Recruitment & Training Provider in the Social Care Sector
A leading social care recruitment firm has made bold steps in understanding the very real issues faced by the client groups they work in partnership with. New Directions Social Care colleague Alys Jones and Jodie Hollyman recently attended a course ran by the organisation Dementia Friends to gain more insight into what life is like for dementia sufferers. The pair worked through a series of eye opening activities and heard real life stories which allowed…
Blueberry Bears Day Nursery in Cardiff are extremely excited to announce the arrival of their new Easter chicks. For the second year running, they have welcomed the unhatched eggs and incubator in to the Nursery and cared for them for the three weeks, leading up to and including the hatching of the fluffy little chicks. The Nursery’s Manager, Carys Wenner told us how intrigued the children are and how they love to watch the hatching…
Leading Welsh recruitment and training experts New Directions were last night announced as ‘Compliance Team of the Year’ at a ceremony in London. The Women in Compliance award, presented by the BBC’s Louise Minchin heralds serious ambition from the firm. In 2014 the award was won by leading telecoms operation Orange and in 2015 internet search engine giants Google. The awards celebrate the achievements of female compliance professionals and the success of the compliance industry…
The Code of Practice for Social Care Workers sets the standards of conduct expected of workers within this industry. To read the code of practice, please click here.
Leading Welsh recruitment and training firm New Directions has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘Women in Compliance Awards’ set to take place in London in March 2016. The awards celebrate the achievements of female compliance professionals and the success of the compliance industry through diversity, recognising and rewarding the outstanding contribution that women make every day in the world of business. The New Directions Compliance team (pictured) work to ensure that all of the supply…
2015 has been an exceptional year for the New Directions group of companies. Our teams across the UK have been shortlisted for, and won a number of awards that acknowledge the hard work of all our staff. The awards and nominations have included: Winner of ‘Supplier of the Year’ award at Welsh Procurement Awards Shortlisted with ‘Community Engagement’ award at Welsh Procurement Awards Shortlisted for ‘Manager of the Year’ at IIP awards Winner of ‘Innovation…
A leading recruitment and training provider to the care sector has opened its doors officially in the South West. New Directions Social Care has set up an office in the heart of Bristol’s Temple Quay to help service the 3000 plus care homes across Bristol and North Somerset. The business provides temporary and permanent staffing solutions to care homes, shelters, residential units and many other facets of the social care sector. The organisation, initially established…
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New Directions Social Care work closely with a number of nurseries across South Wales. Nursery Manager, Jacqui Kempa is part of the Marie Curie Penarth and Vale fundraising committee. Made up of 12 local women, they decided to take on the brave challenge of recreating the WI calendar girls, named ‘Daffia Girls’. The cost of the calendar has been covered by a number of local businesses, meaning all the funds raised will go directly to…
September saw the launch of our New Directions Employee of the Month initiative. As announced last week, the recipient of the award for September was Gareth Pughe from our Cardiff Social Care team. We caught up with Gareth to ask him more about what it meant to win the award. 1. You have been named ‘employee of the month’ by your colleagues and peers – how does that make you feel? It made me immensely…