Pictured above: (l-r) Sarah Jane Owen, Tracy Groves, Jack
Burgess, Sharon Dellow and Muriel Barclay
Four staff at a care home in Oswestry are celebrating gaining
NVQ qualifications, with County Training.
Tracy Groves, Sarah Owen, Taryn O'Donoghue and Nawaz Lewis, who
all work full time at Llysfields Nursing Home, approached County
Training, part of Shropshire Council, in 2008, wishing to develop
their skills to provide better service and enhance their career
prospects. They went on to work towards NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Health
and Social Care, which all have now completed.
All of the staff who have achieved their qualifications work as
care assistants, providing care to clients of different abilities,
and supporting other staff.
Sharon Dellow, Manager at Llysfields Nursing Home, commented "
The training provided by County Training has been invaluable to our
team here. Their has been a noticeable increase in the confidence
and motivation of the staff. Their roles involve working with a
wide range of individuals and this qualification has increased
their knowledge in how to deal with different situations. A number
of other staff have also been motivated by seeing their colleagues
gain qualifications and some have started doing their NVQs
too."
Some staff have now gone on to promotion following completion of
their qualifications, and a number of those members of staff who
completed their Level 3 qualifications are now also working towards
compelting a Team Leader NVQ qualification.
There are seven other members of staff at Llysfield who are
currently working towards qualifications with County Training. Four
employees are undertaking their NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social
Care, whilst three more are doing their Leadership and Management
Qualification. Home Manager, Sharon Dellow greatly appreciates the
importance of continuing development for all of her employees,
including herself, and is therefore going to be undertaking her A1
Assessors Award and the L20 Support Competence Achieved in the
Workplace Qualification.
NVQs are qualifications which demonstrate ability at work. The
training is mainly on the job and NVQ assessment recognises an
individual's performance at work with a nationally recognised
qualification. County Training has wide experience in the delivery
of NVQ's in various different areas including Advice and Guidance,
Business and Administration, Childcare, Customer Service,
Distribution, Warehousing and Storage, Hairdressing and Barbering,
Health and Social Care, Hospitality and Catering, IT,
Management, Plant Operations, Sales and Telesales.
Llysfield Nursing Home is a private nursing home who deal with
various areas of specialist care, including Cancer Care, epilepsy,
hearing/speech impairment, neuropathic, orthopaedic, Parkinson's
Disease, stroke and visual Impairment.
Councillor Steve Charmley, Portfolio Holder of Culture and
Leisure commented "County Training work closely with employers all
over Shropshire to provide training and to help their staff gain
qualifications that can make a large difference to the ways in
which they work within their job role. There is a variety of NVQ's
available which can support a wide range of businesses."