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ATuntum story 2010
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When Tuntum heard that Time Out, (who Not only did the business grow but it employees from the student body. provided specialist home care primarily to developed add-on services such as This was the first time in the East Midlands
Nottingham’s black elders), needed a more dementia support, aimed in particular at that a practice-based learning approach secure financial base, it seemed a strategic creating support mechanisms for those had been adopted by a home care agency. ‘no brainer’ to take this agency into Tuntum who care for people with dementia.
as a specialist service, complementing
existing provision for older people.
In 2010, the legal, constitutional and governance arrangements were in place and the service, shortly to be rebranded as Homecare Plus, began operating from one of Tuntum’s sheltered schemes.
The most innovative service development was the creation of a Homecare Academy to bring new recruits into homecare and then train and equip them to do the job. This involved working in partnership with several further education colleges to both run ‘taster’ courses and select suitable
Due to the well-publicised problems of adequately funding social care, Tuntum had to divest itself of the service in 2017, but for seven exciting years we were proud to be providing first-class personal care to some of the frailest people in Nottingham.
Homecare Plus worked in partnership with JobcentrePlus, the DWP and Stephenson’s College to help the long-term unemployed into work through a six-week training programme.
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