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On the 15th November 2013 Cardiff's Social Care Workforce Development Partnership held an awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of individuals working within the care sector in Cardiff. The partnerships aim is to increase the number of competent, qualified staff in social care by providing access to training and funding for training. Shelley Powell, Care Co-coordinator at ND Care and Support was one of the individuals recognised at the event. Shelley was awarded a Level…

On 14th October 2013 New Directions Holdings officially gained the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. ISO is the International Organisation for Standardisation, a worldwide organisation with representatives from 157 countries. The ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families are among ISO's best known standards . ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are implemented by some 887,770 organisations in 161 countries. The ISO 9000 standard addresses "quality management". By achieving this standard New Directions has been recognised for…

Kirsty Knowles from New Directions Social Care is working with Careers Wales as an Ambassador to help individuals gain skills in their job search. As part of her role as an ambassador Kirsty visited pupils at Abersychan Comprehensive where Career Wales had organised a careers day, pupils were given the opportunity to practice their interview and application techniques. Group Communications Assistant Mehnaz Khan and Kirsty Knowles, from New Directions spent the morning interviewing pupils for…

As part of our on-going commitment to support our communities, we are helping one of our candidates who have been selected by the charity Bhubesi Pride to coach youngsters in Africa. One of our candidates Mark Davies has been selected by the charity to help coach the children. Mark will join a small number of other coaches who will travel ten different countries across Africa. Mark has worked with New Directions Social Care as is…

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…