New Directions Specialist Support Services

Today is Women's Equality Day⚖️

For centuries woman’s inferior status in society was accepted as logical and reasonable; women were ‘beautiful’ and ‘not fit for serious employment’❌

Over the last century, great women have proved these views wrong as the world has witnessed just what women are capable of achieving, from the likes of Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt fighting for civil rights and equality to great scientists such as Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and Jane Goodall👩

Social Care employs around 1.6 million people in the UK, and 80% of these jobs are occupied by women. Today we must celebrate, and pay tribute to the trailblazers in our recent history📜

You have probably been told many times before that you need to respect your elders. In fact, this is a phrase that most children hear throughout their lives📈

Well, Senior Citizen Day is all about respecting your elders. It is about honoring those people who have been on this earth longer than we have. Getting old is not easy, and that is why we all need to make sure that we are there for our grandparents, relatives, friends and clients🧓

This is something New Directions do everyday, but if you would like to join in with efforts, there are a lot of charities out there that are designed to help combat loneliness in older people. So why not give them some of your time?

Age UK Befriending services: https://bit.ly/2QXRSSS

Campaign to end loneliness: https://bit.ly/3dAYSlP

Re-engage: https://bit.ly/3A0UxA4

Looking forward to working with our new colleagues at Clece Care Services. 😍

Spread the Love!
We gave a little gift to our office staff for Valentine's day, just to say thank you for all their hard work and dedication. 🌹

We received this beautiful letter from Nimal, one of the people we support, talking about his support worker Edgar (click image to read). What wonderful words and we are so happy Edgar is making so much difference in your life Nimal! Edgar will definitely receive a reward from our head office to say well done just as you have asked... 💚💚💚

Interested in a career as a support worker? We are currently recruiting - why not speak to us today to find out more.

We have another amazing story from Anthony Mackenzie.

A lovely read once again.

Thank you!

Today is a sad day for us all at New Directions.

We are having to say goodbye to our lovely Care Coordinator, Antoniette.

Antoniette is a valued member of the office and it will not be the same without you.

We are very sad to see you go but we know you will be an amazing midwife.

Good Luck Antoniette, we will miss you dearly.

Here are some more pictures from our lovely day out at Whitstable.

Today was our wonderful day out at Whitstable.

It was an Amazing day. Such fun and smiles.

Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves.

Thank you all for coming.

Are you looking for a fulfilling job in Enfield?
Are you the "parent" of your social group?
Are you always helping other people?

This could mean being a community Support worker may be the job for you.

If you think so, you need to go to the link below and apply for our role in Enfield.
https://uk.indeed.com/jobs?q=community%20Support%20Worker&l=Enfield&advn=8012699761310445&vjk=3c64454b6882c7c6

Bryan is this week's star of the month!

He is our maintenance man for our properties. He is always willing to help and will do so even outside of his working hours and at unsocial hours if needed.

Well done Bryan. Thank You!

Today was our great BBQ that we held outside the New Directions Office.

This was our way to say thank you to all our support staff who are doing an amazing job!

Thank you all for all your hard work!

We also had some of our service users come by to say thanks and we had a special treat from Maureen who played the piano for us all.

Thank you all for coming and we hope you all had a wonderful time!

We are hosting a BBQ on Friday 16th July to say thank you to all our care staff.

We are hosting this outside the front of our office and want to see all our staff's lovely faces.

If you are with a service user bring them too. The more the merrier!

Looking cool! James went to the barbershop with Roxy to get a new haircut and was pleased to show off his new look to everyone at the office. As handsome as ever

Today was one of our Service users Birthday.

Janet had a lovely party to celebrate.

Happy Birthday Janet!

We have another amazing story from our wonderful author Anthony Mackenzie!

Totally Agree

On Friday we had a Demin for Dementia day. We raised some money to donate to Alzheimer's Society.

New Directions are supporting everyone we can!

This Week is Dementia Week.

Do you know what Dementia is and how it can affect someone?

It could happen to any one of us.

Some myths about dementia are:
You can only have dementia when you are older - Incorrect you can have it even in 30s/40s.
Alzheimers is the same as dementia - Dementia is the umbrella term and Alzheimers is one the types of dementia, just like Vascular Dementia.
Memory loss means you have dementia - No you can have memory loss but not have dementia.

Read more on Dementia on the link below:

What is dementia? - Dementia UK Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a range of progressive neurological disorders, that is, conditions affecting the brain.

On Monday we presented Marva with her carer of the month award for April.

Her dedication to her clients and willingness to always help someone in need as given inspiration to many more.

Well done Marva!

Today is Denise's Birthday.

We want to wish you a very happy brithday today!

This Week is Mental Health Awareness Week.

The two videos below will show you the difficulties people may face if sufferring from a mental health illness.

Understanding the barriers to building trust and compassion within mental health services - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpFaggGlo70

Barriers to building trust and compassion within mental health services - Taboo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO0K3gVtWv0

Understanding the barriers to building trust and compassion within mental health services During Race Equality week, the key theme arising from our safe space explorations was trust. In order to better understand the barriers to building trust and...

It is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health, and the theme is nature.

Research has shown that good mental health depends on us being able to connect with nature in some way.

With that in mind, during this week why not try and make a habit each day of connecting to nature in your local area, take a moment to appreciate and enjoy your surroundings, and don’t forget to send us pictures and videos!

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 All you need to know for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, focusing on nature.

Inspiration Monday!

Such a Beautiful quote that many people live by already but may not realise.

This will give inspiration to to many.

Our second Positity Tree is complete.

It looks great and we love all the brilliant messages!

2 down, many more to go!