To Celebrate the recent international women’s day, we have been working alongside seetec. Seetec help and support individuals in finding a job that’s right for them.After meeting with some wonderful ladies we are hopeful to get them on board and working with Equicare in no time! Thanks again Seetec and we look forward to the next one!
What a great start to the season! The food was great, the company was even better, but the dancing was the best. Thank you for the fab Christmas party!
Staff Training Physical intervention skills are sometimes required for the safe and legal management of physically challenging behaviour. Yesterday we had our external trainer to come in and provide Physical Intervention training to our staff! This training can help prepare staff to safely and humanely react to crisis situations where restrictive physical intervention is the last resort to prevent serious…
In October we sent out our annual survey to clients and staff for feedback on our performance and our services. From the responses collated, we have summarized what we have done well and where we need to improve. Thank you to everyone who took part in the survey, your feedback means a lot to us
Training Days! This week we hosted a full day in-house physical intervention training for our staff provided by an expert teacher in the field! Physical interventions refer to any method of responding to challenging behaviour that involves some degree of direct physical force to limit movement. The topic is extremely sensitive and creates many ethical and practical concerns. The course…
The theme of 2022’s World Mental Health Day, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is ‘Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’. Mental health problems exist in our lives, families, workplaces and communities, impacting everyone. We must do as much as possible to prevent mental ill-health – as individuals and as a society. We will…
BreakTheBias International Women’s Day (IWD) March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively…
We are always looking at new and innovative ways to keep out staff current with the latest training and best practice, Offering key learning opportunities is important to help get the best out of our staff. Working in partnership with both established on-line training companies and local bespoke trainers who can provide hands on training, we want to ensure that…