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Nursing home visit to local college opens up career discussions for younger people

This #GoodNewsFriday we hear how a recent college visit has helped to build awareness of careers in care for younger people.

Frome Nursing Home Manager Sherin Anup visited Frome Community College recently alongside Care Practitioner Kat Wilcox, to open up a conversation to the young audience about a career in care.

They talked through fair pay across all ages, and covered the different roles within a care home - not just care, but activities, domestic, administration, maintenance and catering roles, giving a clearer picture of how many different paths there are in care.

Kat shared during the presentation, “There is a role for everyone, many people think that working in a care home is just one role, but there are so many different career pathways.”

One teacher at the college shared that a former student had volunteered in a care home and came away feeling appreciated for simply being himself. He is since considering a career in care.

This visit to the local community college was a way of showing that these kinds of roles exist locally, and that a career in care is something younger people can explore within their own community.

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