In 2017, the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced by the UK government. However, in the first year 92% of funds in accounts had been unused, equating to over £1bn. This means that in the upcoming year these funds are either required to be spent or they risk being lost completely. Your Apprenticeship Levy Options Use your …
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Elderly residents at our partner Care Home’s Mayfield House and Samuel Hobson are trekking through the jungle on safari, taking in the Northern Lights, heading into space and sitting on the shore of a tropical island, thanks to new virtual reality equipment. Residents are some of the first in the UK to benefit from using …
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As part of our expansion into Dental Nursing, we’re proud to announce we’ll be exhibiting at our first Dental Nursing show this weekend 18th & 19th May. The event, being held at the NEC in Birmingham will see us at stand H88 and we’re looking forward to connecting with Dental Practices up and down the …
We’ve launched our workplace choir initiative as part of our efforts to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace. Our workplace choir meets one evening a week and is coached under the watchful eye of Ashley Mellor, from the Staffordshire Choirs Association. Now we’re urging more businesses to follow in our footsteps, and highlight the …
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Having a workforce with positive Mental Health within the workplace is so important for both employees and employers. By having staff who have positive mental health you can ensure your employees are in a positive state of mind when they are working as well as reducing sickness, improving performance and increasing profitability of your business. …
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Here at Acacia Training, something that we are immensely proud of is our status as a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident is a scheme that is designed to help recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions for their skills and talent. In the past year we have had great success as a Disability …
Care Home Managers are always looking out for ways to develop their staff knowledge further. Free online training courses can be perfect for this as is it an affordable way to increase knowledge for staff on important topics. This training which can be found by clicking here software enables users to: Apply simulated vision impairment to …
Acacia Training have been working in partnership with Lincoln College to deliver student success! Alex Evans has been working hard on her QCF Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care and is currently 90% the way to achieving her qualification. Alex has a background in Health & Social Care having worked in complex care, …
With the ever changing environment in the care industry, care home software has become more important than ever in making sure that your Care Home can reach new heights. This is because certain care home software can make ongoing tasks that have been time consuming and difficult in the past become automated and streamlined. This …
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With a wide range of experience in the Care industry, our expert teachers have compiled the following to help you with running your care home. Don’t forget to share your top tips from your experience in the comments section. 1. Create a positive environment One of our top tips is to create a positive environment …
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