Safeguarding Adults

With recent stories of tragedy in Florida schools and real cases of abuse and neglect in the care sector in the news constantly I think it’s a good time to refresh our safeguarding knowledge. Safeguarding Adults – The Care Act 2014 defines adult safeguarding as...

Prevent

With the recent capture of the final 2 Jihadists known as the “Beatles” the radicalisation agenda rears its head again asking the question – Did we do enough to prevent these British lads from being radicalised? Maybe a good time to refresh our knowledge?...

Mental Health

A health and wellbeing subject we haven’t looked at before, Mental Health. Many people are still reluctant to talk about mental health issues despite national and local radio and TV campaigns designed to raise awareness and understanding. So what do your learners...
Skills for Care

Skills for Care

This month I have decided to look at the state of the sector as depicted by Skills for Care in its recent publication ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ I think it’s important that we don’t under estimate the challenges that the...

Sustainability

Hi all Sorry to talk trash but it’s time to recycle this important topic… Ice breakers: Do you recycle at home? Do you think companies do enough to help the environment? Is it really worth all this effort to recycle? Why recycle – It all just goes into a...