A blog by Kirsty Knowles on International Women’s Day
Strong women, I’m absolutely surrounded by them, in work and in my personal life! Women who have been through terrible tragedies, domestic abuse, lost loved ones and still pull themselves up and live their lives even though their heart has been broken! They raise their children with love and teach them the ways of the world! Today is the day we celebrate them. Build each other up. Tell someone they are doing amazing, whether it’s…
Social Care to Stop – Snow Way!
Last week our social care teams across Cardiff, Bristol and Swansea were hit with what some would consider to be a major problem – snow, and lots of it. #StormEmma hit our regions with gusto, but there was snow way we were going to be beaten in providing a social care service to our community. At midday on Thursday 2nd March 2018 our management team made the decision to close our office spaces to ensure…
Social Care in Bristol
Working in care can be a monumental undertaking. It can be hard work both mentally and physically. Many carers can be stretched to their limits without the proper support and training. There are many types of carers with a wide range of responsibilities; from young carers looking after a loved one to adult carers visiting homes and looking after people with severe disabilities all of these roles are important and all need support. Many of…
Children’s Mental Health Week 2018
Children’s Mental Health week ran from 5 – 11th February this year, with the theme “Being Ourselves” which is championed by children’s charity, Place2be. Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, who has been the Royal Patron of Place2be since 2013, launched children’s mental health week with a thought provoking video message. "Our experience of the world at this early stage helps to shape who we become as adults, how we begin to feel comfortable in…