Projects

Care Ambassador Scheme
Aim: To promote a career in care to the wider community in particular younger people. The Care Ambassador Scheme was set up in 2007 as recognition that those working in the sector ...
 
 
CPD Memory Stick
Aim:To produce a product that records the Continuous Professional Development of staff within the care industry. This tool will be simple to use and enable users to reflect on and record their qualifications an...
 
 
Dignity
The Dignity in Care Campaign aims to stimulate a national debate around dignity in care and create a care system where there is zero tolerance of abuse and disrespect of adults. It is led by Government in partnership with many organ...
 
 
IT
Aim: The IT development group was established to identify the benefits of IT for the care sector and find out the level of computing skills within the sector. The project: 
 
Leadership and Management Project
Introduction Managers in health and social care play a challenging and vital role in the successful running of their services and a good quality of life for users of the service.  Therefore, it is ...
 
 
New Types Of Worker
Aim: To investigate and re-design roles for workers in social care, to enable employers to develop and implement new roles and to bring about new types of working. What is ...
 
 

 



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