Summerwood were presented with a wonderful Christmas hamper from their friends at Ashley Baptist Church this week. John Caslake, Registered Manager, said, ‘The team really appreciated the local heartfelt support [from Ashley Baptist Church]. Residents and staff have felt the love that comes from our local community. It was really nice to accept the hamper and say a prayer.’ …
In light of the latest Covid-19 variant, Omicron, we have updated our policies in line with the following guidance. CLICK HERE To all families, professional colleagues, and people we support, do stay safe and thank you as always for your tremendous support. We have received some really wonderful and heartfelt messages to our teams and I can’t tell you what an incredible boost they are, thank you! — Jane Montrose, Managing Director. …
Booster Vaccine – Latest Information A coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccine dose helps improve the protection you have from your first 2 doses of the vaccine. It helps give you longer-term protection against getting seriously ill from COVID-19. Who can get a COVID-19 booster vaccine Booster vaccine doses will be available on the NHS for people most at risk from COVID-19 who have had a 2nd dose of a vaccine at least 6 months ago. This includes: people aged 40 and over people who live and work in care homes frontline health and social care workers people aged 16 and over …
If you received an email from AmandaS this morning please DO NOT OPEN THE PDF ATTACHMENT. The email was compromised and a malicious attachment which may contain an unsafe file was sent to over one thousand email addresses. Our IT department worked immediately to address this issue and the email address has been quarantined and secured. If you have clicked on the attachment you are advised to run a virus scan on your device. …
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Learning Curve Group to support learners through their Level 3 in Health and Social care through the apprenticeship scheme.We are delighted to offer this across all of our homes and look forward to welcoming the learners into our teams. It is important to our company to assist people to put learning into practice within a supportive environment.You can view our apprenticeship advertisements here on the government website: https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-680511 – Apple House https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-680396 – Corner Cottage Care Home https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-680519 – Little Amberwood Care Home https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-680440 – Summerwood Care Home https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-680429 – Redcroft Care Home Please feel free to share these links and to …
Congratulations and very well done to Corner Cottage’s registered manager, Sally, and deputy manager, Bob, on their achievement of NVQ level 5, Health and Social Care. This is a tough course and therefore quite the achievement, bravo! …
Huge congratulations to our three registered managers, Jayne Jackson of Apple House, Carly Houghton of Little Amberwood, and John Caslake of Summerwood, who are finalists in the National Learning Disabilities & Autism Awards. We look forward to the gala awards night later this month in Birmingham and wish all three the very best of luck on the night; they are all winners to us! ✨ …
September has seen the creative forces at Redcroft come together for the latest in themed displays and events. This September the glamour and razmatazz of the movies has come to Redcroft. Not only have the individuals and staff at Redcroft created a show-stopping display worthy of an Oscar, but there are several upcoming events planned to celebrate this most wonderful of media; including an interactive cinema day (popcorn included!) — David Dellow, Deputy Manager, Redcroft. …
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Romaine, Director of Operations for Apple House care group, has today received the Gold Award for exceptional practice in adult social care! Presented as gold and silver awards, they represent an important step towards bringing recognition in line with the NHS workforce and recognise the extraordinary commitment of the adult social care workforce. Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care Professor Deborah Study said: The pandemic has shone a light on the exemplary efforts of our dedicated social care workforce, and I am committed to ensuring we recognise the selfless hard work they do …
With the easing of restrictions from July 19th 2021 there have been changes to the guidance designed to support the social care sector and registered care homes. At Apple House Ltd we are keeping updated with these changes and working closely with everyone involved in keeping the people we support, our team members, family and loved ones safe and well informed.You will now see posters asking for visitors to maintain the wearing of masks within our care homes: We have sent this letter to families and loved ones to update on visiting during this new stage of safely managing the …
