Care Development East

10/12/2025

🎄 Thank you to everyone who joined us at today’s Seasonal Special Leaders in Care meeting!

We had a fantastic turnout, and it was brilliant to see so much connection, collaboration, and conversation happening in the room.

A huge thank you to our stallholders and speakers for your time.

✨ Congratulations to Valerie Holland, who won our prize draw!

If you weren’t able to attend, you can catch up by viewing today’s slides on our website - along with presentations and resources from all past Leaders in Care meetings.

View here - https://caredevelopmenteast.co.uk/manager-support/leaders-in-care-presentation-slides

Stay tuned for our next meeting in 2026!

09/12/2025

Apprenticeship Opportunity – Seeking Local Providers

We are reaching out to local Ipswich businesses to explore apprenticeship opportunities for a motivated young female candidate who holds a Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care.

The candidate is enthusiastic about gaining hands-on experience in the health and social care sector and eager to develop her skills further under the guidance of experienced professionals.

If your organisation can offer an apprenticeship or would like to learn more about supporting this aspiring apprentice, please get in touch. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a young person’s career journey while contributing to the local workforce.

If interested, please email: opportunities@caredevelopmenteast.co.uk

08/12/2025

Skills for Care - Widen you talent pool webinar for Norfolk and Suffolk social care providers

28 January
2-3pm
On Teams

Are you looking to increase your domestic recruitment?

Would you like to find out what support and resources are available to recruit fairly, safely and inclusively?

Join Skills for Care, the DWP and a social care employee with lived experience, as we show you how to tap in to local talent pools and boost your recruitment.

For more information email:
emma.rawling@skillsforcare.org.uk

Join on the day here -

03/12/2025

We’re excited to launch CDE Learn!

Our brand-new online training portal is now live! Created to support Suffolk’s social care workforce with free, flexible learning.

✔️ No membership needed
✔️ Free to log in
✔️ Free certificate on completion

That’s it! Your learning, your pace.

Whether you’re at home, on shift, or in between tasks, your next skill is just a click away.

Explore here - https://care-development-east.learnworlds.com/

02/12/2025

Fantastic feedback below from 1 Oak Home Care!

Want to join? The next experience is taking place in Saxmundham - book here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1569884479739?aff=oddtdtcreator

Our team had an incredible time on the Autism Virtual Reality Bus yesterday at Haverhill Community Care!

The staff have already shared how powerful, eye-opening and inspiring the session was. It offered a whole new perspective, and the team are excited to put their learning into practice across our services.

We even received this lovely message from one of the attendees:

“Hi Rhiannon,
Thank you for giving me such a wonderful opportunity to be part of the training yesterday. I got to learn and experience new things that will help me in upcoming days.
Thank you!”

A huge thank you to the Autism VR team for delivering such meaningful training — experiences like this truly strengthen our commitment to providing compassionate, person-centred care every day.

💚💜 Proud of our 1 Oak team for always wanting to learn and grow!

02/12/2025

✨ Just 1 day to go!

We’re almost ready to share something exciting with Suffolk’s social care community - and we can’t wait for you to see it.

Be first to know! Sign up to our newsletter so you don’t miss tomorrow’s big reveal: https://tinyurl.com/5ykzyebw

02/12/2025

🎄 Join us next week at our Seasonal Special Leaders in Care!

Don’t miss this chance to network, hear from inspiring speakers, and a chance to win a stay at Seckford Hall Hotel!

Date: Wednesday 10th December 2025
Time: 10am – 2:30pm
Location: Copdock Village Hall, Ipswich, IP8 3JN

Hot drinks, buffet lunch, mince pies & free parking included.

Open to registered managers, directors, senior carers, team leaders, care coordinators & supervisory staff.

Grab your ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/bdh6wkx4

26/11/2025

Delegated healthcare activities in action - read here

Source: Skills for Care

26/11/2025

📊 Boost Your Excel Skills with our final Excel workshop for the year!

Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to build your confidence in Excel, whether you’re brand new or looking to sharpen your skills.

We’ll cover everything from simple calculations to practical data handling, plus plenty of time-saving tips and tricks.

The final topics will be shaped by participants on the day, so everyone leaves with learning that genuinely supports their work.

Tickets below:

This workshop is designed to give you some basic - and not so basic - Excel skills, along with a number of tips and tricks to save you time.

26/11/2025

Volunteer Opportunity! 🌟

We’re supporting a motivated young man who’s keen to gain hands-on experience working with older people. He’s passionate about a future career in care, aiming to become either a Registered Manager in a children’s home or a Mental Health Nurse, and is ready to learn.

He’s available to volunteer on Tuesday or Friday mornings, and we’re looking for a friendly, supportive care setting that could welcome him.

If your organisation could offer him a place to grow, we’d love to hear from you: opportunities@caredevelopmenteast.co.uk

Let’s help him build confidence, develop skills, and make a real difference. 💙

26/11/2025

As part of National Grief Awareness Week next week (2–8 December), we’re joining St Elizabeth Hospice in exploring this year’s theme: “Growing with Grief.”

Their Living Grief team is hosting four free lunchtime webinars on "Rituals – How to Say Goodbye”, featuring international speakers, counsellors and spiritual care specialists.

You’re welcome to join any or all sessions:

👉 Rituals Across Cultures
👉 Rituals in Goodbye and Healing
👉 Creating Space for Grief Through Rituals & Symbols
👉 Farewell Moments

Find out more and register here:

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/supporting-you/for-professionals/training-masterclasses/national-grief-awareness-week-rituals-across-cultures/

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/supporting-you/for-professionals/training-masterclasses/national-grief-awareness-week-rituals-in-goodbye-and-healing/

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/supporting-you/for-professionals/training-masterclasses/national-grief-awareness-week-creating-space-for-grief-through-the-use-of-rituals-and-symbols-in-spiritual-care/

https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/supporting-you/for-professionals/training-masterclasses/national-grief-awareness-week-farewell-moments/

Please share with anyone who may benefit. 💛

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24/11/2025

Last chance to book our upcoming workshops -

MCA/DoLS Awareness - 02/12/2025 - 10am – Ipswich - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1708060066639?aff=oddtdtcreator

Safe Handling of Medications - 02/12/2025 - 1:30am – Ipswich - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1708087829679?aff=oddtdtcreator

Dying with Dignity -Navigating the end-of-life process 3rd & 10 December - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1561741714509?aff=oddtdtcreator

Make a lasting difference to the lives of people at the end of life. Build advanced skills, confidence and leadership in end of life care.