Devon care home group wins big at national care awards

Southern Healthcare have recently won a total of four national awards at two glittering ceremonies in London and Leicester. Both award bodies recognised Southern Healthcare's commitment to training and development. Caring UK crowned the care home group the UK's 'Care Employer of the Year' and recognised Margot Whittaker's work over 5 years developing the Advanced Diploma in Social Care Nursing with the Outstanding Achievement award.

On receiving the awards, Geoffrey Cox, Southern Healthcare's Managing Director, said, "A huge thank you to my wife, business partner and co-trainer of more than 20 years, Margot Whittaker, and to our nursing home managers and the teams at Southern Healthcare for everyone's effort in exploring new ideas, reflecting, learning from, and supporting each other."

Geoffrey congratulated Margot on her award, explaining that it would "help underpin clinical expertise, build high levels of emotional intelligence, as well as enhancing nurses' interpersonal skills, which will help to meet the increasingly complex demands on residential care homes".  

The Diploma has been rolled out with the help of Bolton University and the first cohort of nurses are nearing the end of the pilot.

Please click on the following links if you are interested in learning more about the Diploma:

HE level 7 (designed to support RNs)

HE level 6 (supports RNAs and APs).

The content of the programmes focus on high-quality, person-directed care along with clinical expertise, an inquiring mind, and reflection of practice for RNs, RNAs and APs who work within nursing and care home environments.