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Welsh Women's Aid are holding a comedy night 'A Woman Walks in to a Bar’ on Friday 11th October 2013 from 7 pm at the Gate Arts centre in Cardiff. The night is an opportunity to have some fun and a few laughs while fundraising for this very important cause. The comedy fundraiser features comedians including Kate Smurthwaite, Helen Arney, Nadia Kamil and Joe Wells, which promises a night of fun and feminist banter. For a profile…
Deb Stanbury has been working in the social care sector with New Directions for nearly a year now, in that time Deb has had the opportunity to work in many different environments. Deb contacted New Directions recently to share her experiences working within the care sector. Deb who recently started working at a play centre commented ‘I am enjoying working with the children so much and I am actually wondering when the work starts as…
New Directions Social Care operates an on-call service for all clients and candidates. This means our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We recognise that recruitment and training issues arise around the clock, so we have set up our business to reflect yours. Whatever the time, day or night, our team work to ensure that your long and short-term requirements are met, no matter the length…
This summer New Directions Social Care has become an appointed recruitment partner to a premier cruise liner. We are working with this travel world leader to recruit childcare professionals to work aboard cruise ships. If you have a passion for both childcare and travelling, this could be the ideal opportunity for you. Working in this unique setting, you will gain invaluable experience both professionally and personally. Offering both seasonal (summer only) and permanent opportunities, our…
Elen Davies, Senior Account Manager for New Directions Pharmacy along with three other team members (team name ‘Over the Hill’) have bravely/stupidly agreed to complete the Welsh three peaks challenge to raise money for Ty Hafan. This challenge involves walking up Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen-y-Fan (the highest peaks in North, Mid and South Wales) in one day. Starting at 4am on Saturday 15th June, the trio will take on Snowdon, before driving down to…
Wig Wednesday is one big day in May when people across the UK unite to raise vital funds for children and young people with cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer is a frightening experience. The gruelling, often life-saving cancer treatment can last up to three years and frequently leads to children and young people losing their hair. On Wednesday 22nd May, the Social Care team got involved and wore a wig to support CLIC Sargent and…
New Directions recently linked up with Cardiff and Vale College to support their ICT Level 1 students with work experience opportunities. The business worked with the college employability team to facilitate two opportunities for young people to gain experience of a working week in a busy office. Mehnaz Khan, Communications Assistant for New Directions took responsibility for supporting one of the students with a week in the busy marketing and communications department. Speaking of the…
Leading recruitment and training firm New Directions has had two of its employees shortlisted for this year’s Leading Wales Awards. This is the second successive year the business has had team members through to the final stages. The Awards, now in their ninth year recognise those individuals across Wales whose leadership really makes a difference. This year sees Sarah Blackmore, Head of Social Care and Leah Seltzer, Head of Compliance shortlisted for the Team Leader…
On Friday the 12th of April 2013 the New Directions Social Care team attended the Welsh Women’s Aid black tie gala event. The team got suited and booted for an evening of fun which included a raffle, a charity auction and entertainment. The annual black tie gala was held at the Vale hotel and resort, to raise money for the Welsh women’s aid charity. New Directions Social Care has worked closely with the charity for…
The Home Office has announced that job applicants will no longer have to be confronted by elements of their criminal past being exposed to employers. For individuals applying for posts in England and Wales, minor cautions and convictions will no longer be listed as part of the check. This announcement follows a ruling in January by the Court of Appeal who argued that blanket checks did not comply with human rights laws. The ruling suggests…