Recruitment & Training Provider in the Social Care Sector
Today is World Mental Health Day. The hashtags and related postings are flooding social media with messages of recognition, advances in support and an ever-campaigning change for attitudes towards those who may suffer with mental ill health. I wonder in my lifetime will we ever make sufficient advances to support everyone…including those suffering the most, those suffering in silence. One of my aims for World Mental Health Day as Director to my team is to…
On Friday 23rd June 2017, New Directions Chairman Jeff Tune was highly commended at an awards ceremony held in Cardiff. The Cardiff Business Awards recognise outstanding achievement in business and celebrate talent, ambition and innovation from across Wales' capital city. This is the third year the awards have celebrated the best of Cardiff business. The event held at City Hall in the capital celebrated 19 awards in total and was attended by over 400 guests…
So here we are racing towards the end of May, almost reaching the mid-point of the year and so much has happened already. Our media is consumed by all things general election, and we are only too aware of the spotlight on the social care manifestos from the main parties. Then of course everything stopped for a week when we were faced with the devastating news from Manchester. As a parent, a daughter and sister…
We are an award winning successful company... ...why can’t we recruit in Bristol? Our team are on the hunt for a Recruitment Consultant. We are looking for someone to join our Bristol operation to add even more success to our very brilliant team…but we are struggling to find the right person. With a population of 449,300 (yes I have been on the government statistics website) – of which 306,300 are of a working age, I…
Faced with the prospect of writing a ‘blog’ post for our social media accounts, I thought yes…I can do this. I am full of commentary about life, football and all things Swansea (my new work place home). I love my job (most of the time), I am passionate about the things that matter - Cardiff City FC, West Wales and of course, I love a challenge. Last year I travelled across Europe (dipping in and…
In February 2017 New Directions Social Care welcomed a new member to their team. We met with him recently to find out more about how he will add to the team and what his favourite pizza topping was…all very important matters in our community. Tell us about your background prior to join our team… I previously worked as a Team Leader for Gwalia in supported accommodation for people who have suffered with substance abuse. What…
If you visit any of the Social Care branches over the next month, you could be in with a chance of winning a £25 high street voucher. Check in to our page 'New Directions Social Care' and be automatically entered into our draw. Share our Page. Tag your friends. #Swansea #Bristol #Cardiff #Facebook #CheckIn #Competition
The social care arena is a sector fraught with twists and turns in legislation, funding and governance. To some it can appear to be a world of complicated processes and more often than not it is under a heady spotlight. For New Directions Social Care, we see a community, we see support and we see a coming together of very unique people who make a difference every day. In 2015 we decided to step outside…
Leading business services organisation New Directions have been announced as ‘finalists’ in the ‘Best Company’ category at the Cardiff Life Awards. This is a second successive year of shortlisting for the organisation who had a 2016 in which they won a flurry of awards and became Wales’ first supply agency to be announced ‘Gold Status – Investors in People’ status. Speaking about the shortlisting, Group Head of Communications and Marketing - Ruth Dalton said ‘I…
How did we get to February so quickly? I feel like I have been in a whirlwind of festivities, new business, planning, planning and more planning as well as keeping my brilliant tweenager in check with all things school and dancing. I took some time out this weekend and headed to the coast with friends. When I say ‘time out’ we actually dashed over to the ever changing (but not quite changing) Barry Island to…