This autumn, all Care Services colleagues are eligible for a free flu and COVID-19 booster vaccine. So give your immunity a boost and help protect yourselves, your colleagues, families and our residents. If you work in a care home or homecare location, book your flu jab now at www.boots.com/flu-prebook or through the QR code (right). And look out for more details on how to book a flu or COVID-19 booster on Workplace or speak to your manager. Everyone aged 50 or over will be eligible for a COVID-19 booster this autumn, and may also be offered a flu vaccination once those most vulnerable have been vaccinated. Look out for further details from the NHS. Give yourself a boost! HAVE YOU HEARD?
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Construction of our new 66-bed care home in West Yorkshire is nearing completion – with residents expected to move in during the autumn. Wharfeside in Otley is a replacement for our Teal Beck House care home nearby, and will see a detailed operation swing into action to move residents and colleagues
Our residents love to meet new people and our volunteering opportunities are an ideal way for this to happen. Individual volunteers are welcome in all our locations, and we also have group volunteering opportunities in our housing locations. We’re hoping Achieve by volun
Billie Owen, Team Leader at Herries Lodge in Sheffield had the COVID-19 booster offered to care workers in spring.
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Way back, when, I was Deputy Manager and Sean was Home Manager at Bilton Court, I always joked that when Sean popped over to Nelson Lodge, I changed the locks and filed for divorce! Fast forward, and I’m the Home Manager, while Sean’s my Regional Support Manager. We work so well as a team and have become quite a double act. We’re both really proud, like the colleagues on page 8, of taking opportunities to progress our careers here. Which opportunities will you take? Looking ahead, we’re excited about the introduction of electronic care planning (page 4). It’ll simplify reporting and give colleagues more time to focus on our residents, who are at the heart of everything we do. As core members of the colleague Rainbow Network we were delighted to attend our first face-to-face Rainbow Network meeting recently. We’re
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