Affinity Homecare celebrates success of student placements programme
24 Feb 2023
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- Learning and development
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Affinity Homecare share the success of their first student placement programme, working alongside Shrewsbury College to provide students with the opportunity to experience what it means to be a support worker and the various ways to progress a career in social care.
When completing a work placement with Affinity Homecare students experienced a range of tasks. This included the opportunity to work in the office environment - learning first-hand how the administrative processes in care at home work; completing eLearning courses to gain further understanding of key areas of care organisations such as safeguarding and medication, and working with the organisation’s experienced staff to visit clients, when they were having their daily care and support needs met. They also had an opportunity to speak with Affinity Homecare’s employees about their experiences in social care to learn more about the role of a care worker.
Melissa Morgan, Registered Manager at Affinity Homecare Shrewsbury says:
It’s been a pleasure having students in the business and exposing them to all of the elements of how we operate our care agency. We were able to show them the admin tasks, compliance tasks, the importance of our role and what part we play in the community, looking after those who need us most.
We need to attract more younger people to the industry, to avoid the gap in the market.
The feedback we have received from the students has also been positive, and Melissa says she is looking forward to inviting more students into our business to complete their work experience with us.
One student said:
I gained a lot of knowledge through completing 14 eLearning courses provided by Affinity, I also gained knowledge through observing the carers provide quality care to those who need different kinds of support. I was shown how to be an efficient carer, I learnt about different environments within the care industry, I learnt about MAR sheets as well as how to handle alerts on the PASS system and how to provide care in such a way that maintains dignity.
I feel that my eyes have been opened regarding care, there’s a lot more that goes on behind the scenes that many people don’t get the chance to see and it’s a shame. Being a carer helps people to live a life with support, dignity and care.
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