With 11,000 students and 1,000 apprentices, campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port and Chester, Cheshire College South and West is renowned regionally for providing students with the skills, experience and qualifications that will prepare them for their future career.
With several Health and Social courses, each with the overarching objective of ensuring students understand what is required to make a real difference in people’s lives, Cheshire College South and West reached out to Alcedo Care, who have several branches close to the campuses, to provide greater understanding of the different types of roles a career in care offers.
A huge success, the two organisations sat down and discussed future opportunities, with a formal partnership created.
Bringing learning to life, and as a result of the partnership, the college has recently undergone renovations to include a ‘real life’ living room, bedroom and hospital ward at the campuses to match the work Alcedo does. As part of the partnership, Alcedo Care will now use these spaces to deliver bespoke practical sessions to for the Health and Social students, replicating the varying types of home care Alcedo carers provide.
Adam Garvey, Group Events Manager at Alcedo Care, comments: “With more and more people choosing to stay at home, rather than go into a care home, home care is growing rapidly so it is only right that students within the health sector are offered the opportunity to learn about home care.
