Newsletter - Oct 241018 - Final

Issue Number 5

In this Issue

Page 1 A Word from Kamran Page 8 Forensic Page 15 Traxwatch
Page 9 Fostering Page 16 Head of Service Recruitment
Page 2 Changes to our Division Page 10 Clinical Page 17-19 All about us
Page 3 In the News… Page 11 Education Page 20 Loyalty Awards
Page 4 Employee Celebrations Page 12 Social Responsibility Page 21 Star Awards
Page 13 Headlines
Page 5 Staff Vacancies Page 14 Headlines Continued
Page 6 Staff Vacancies Continued
Page 7 Sexual Trauma

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to our October newsletter. A Reminder of Our Top
Priorities 2018
I hope that your own families have had a smooth transition back into the new Academic term, and that our children have found
the return to education after the Summer not too problematic. Our Executive Management Team were thrilled to see really All Services Good/Outstanding Rated
impressive GCSE and A-Level results for a number of our young people over the summer, as well as annual attendance and
attainment information for the academic year showing attendance at over 90%, and achievement of qualifications at the highest
levels they have ever been. Congratulation to our education colleagues for supporting the young people in this achievement, as
well as our Education Director Tariq.

In terms of opportunities for our young people, I was also delighted to be able to sign off a Mechanics Apprenticeship role for one Digitise Clinical Programme
of our young men from Stalmine Lodge, Dane. Dane will be a Care 4 Children employee, completing an apprenticeship and a Open 4 New Homes
number of other qualifications with us. He will be remaining at Stalmine Lodge for the duration of the course, and I am convinced
that he will be a fantastic example for other children that we support as to what they can achieve, as well as acting as a mentor to Deliver Employee Engagement Strategy
them. Dane embodies what can be possible with the right support from care, education and clinical when they work together and
my thanks and congratulations to the teams who have supported him to this point. We wish him the best of luck with his
qualification, as well as a big welcome as a C4C apprentice employee.

Dane’s success is in no small part down to the dedication and commitment of the Stalmine Lodge Home Manager, Jane Wright. I IT Infrastructure Improvements
was sad to say goodbye to Jane in September, as she has had to move on from Care 4 Children due to personal circumstances
meaning that she could no longer commit to the home as she had been doing. I wish Jane all the best, thank her for all of her hard Maintain Our Investors in People
work and commitment to the children and hope that at some point in the future she may make her way back to us in some Accreditation
capacity.
Continued Investment in Learning and
In other news, my Executive Management Team and I have given a lot of thought in recent months to our management structure. Development
As a result, we will be re-organising the way our operating divisions are structured in the coming months, and I have provided
more information on this on page 3. Implement Social Responsibility
Charter
Our Executive Management Team were also pleased to welcome the first cohort of students on the Child Systemic Focused
Practice Course (CSPC) during early October. I was thrilled that we were able to launch this course, as when I founded Care 4 If you have a feedback on the
Children a therapeutic qualification for staff was something that I was enthusiastic about launching, and it has taken 3 years to Newsletter then please contact the HR
finally be in a position where we have been able to do this. I hope all attendees find the course helpful and share their knowledge
with their wider teams, and I am also hopeful that it will allow ambitious individuals within our organisation to forge valuable links Team at
across service lines, so that they can start forming the Executive Management Team of the future. [email protected]

On a final note, as ever, thank you all for your hard work and dedication – I am grateful to you all for your continued support and
the difference that you make in the lives of children.

Kamran Abassi 1

Why make a change?

We have been wanting to ensure that support for managers and
their teams remains strong and is not diluted, and also preserve
and improve quality across our services. We have also wanted to
ensure that we balance the need to ensure accountability and
closeness between Executive Management Team members and
front line service staff by ensuring we do not have too many layers
in our organisation.

What are the differences?

We will be moving our harmful sexual behaviour services out of
our Sexual Trauma division, and joining them with our Gang and
Radicalisation services to form a new Forensic Co-Located Hub.
Our remaining forensic homes, which operate the hub and spoke
model for education at Trax Academy, will form the second service
hub.

Where will the current leadership team move to?

We will be removing the post of Assistant Head of Service and reverting to a Head of Service role for each division. We thank Ali Sarwar and Amy Moulton,
who have been outstanding in their respective Assistant Head of Service roles.

We have appointed Beth Davies to lead our Sexual Trauma Hub, which will now consist of our Child Sexual Exploitation and Complex Trauma services.

Ali Sarwar has been appointed as Head of Service for the Forensic Co-Located Hub, and congratulations to him on this new role. Dominic Tumelty will
continue in his Head of Service Role for the Forensic Home Hub. All three hubs will have a Clinical Lead Psychologist allocated to that hub, who will supervise
the additional clinical staff within their respective hubs.

We were keen to be able to retain Amy Moulton (currently Assistant Head of Service for Forensic) given the depth of her knowledge, experience and
capability and the benefits that she brings to the services she works with. We are pleased to announce that Amy will move into a newly created Quality
Assurance role. Reporting directly to Kamran, Amy will take on responsibility for a number of Regulation 44 visits, re-igniting our Quality Assurance Group and
Young People Participation Group as well as providing project related support.

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Chief Inspector sets out vision for new Education Inspection Framework

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman recently announced details of planned changes to the way Ofsted inspects
schools, colleges, further education institutions and early years settings from September 2019. These changes will move Ofsted’s
focus away from headline data to look instead at how schools are achieving these results, and whether they are offering a
curriculum that is broad, rich and deep, or simply teaching to test.
Speaking to school leaders at the annual SCHOOLS North East summit in Newcastle, Ms Spielman said that these changes will be
designed to allow teachers and leaders to focus more of their time on the real substance of education.

Summary:
Amanda Spielman proposes 4 new inspection judgements
- Schools will no longer receive a separate grade for outcomes

for pupils
- Focus will be on the substance of education and a broad

curriculum
- More involvement for classroom teachers
- Consultation on draft framework to be launched in January

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October & November Birthdays Professional Qualifications

October November Congratulations to Kasim
Jamal and Mercedes
Donna Statham 04-Oct Habibur Rahman - 01-Nov Grundy for completing their
Hannah Colbran 05-Oct Nicole Fremont - 02-Nov Level 3 Diploma. Thank you
Leah Dalton 08-Oct Stacey Gallagher - 04-Nov for your commitment and
James Harding 09-Oct Lucy Kingscott - 05-Nov hard work towards Care 4
Samantha Cook 10-Oct Shaneela Akhtar - 06-Nov Children and your
Ricky Crafer 10-Oct Sharon Fleming - 07-Nov qualification.
Collette Wall 13-Oct Jodie Roberts - 08-Nov
Emma Burrett 14-Oct Roger Charles - 08-Nov If you or anyone else in your team has something to celebrate, please let us know
Rizwan Khan 15-Oct Claire Evans - 09-Nov at [email protected]
Gemma Pitts 17-Oct Katy Talbot - 09-Nov
Yasmin Hood 18-Oct David Tonks - 11-Nov Ofsted Fit Person
Wasim Javed 18-Oct Janaya Kelly - 14-Nov
Joyce Masson 18-Oct Owen Watson - 15-Nov Our congratulations go out to the following Home Managers who have successfully
Helen Dwyer 19-Oct Lee Burton - 17-Nov passed their Ofsted ‘Fit Person’ interviews:
Khurram Shazad 21-Oct Jenine Cassim - 17-Nov
Jacqueline Flynn 23-Oct Michelle Harris - 17-Nov Nicole Fremont Amy Brooks
Kelly Hennigan 23-Oct Junaid Chatha - 19-Nov
Ramon Ali - 25-Oct Juliet Egidi - 20-Nov Nicole manages Nightingale House, while Amy manages Meadow Bank House. A
Emma Smith 25-Oct Neil Morris - 21-Nov huge congratulations from the whole C4C family!
Murvyn Lucas 26-Oct Leah Kaleta - 22-Nov
Stephen Wignall 29-Oct Anne Fetherston - 22-Nov Welcome to the World!
Mark Andrews - 31-Oct Joshua Cook - 28-Nov
Gemma Hale 31-Oct Julian Richardson - 30-Nov Pictured to the left is baby Nellie, daughter of two C4C
employees – Colin Mitchison (STCP – Lincoln House) and
Charlotte Cassidy (Deputy Manager – Rosa House). We’re
told that Mum and Baby (and Daddy!) are all doing well. 4

We currently have vacancies in the following locations:

Interested in any of the
vacancies released on our
weekly bulletin or on our

website?

Contact the Recruiting Manager
but as a courtesy, notify your
line manager too

No need to fill in an application
if you work for us already

Just tell us on an A4 letter why
you’re the right candidate.

Remember to write about your
skills, experiences and
qualifications!

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Interested in any of the Refer a Friend Scheme
vacancies released on our
weekly bulletin or on our DO YOU WANT A £100 BONUS?
• Introduce someone external to C4C
website?
• If they successfully pass their probation,
Contact the Recruiting Manager you can claim your £100 bonus!
but as a courtesy, notify your
line manager too

No need to fill in an application
if you work for us already

Just tell us on an A4 letter why
you’re the right candidate.

Remember to write about your
skills, experiences and
qualifications!

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Sexual Trauma 7

It has been a busy time for staff within sexual trauma with amazing work taking place with our children.
Our managers and staff group continue to undertake wonderful work with our girls and boys placed to
enable them to progress and build positive relationships within their homes. Every day we see different
achievements and this truly encourages and motivates us all. None more so than The Retreats
Outstanding Ofsted rating! The team at The Retreat continuously embody the C4C values in everything
they do with their continued dedication and passion for the young people in their care.

The newly appointed Head of Service Beth Davies will take up her post on 5th November 2018 and I am
sure we all will learn from her vast experience and knowledge from her work with children who have
suffered extensive trauma.

I would like to thank everyone for your ongoing hard work, enthusiasm, commitment and your continued
passion to make a difference to children’s lives with the ongoing challenges faced every day.

Joyce Masson
Head of Service, Sexual Trauma

Top priorities during 2018

• Open two new homes within the Sexual Trauma Division enabling Care 4 Children to support more
young people

• To develop the skills and knowledge of our staff groups
• Work together to increase the number of Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ homes

Quick fire… Meet Beth

• Over 20 years experience in the sector
• Most recent appointment as National and Regional Operational Lead and Responsible Individual-

Sexual Trauma Services
• Driven in her belief that all children should receive love and care and be at the heart of everyone's

thinking

Forensic Services

Hello from all of us in the Forensics teams…

Another busy period in the Forensics world to report on must start with a thank you to everyone for all
your continued hard work and commitment to the boys we are looking after – many challenges have
been faced but met with determination and clear focus on improving the outcomes for them.

It was with much sadness that we said farewell to Jane Wright who, due to family commitments, has had Join our Team
to take the painful decision to leave Stalmine Lodge. Much emotion has been shown both at Stalmine and
in Head Office but throughout it is very clear that Jane is welcome back any time and if her circumstances We’re always on the hunt
at home change, I am sure she will be back with us. Before she left, our colleagues from Ofsted paid the for new and exciting
home a visit and we were delighted to see them achieve a Good rating. It is telling that the team and the talent in the Forensic
boys were disappointed with this as all concerned thought an Outstanding was merited – next time team! division. Please apply by
emailing -
Moving bang up to date and Ribbleton House has just had its first inspection where Stacey and the team
have demonstrated real determination and resilience to achieve a Good rating also. Given the tough start recruitment@care4childr
to life at Ribbleton, this is a really positive outcome and testament to the team work that many people en.co.uk
were a part of and is a real demonstration of the shared values across the whole service.

Top priorities during 2018
• Open 3 new homes in the Forensic service during 2018
• Achieve and maintain an Ofsted ‘Good’ rating on all of our

homes

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Foster Carer Awards

Fostering Carer Awards Ceremony 2018

We are delighted to have presented our fostering families for awards regarding their years of
fostering. We recognised families who have fostered for 3 years, 5 years and 10 years.

In addition many of our carers were given Special Achievement Awards to mark the amazingly
skilled work that they undertake on a daily basis. It was a truly amazing day to celebrate truly
amazing people

Joyce, Louisa and the Fostering Team Special Achievement Awards
Julie Trinder
Long Service Awards Sue and Allan Riley (Ambassadors for the
Sue and Allan Riley 2005 – 2018 Agency)
Eileen and Bob Williams 1994 – 2018 Saleem Ahmed and Rukhsana Saleem
Palmina and Danny Livingstone 1999 – 2018 Ayub and Saria Khan
Nasreen and Suleman Farooqi 2004 – 2018 Palmina and Danny Livingstone
Shirley and Mark Hart 2005 - 2018 Imran and Farida Gul
Trish and Brian O’Keeffe 2007 to 2018 Rakshanda and Amjad Ali
Paula and Mike Hewitt 2005 to 2018 A.J. Singh and Oasha Kaur
Wahid Asif
Earle Chernick

Join our Team

The fostering team are continuing to look for family support staff on a sessional basis. This could also apply to Residential staff who are looking to

gain more experience within a fostering setting. If you know of anyone interested please refer them to us. For more information please contact the

fostering team on 0161 483 1505. 9

Welcome to the team…
We have appointed two new Assistant Psychologists – Abbie Newby and Emma Guest will be joining the Education team at Columbus
House and Teresa House retrospectively. Welcome to the team and we look forward to getting to know you in the coming weeks.

News…
The Child Focused Systemic Practise Course took off recently, with Home Managers, Senior Management, Lead Teachers, Fostering and
Clinical staff taking part. It will revolutionise and standardise our thinking in this area across the board, working together over a year
focusing on Looked After Children and all the complex contexts that impact on their lives. We look forward to including more about the
course as it progresses over the coming months.

The Clinical Tracker and Manual is taking shape and going live shortly! Congratulations and thank you to the team for the immense
amount of time and effort you have undertaken in making this happen. The effects across the clinical division should be palpable.

Top priorities during 2018

• Digitise our Wellbeing for Life Programme™

• Develop and implement a bespoke Clinical Tracker, producing an e-book Wellbeing for Life and Exceptional Experiences Manual(s) 10
and adapt our workbooks for a digital platform.

As you read this we are preparing for or even already enjoying the half term break. The Autumn Term is 11
usually a long one and an unsettled one, linked to new cohorts of students, restarting the engagement in
education and getting rid of the August cob webs and this year’s was no exception.

I’d like to thank each and every one of you on a personal note for the unwavering commitment to our
young people in times where it can be extremely challenging to keep the faith and remain positive. We
have now received all exam results, which show a 30% increase in both exams taken and outcomes
achieved, which is an awesome achievement for all involved. Our Trax Academy colleagues are preparing
an Open Day in November and getting a haircut and a wax at the same time, as we are preparing a
promotional video about Trax Academy under the artistic guidance of Luqman Shah. This will no doubt
show many hidden dormant cinematic talents and it is rumoured that the video might actually be entered
for an Oscar 2019 Award. It is a really an exciting project.

Since the last newsletter we have had an extremely successful Ofsted inspection at Rosa House School,
Briercliffe. The outcome promises to be absolutely amazing and a big compliment goes out to the Lead
Teacher, Vivien, and her team and all involved in Rosa House, not in the least the three pupils, who
presented them in an amazing fashion, that really made me proud. The month of December is around the
corner and with it come several charity events which the Education Department will inform you of. I am
sure that as usual all will contribute fully and spread happiness all around.

Tariq Verpalen, Education Director

New Opportunities

Jefferson House – Instructor
Rosa House – Teaching assistant
Lawrence House – Lead Teacher & Teaching Assistant

Please express your interest by emailing – [email protected]

Our Chairman, Riz, continues with his charitable work in giving back to communities and
helping those in need. Recently, he has been leading a Committee, who come from all
walks of life, to raise funds to help a global charity campaign.

Riz, alongside Kamran, are supporting a fundraiser to raise £1 million for the Pakistan Dam Appeal to prevent a major drought by 2025.

The fundraising event will be in support of the work already being undertaken globally to help fund the fight against drought, with the
website and fundraising pages already raising awareness to avert a humanitarian crisis.

We would welcome you to visit the below pages for further information and ask you to donate even £1 to support the hard work
already being undertaken to help the families facing the drought crisis.

 Website www.damappeal.co.uk
 Fundraising https://www.gofundme.com/Manchester-dam-appeal-fund
 Instagram @damappeal2018
 Twitter @2018_dam

Social Responsibility Charter

You may remember from the last edition of the Newsletter when we asked you to vote for your
favourite C4C Corporate Responsibility Logo. With three strong logos to choose from we knew it
was going to be a close one, but we’re excited to announce the people have spoken! Without
further ado we can reveal the new Care 4 Children Corporate Responsibility Logo…

Congratulations to everyone involved, we know a lot of time and effort was put into this innovation 12
and we would like to echo a huge thank you and congratulations to all those involved! The logo will
now go forth to be tweaked and developed by our marketing team ready to be distributed
internally and externally.

The Retreat… Outstanding

We are pleased to announce that The Retreat has retained its Outstanding Ofsted rating.
Hannah, the Home Manager had this to say:

“I was on annual leave and received the phone call from my Deputy Manager that Ofsted
had arrived at The Retreat for a full two-day inspection. I was travelling in my car as I was
going away for a few days, and all I could think of was where is the next turning or round
about to turn around!! When I arrived at The Retreat I was greeted by a new Inspector
and a very calm Deputy Manager! Day one went really well and we were all prepared for
day two; breakfast laid on the table, kettle boiled and lots of happy smiley faces. Well
that was until the Inspector turned up and told us that she spilt a litre bottle of water
over her laptop. After an hour on the phone the Inspector stated that she could not
complete her inspection due to a non-working laptop. After some gentle persuasion the
Inspector agreed to complete day two and would hand-write her report, this meant I
would not get my grading until the next day. There were a few minor challenges during
the inspection but everyone in Care 4 Children pulled together and provided the
Inspector with the information that she required.

We nervously waited for our grading, looking at my phone every 30 seconds. Receiving
the news that we sustained our rating of OUTSTANDING was the best birthday present I
could have had! I am so proud of my team and could not be more pleased that the hard
work and dedication we show to our children was recognised.

The comments the Inspector made blew me away saying that this is the most homely
home that she has ever inspected and that she would love to do a shift at our home as it
is full of happy smiling children, the relationships we all have with other are truly
beautiful and the most genuine she has ever seen.

It goes to show that all of our hard work, commitment, dedication and passion has paid
off.“

- Hannah Colbran, Registered Service Manager

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Meet the team… The Retreat

Learning and Development

Learning and Development News… Mandatory Training Courses

We have recently reassessed the mandatory training requirements for our residential workforce and Care Planning & Risk Management
have put together a new training calendar to ensure everyone has the desired knowledge and skills. Complaints
Missing from Care
By 1st January 2019 we have made a commitment that each and every staff member working within CSE
our residential homes will have been trained in all of the topics identified on the right. As these Safeguarding & Safer Caring
sessions are mandatory, staff who do not acquired this essential knowledge within the given Reporting & Recording
timeframe will be unable to fulfil their roles. Child Dev. & Attachment

Your line manager will schedule in your attendance on the necessary course over the coming months.
Please ensure that every effort is made to attend as unauthorised non-attendance will result in a £50
charge being made to you personally and a letter of concern being issued.

In addition to the above, set learning activities have been drawn up for other disciplines i.e. clinical and educational staff as well those with line 14
management responsibility. Details of these will be circulated to the relevant individuals over the coming weeks.

Check out our latest physical education facility! Created with young people in mind, the facility will house equipment for physically demanding
discipline training within the Lytham St Anne’s academy. These sessions will be delivered by Edward Mansell, a fully qualified Personal Instructor.
Maximising on Ed’s experience as an amateur boxer and first team Rugby Union player, the young people can access 1-2-1 training sessions building
on:
Daily, weekly and monthly targets - Scoreboard challenges – Competitions - Circuit training - Weight lifting - Boxing - Cardio vascular exercise
Depending on individual goals and aims Ed can design a personal development plan to achieve the highest outcomes for our young people. Weekly
challenges engage our young people in healthy competition amongst each other, and once completed there is a sense of achievement included
when they write their names and scores on the board for all to see.
Some challenges already delivered include:
Time Pyramid - The 300 Spartan - Anthony Joshua’s SC 100 (strength & conditioning) - 200 Metre Rowing Race - Explosive Table – Plus many
more
The gym facility contains a growing variety of equipment. You can already expect to see:
Pro-form rowing machine - Advanced multi gym - Mats - Punching bag - Dumbbell tree - Skipping ropes - Medicine balls - Variety of boxing gloves

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We recently held two Head of Service recruitment days at Head Office and our managers and children were asked to help out. The
candidates were put through their paces but all in all, we had extremely positive feedback from everyone involved.

Beth Davies was successfully appointed and Beth will be starting her position as Head of Service in our Sexual Trauma division in
November 2018.

We would like to specially thank our children who went above and beyond helping out, with some even asking their own interview
questions!

We are very proud of their efforts and every candidate who attended said the same. Well done!

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I am sure that you will all remember from the Congratulations to Dane on his recent success on
last newsletter that Owen Watson from the BMX track! The staff from Stalmine Lodge
Stalmine Lodge did a charity sky dive in aid of were cheering him on as he earned this
the James Bulger Memorial Trust. So far impressive trophy. No doubt sitting proudly in
Owen has raised £535 but is still collecting. If the living room at Stalmine Lodge. A huge
anyone would like to donate – please email congratulations from everyone at C4C, we are all
[email protected] to get in touch! immensely proud and impressed as you move up
the ranks representing your Blackpool Club.
The charity offers free holidays/ respite for
families who have gone through
bereavement, bullying, victim/ hate crime or
care for a parent or sibling. It is also for young
people who have done a good deed in their
school or community.

6 exercises, 1 minute each, as many repetitions as you
can on each exercise starting with skipping, medicine ball
slams, medicine ball squats, jabbing sit ups, clapping star-
jumps and then finally press ups… the ultimate challenge
for our young people to get stuck into. The exercises
strategically positioned to target the whole body and
heighten difficulty. The idea behind the challenge isn’t
just fitness/endurance but how far you’re willing to
mentally push yourself. You can attempt it as many times
as you dare… but it was Connor who came out on top!
Congratulations Connor, enjoy your voucher, its well
deserved! Well Done!

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A message from Melissa at The Retreat… Pledge poem

Dear Tariq, Take care of your children
Give them love,
I’ve done this piece of work so I could be considered for tea at
head office with you (tea with Tariq). Please let me know your Give them shelter,
available dates. Give them food and water,
Guide them towards their future
ps. I am an exceptional learner now. Just ask Rosie. They will become stronger as you become weaker
Look forward to seeing you soon, And as we know their generation will become yours
I like scones, And your children will take care of you.

Melissa Melissa

Seamus from Jefferson House has recently taken A special mention to the team at
it upon himself to volunteer for the National
Trust. Every Wednesday without fail Seamus Nightingale House… With new girls
assist with gardening, cleaning, and keeping the
grounds generally nice and tidy and looking
pristine. The team at Jefferson House are very
proud and humbled to have such a generous
young man as part of the team. Well done
Seamus, and keep up the good work!

joining the family, the past few weeks

have been a massive success with no

missing from care incidents and huge

Rio wanted to share his latest piece of work on.. reductions in self harm incidents! A
you guessed it… football! We’re so proud of his
efforts and recent behaviour, a real testament to special thank you to the whole
the team at Columbus House and School. Keep
up the good work Rio… Well done! Nightingale team for their continued

excellence, dedication and

professionalism! Well Done! 18

Congratulations to the new Mrs Congratulations to
Battle! Danielle manages Hope Steve Cook, Home
House and got married on 25th Manager at Teresa
August 2018. House for joining the
training team at C4C as
Everyone at C4C wishes the happy a fully qualified MAPA
couple a lifetime of happiness! instructor.

Happy Birthday to Hamida & Steve stated, “De-
Luqman who celebrated their escalation skills are
birthdays at Head Office. something I always
have been passionate
In the usual Care 4 Children about in my 10 years
fashion we surprised them experience in working
with a lovely cake and warm with children in
wishes. Happy Birthday from order to ensure any other intervention is a last resort. I look
the whole C4C family! forward to sharing these skills with you in the near future
through our organisational MAPA training courses.”

Once again congratulations from the whole C4C family!

In the coming weeks we say farewell to Jessica
Tredrea, HR Advisor. Having joined the
company in May 2017 the time has come for
Jess to embark on the next phase of her
career as a HR Business Partner.

The HR team and wider C4C family hold you in
the highest regard and we wish you the very
best of luck in the future!

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Congratulations to the following staff on their continued commLoitymaletnytAtwoaCradrse 4 Children.

Congratulations to all those
who received their Long
Service Awards!

Watch this space as more
are soon to be awarded
across the services. We look
forward to including them
in the next newsletter.

The Loyalty Awards were introduced across Care 4 Children in the last Newsletter with 13 people being recognised for their loyalty. As this
is a new initiative, here’s a reminder of what it is all about.

As a small token of our appreciation and in true recognition of your continued contributions and the experience you have gathered, we
have introduced Loyalty Awards for staff who have stayed with us for 2, 5 and 10 years. The payments will automatically be added to your
next pay, on completion of the required employment service and a certificate along with a C4C award that will be presented to your very
soon. Please be sure to take photos with your awards for the next edition.

2 Years £100 5 Years £250 10 Years £500

Is this how you would like for your contributions & loyalty to C4C to be rewarded?
Will this help to improve your general commitment and motivation?
Do you have suggestions as how this recognition method could be improved or replaced?

Please Have Your Say and send your comments, thoughts and feelings on this matter to

[email protected]

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Star Awards are a way of acknowledging and thanking C4C employees who have gone Beyond Expectations. This time we have again been
delighted with all of the nominations received, as it shows what a dedicated and hardworking staff team we have - nothing we didn’t know
already!

Two nominations have been been selected at random to receive a Star Award and a £50 voucher.

Drumroll please…………….! Our shining stars are:

Additional Nominations received for staff
who have gone above and beyond:

Janaya Kelly Emma Smith
Pete Nuttall Louisa Iqbal
Joyce Masson Khurram Shazaad
Hannah Colbran Naveed Ullah
Rebecca Higham Ruby Bamber-Fisher
Jodie Roberts Chelsea Smith
Tracey Rogerson

Congratulations and thank you to you all! Your

contributions do not go unnoticed and really

make a positive difference to the work that we

do. To make a nomination, please send the

Vicky Gutteridge Kelly Hennigan name, job title and location of the relevant
Kelly has been nominated for going above
Vicky was nominated for going above and beyond expectations devising weekly ‘Star’ to [email protected],
and beyond during The Retreat’s Ofsted clinical monitoring and analysing sheets.
inspection. Whilst Hannah made her way along with the reasons for their nomination. If
to The Retreat, Vicky remained calm and You’re an integral part of the team and
we’d like to take this opportunity to you need a reminder of the nomination
fulfilled her role as Deputy above and express our gratitude.
beyond expectations. criteria/process please review the last

newsletter or contact a member of the HR

Team. The cut off date for all nominations is the

20th of each month. 21